Colorado University Athletics
CU Men Travel to CSU, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6:02 p.m. (MST); Moby Arena (8,745)
Television: The Mountain
Announcers: Bill Doleman (pbp), Joe Cravens (analyst)
760 KKZN: Mark Johnson (pbp), Chris Lewis (analyst)
Series vs. CSU: CU leads 86-35 (at Boulder, 51-8; at Ft. Collins, 35-26; Neutral, 0-1). Since 2000, CU leads 8-3 and is 3-2 at CSU. CU won at home last season, 90-83 (ot); CSU won in 2009-10 at Moby (77-62).
CU vs. Mountain West Conference: CU is 169-97 (.635).
QUICKLY: CU has won three straight games and nine of their last 11 dating back to last year GÇó CU plays their next nine games in the Centennial State, eight of them at home GÇó The Buffs had a season-low seven turnovers against the Bulldogs, making the Buffs 6-3 since 2010 when committing single-digit miscue (Buffs had seven in home win vs. CSU last year) GÇó Head Coach Tad Boyle is 3-2 all-time against CSU, 1-0 at CU.
YOUTH MOVEMENT: Freshman guards Askia Booker and Spencer Dinwiddie are already paying dividends early in their career. Booker is shooting 55.0 percent from the field (11-of-20) and averaging 12 points over his last three games; Dinwiddie, a starter in all six games, scored a game-high 16 points with seven rebounds in the home win over Georgia.
MAN ON THE BOARDS: After the win at Air Force game, Coach Boyle told AP one word that described Andre Roberson, "He is a madman." Averaging a double-double (11.2 ppg., 12.0 rpg.) and looking to become CU's first double-double guy since Stephane Pelle in 2001-02 (12.8 ppg., 10.8 rpg), Roberson has nine career doubles, four this year. In addition to 17 games w/ 10 or more rebounds. Against Georgia, Roberson tied a career-best 15 rebounds w/ 15 points.
LAST YEAR vs. CSU: The Buffs rallied from a three-point halftime deficit with a 65 percent shooting display in the second half forcing overtime and 90-83 win in Boulder. The 90 points for any of the two teams was a high in nine years in the series. Since 2001 and five games played at Moby Arena (CU leads 3-2), the average points per game is 75.6 to 75.2 in favor of CSU.
HOME COURT: With their 70-68 win against Georgia, CU has now won 26-straight home games in non-conference play. The Buffs were 12-0 last season; 8-0 in 2009-10; and won their last four in 2008-09. The streak is second all-time in school history. The Buffs won 35 in a row from Dec. 4, 1976 thru Dec. 5, 1981.
SCORING: Of the school-record 38 games played last season, Alec Burks led the Buffs in scoring 26 times, while Cory Higgins led six times. This year, CU has had a variety of leading scorers through six games (Carlon Brown twice; Spencer Dinwiddie, Austin Dufault, Andre Roberson, Nate Tomlinson each with one.
CU
CONSECUTIVE HOME WINNING STREAKS (NON-CONFERENCE
PLAY)
35 games: Dec. 4, 1976 - Dec. 5,
1981
26 games: Dec. 10, 2008 - present
17
gms.: Dec. 22, 1997 - Dec. 15, 2000
17 gms.: Dec. 10, 1981 - Dec. 27, 1983
17 gms.: Dec. 5, 1966 - Dec. 11, 1969
17 gms: Dec. 14, 1959 - Dec. 16, 1963