Colorado University Athletics
Saturday, March 7
Boulder, Colo.
9 p.m.
Colorado
vs
Arizona
Buffs Host No. 2 Arizona Saturday On Senior Night
March 05, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Game 31 - Arizona, Saturday, March 7, 2026
CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 9:05 p.m. MT
Watch: ESPN2 (Rich Hollenberg, Ben Braun)Â https://buffs.me/47b4KLy
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 391, SXM App 981Â https://sxm.app.link/SXM981
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611117
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 17-13 overall and tied with Arizona State for 11th place in the Big 12 Conference standings with a record of 7-10. The Buffaloes could mathematically reach as high as a tie for ninth in the final league standings, but tiebreakers will cap them no higher than the 11th spot.
Colorado will be either the No. 11 or No. 12 seed for the upcoming Big 12 Championship, March 10-14, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Buffaloes will be the No. 11 seed with a win Saturday, or an Arizona State loss. The Sun Devils are at No. 6/7 Iowa State Saturday. Colorado would slip to the 12th spot with a loss and an Arizona State win.
The Buffaloes have won three of their last four, and five of nine after closing out the road portion of their schedule with a 92-78 win over Utah on March 3, snapping a seven-game road losing streak.
With the win at Utah, Colorado is guaranteed to finish above .500 for the 14th time in 16 seasons under head coach Tad Boyle. The Buffaloes have more than doubled their conference win total from a year ago.
SCORING BALANCE: Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 20 of 30 games. The Buffaloes have had six games with at least five scoring in double digits, most recently in the win over Kansas State. Colorado is 15-5 this season when at least four players score in double figures (6-0 with five in double figures).
Colorado had only four games with four players scoring in double figures in 35 contests last year (3-1 record) and none with five.
The Buffaloes have had six different players lead the team in scoring this season and five have had 20-point games. Colorado is averaging 27.1 points per game from its bench, ranking second in the Big 12, accounting for 34 percent of the team's scoring.
Isaiah Johnson is Colorado's leading scorer at 16.6 points per game, which is third in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation in scoring by a freshman (based on qualifying individuals). Johnson recorded his team-best eighth 20-point game of the season with 22 points on 6 of 10 from the field and a perfect 8 of 8 from the line at Utah. He filled up the box score nicely against Kansas State scoring 18 points and recording career highs with nine rebounds and seven assists, leading the Buffaloes in all three categories.
Johnson leads the Buffaloes in free throws made (148) and attempted (181), 3-pointers made (50) and steals (32) while ranking second in assists (87) and third in 3-point percentage (.371).
Johnson is ninth in the nation for free throws made by a freshman and 19th in free throw percentage (.818).
Junior Barrington Hargress leads Colorado in assists (133), overall shooting (.542), 3-point percentage (.505) and overall field goals made (161) while ranking second in scoring (14.1 ppg), 3-pointers made (48) and steals (27).
Hargress is second in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.5 and leads all conference players in league games with a 3.8 mark. He has 17 games with no more than one turnover. Hargress has 10 games with at least five assists.
Additionally on the Big 12 charts, Hargress ranks sixth in field goal percentage and 13th in assists. He is the best field goal shooter in the Big 12, and 10th in the country, from the guard position. He is the second-best shooter in the nation listed at 6-foot-1, or shorter.
Sophomore Sebastian Rancik is second on the team in rebounding (5.6 rpg), free throws made (111) and attempted (129) and steals (27) and third in scoring (12.3 ppg) and assists (57). Rancik leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 86.0 percent.
Rancik pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State to go along with seven points and a pair of assists. The performance gave him double figures in rebounds for the third time in a four-game span. He also had 10 rebounds at BYU while dishing out a career-best six assists with nine points and a team-high three steals.
Rancik recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and a personal-best 11 rebounds in the home win over Arizona State. Four of those rebounds came off the offensive end, which is also a career high. He is averaging 7.5 rebounds over his last six games.
Junior forward Bangot Dak leads the Buffaloes and is 16th in the Big 12 at 6.5 rebounds per game and seventh in blocks at 1.5 per outing. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 11.3 points per game while shooting 48.2 percent from the field.
Dak had a career-high 22 points along with 10 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the Buffaloes at Utah. He made 6 of 9 from the field and 9 of 10 from the free throw line, with both charity stripe numbers personal bests. The double-double was his team-leading fifth of the season, and first since the home win over Utah on Jan. 7.
Over the last five games Dak is averaging 15.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game while shooting 56 percent from the field (28 of 50).
The freshman duo of Jalin Holland and Josiah Sanders got the starting nod together at Utah and put together solid performances. Holland had 11 points, four rebounds and two assists. He hit a career-best three 3-point field goals, on four attempts, registering his second career double-figure game. Sanders had eight points on a perfect 4 of 4 from the field and a game-high five assists. The Buffaloes are 3-1 this season with those two together in the starting lineup.
Freshman guard Ian Inman is starting to make a big impact off the bench. Inman had 17 points, on 5 of 7 from 3-point range, and five rebounds - all career highs - in the win over Kansas State. It was his third career double-figure scoring game, all coming in the span of six contests. Inman has scored 60 of his season's 68 points in Big 12 play (5.0 ppg).
CU IN THE NET: A snapshot of Colorado's NET rankings in 2025-26 (through games of March 4).
CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 9:05 p.m. MT
Watch: ESPN2 (Rich Hollenberg, Ben Braun)Â https://buffs.me/47b4KLy
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 391, SXM App 981Â https://sxm.app.link/SXM981
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611117
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 17-13 overall and tied with Arizona State for 11th place in the Big 12 Conference standings with a record of 7-10. The Buffaloes could mathematically reach as high as a tie for ninth in the final league standings, but tiebreakers will cap them no higher than the 11th spot.
Colorado will be either the No. 11 or No. 12 seed for the upcoming Big 12 Championship, March 10-14, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Buffaloes will be the No. 11 seed with a win Saturday, or an Arizona State loss. The Sun Devils are at No. 6/7 Iowa State Saturday. Colorado would slip to the 12th spot with a loss and an Arizona State win.
The Buffaloes have won three of their last four, and five of nine after closing out the road portion of their schedule with a 92-78 win over Utah on March 3, snapping a seven-game road losing streak.
With the win at Utah, Colorado is guaranteed to finish above .500 for the 14th time in 16 seasons under head coach Tad Boyle. The Buffaloes have more than doubled their conference win total from a year ago.
SCORING BALANCE: Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 20 of 30 games. The Buffaloes have had six games with at least five scoring in double digits, most recently in the win over Kansas State. Colorado is 15-5 this season when at least four players score in double figures (6-0 with five in double figures).
Colorado had only four games with four players scoring in double figures in 35 contests last year (3-1 record) and none with five.
The Buffaloes have had six different players lead the team in scoring this season and five have had 20-point games. Colorado is averaging 27.1 points per game from its bench, ranking second in the Big 12, accounting for 34 percent of the team's scoring.
Isaiah Johnson is Colorado's leading scorer at 16.6 points per game, which is third in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation in scoring by a freshman (based on qualifying individuals). Johnson recorded his team-best eighth 20-point game of the season with 22 points on 6 of 10 from the field and a perfect 8 of 8 from the line at Utah. He filled up the box score nicely against Kansas State scoring 18 points and recording career highs with nine rebounds and seven assists, leading the Buffaloes in all three categories.
Johnson leads the Buffaloes in free throws made (148) and attempted (181), 3-pointers made (50) and steals (32) while ranking second in assists (87) and third in 3-point percentage (.371).
Johnson is ninth in the nation for free throws made by a freshman and 19th in free throw percentage (.818).
Junior Barrington Hargress leads Colorado in assists (133), overall shooting (.542), 3-point percentage (.505) and overall field goals made (161) while ranking second in scoring (14.1 ppg), 3-pointers made (48) and steals (27).
Hargress is second in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.5 and leads all conference players in league games with a 3.8 mark. He has 17 games with no more than one turnover. Hargress has 10 games with at least five assists.
Additionally on the Big 12 charts, Hargress ranks sixth in field goal percentage and 13th in assists. He is the best field goal shooter in the Big 12, and 10th in the country, from the guard position. He is the second-best shooter in the nation listed at 6-foot-1, or shorter.
Sophomore Sebastian Rancik is second on the team in rebounding (5.6 rpg), free throws made (111) and attempted (129) and steals (27) and third in scoring (12.3 ppg) and assists (57). Rancik leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 86.0 percent.
Rancik pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State to go along with seven points and a pair of assists. The performance gave him double figures in rebounds for the third time in a four-game span. He also had 10 rebounds at BYU while dishing out a career-best six assists with nine points and a team-high three steals.
Rancik recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and a personal-best 11 rebounds in the home win over Arizona State. Four of those rebounds came off the offensive end, which is also a career high. He is averaging 7.5 rebounds over his last six games.
Junior forward Bangot Dak leads the Buffaloes and is 16th in the Big 12 at 6.5 rebounds per game and seventh in blocks at 1.5 per outing. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 11.3 points per game while shooting 48.2 percent from the field.
Dak had a career-high 22 points along with 10 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the Buffaloes at Utah. He made 6 of 9 from the field and 9 of 10 from the free throw line, with both charity stripe numbers personal bests. The double-double was his team-leading fifth of the season, and first since the home win over Utah on Jan. 7.
Over the last five games Dak is averaging 15.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game while shooting 56 percent from the field (28 of 50).
The freshman duo of Jalin Holland and Josiah Sanders got the starting nod together at Utah and put together solid performances. Holland had 11 points, four rebounds and two assists. He hit a career-best three 3-point field goals, on four attempts, registering his second career double-figure game. Sanders had eight points on a perfect 4 of 4 from the field and a game-high five assists. The Buffaloes are 3-1 this season with those two together in the starting lineup.
Freshman guard Ian Inman is starting to make a big impact off the bench. Inman had 17 points, on 5 of 7 from 3-point range, and five rebounds - all career highs - in the win over Kansas State. It was his third career double-figure scoring game, all coming in the span of six contests. Inman has scored 60 of his season's 68 points in Big 12 play (5.0 ppg).
CU IN THE NET: A snapshot of Colorado's NET rankings in 2025-26 (through games of March 4).
Current: 71 | Highest: 39 (Dec. 2) | Lowest: 86 (Jan. 29)
Avg. Opponent Net Rank: 21 | Opponent Avg. Net: 95
Quad 1: 1-9 | Quad 2: 4-3 | Quad 3: 8-1 | Quad 4: 4-0
ABOUTÂ THE WILDCATS: Second-ranked Arizona is 28-2 overall and has clinched the Big 12 regular season title with a 15-2 mark. The Wildcats are averaging 86.6 points per game, shooting 50.1 percent from the field, both are the highest marks in the Big 12. Arizona is at or near the top in almost all statistical metrics on offense. They average 16.5 fast break points per game which is tops in the conference and 10th in the nation. Defensively, the Wildcats are allowing 68.2 points per game, and have held opponents to 38.8 percent shooting. Arizona averages 8.1 steals per game and holds teams to 31.1 percent from the 3-point line.Â
Arizona scores by committee with seven players averaging at least nine points per game this season. Freshman guard Brayden Burries leads the team in scoring with 15.5 points per game. The six other Wildcats who average at least nine points are: senior guard Jaden Bradley (13.9), freshman forward Koa Peat (13.3), junior center Motiejus Krivas (10.8), freshman forward Ivan Kharchenkov (9.8), senior forward Tobe Awaka (9.6), and senior guard Anthony Dell'Orso (9.0). Awaka leads the Big 12 in total rebounds with 289 this season which is the 14th most in the country.
THE SERIES: This will be the 44th meeting between Colorado and Arizona with the Wildcats holding a 27-16 series lead. The Wildcats have won the last five in the series including a 78-63 decision in Tuscon on Jan. 25, 2025. Colorado holds a 12-4 all-time lead in Boulder. Colorado's last win against Arizona came on Feb. 26, 2022, as the Buffaloes upset the No. 2 ranked Wildcats on a memorable Senior Night headlined by current CU assistant coach Evan Battey.Â
ABOUTÂ THE WILDCATS: Second-ranked Arizona is 28-2 overall and has clinched the Big 12 regular season title with a 15-2 mark. The Wildcats are averaging 86.6 points per game, shooting 50.1 percent from the field, both are the highest marks in the Big 12. Arizona is at or near the top in almost all statistical metrics on offense. They average 16.5 fast break points per game which is tops in the conference and 10th in the nation. Defensively, the Wildcats are allowing 68.2 points per game, and have held opponents to 38.8 percent shooting. Arizona averages 8.1 steals per game and holds teams to 31.1 percent from the 3-point line.Â
Arizona scores by committee with seven players averaging at least nine points per game this season. Freshman guard Brayden Burries leads the team in scoring with 15.5 points per game. The six other Wildcats who average at least nine points are: senior guard Jaden Bradley (13.9), freshman forward Koa Peat (13.3), junior center Motiejus Krivas (10.8), freshman forward Ivan Kharchenkov (9.8), senior forward Tobe Awaka (9.6), and senior guard Anthony Dell'Orso (9.0). Awaka leads the Big 12 in total rebounds with 289 this season which is the 14th most in the country.
THE SERIES: This will be the 44th meeting between Colorado and Arizona with the Wildcats holding a 27-16 series lead. The Wildcats have won the last five in the series including a 78-63 decision in Tuscon on Jan. 25, 2025. Colorado holds a 12-4 all-time lead in Boulder. Colorado's last win against Arizona came on Feb. 26, 2022, as the Buffaloes upset the No. 2 ranked Wildcats on a memorable Senior Night headlined by current CU assistant coach Evan Battey.Â
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