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BOULDERGÇöTo say the Buffaloes got the 2013 calendar year off to an ominous start would be an understatement. But despite the slow start, overall it was quite a successful month for the University of Colorado student-athletes and teams, highlighted by a pro draft, an earned Super Bowl appearance and two victories on the ski slopes.
BOULDERGÇöTo say the Buffaloes got the 2013 calendar year off to an ominous start would be an understatement. But despite the slow start, overall it was quite a successful month for the University of Colorado student-athletes and teams, highlighted by a pro draft, an earned Super Bowl appearance and two victories on the ski slopes.
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LetGÇÖs rewind to January 3, the new year in its infancy and there were the Buffaloes, handily beating the No. 3 team in the country on the road GǪ by as many as 17 points. And there was Sabatino Chen, the lone senior on the menGÇÖs basketball team, hitting a shot that would be one of the feel good stories of the college basketball season GǪ only to have it waved off.
The menGÇÖs basketball team then came out of the gates solid in its next game only to lose at Arizona State. Returning to home helped, as the Buffs beat USC but then fell to UCLA, a rare home loss in the Tad Boyle era.
The second half of the month fared much better for the menGÇÖs hoopsters and after a loss at Washington, the Buffs got the road monkey of their back with an impressive win at Washington State. The Buffs then brought their Pac-12 record back to .500 at 4-4 with much needed and hard fought wins at home against Cal and Stanford.
Spencer Dinwiddie led the Buffs in scoring in January at 14.6 points per game while his backcourt classmate Askia Booker was second on the squad with 13.8 points per game. The duo combined to average over 5.0 assists per game and nearly three steals per contest.
Freshmen Josh Scott continues to improve throughout the season as he averaged 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in the month (ICYMI: check out B.G. Brooks story from Jan. 24) while the emerging story of the month may have been his classmate, Xavier Johnson, who was inserted into the starting lineup for most of the games and responded with 10.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He ended his month with an impressive double-double performance against Stanford, while he made his presence felt against Cal with four monster dunks (ICYMI Caryn MaconiGÇÖs sidebar after the Cal game on Johnson).
Catalyst Andre Roberson also had a solid month with 8.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. After the Cal game, he had vaulted himself into the No. 1 rebounding spot nationally while he also recorded 11 blocks and 13 steals in the month as he continues to prove he is one of the top defensive players in the nation. (ICYMI: B.G. Brooks caught up with Roberson between the Cal and Stanford games)
LetGÇÖs rewind to January 3, the new year in its infancy and there were the Buffaloes, handily beating the No. 3 team in the country on the road GǪ by as many as 17 points. And there was Sabatino Chen, the lone senior on the menGÇÖs basketball team, hitting a shot that would be one of the feel good stories of the college basketball season GǪ only to have it waved off.
The menGÇÖs basketball team then came out of the gates solid in its next game only to lose at Arizona State. Returning to home helped, as the Buffs beat USC but then fell to UCLA, a rare home loss in the Tad Boyle era.
The second half of the month fared much better for the menGÇÖs hoopsters and after a loss at Washington, the Buffs got the road monkey of their back with an impressive win at Washington State. The Buffs then brought their Pac-12 record back to .500 at 4-4 with much needed and hard fought wins at home against Cal and Stanford.
Spencer Dinwiddie led the Buffs in scoring in January at 14.6 points per game while his backcourt classmate Askia Booker was second on the squad with 13.8 points per game. The duo combined to average over 5.0 assists per game and nearly three steals per contest.
Freshmen Josh Scott continues to improve throughout the season as he averaged 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in the month (ICYMI: check out B.G. Brooks story from Jan. 24) while the emerging story of the month may have been his classmate, Xavier Johnson, who was inserted into the starting lineup for most of the games and responded with 10.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He ended his month with an impressive double-double performance against Stanford, while he made his presence felt against Cal with four monster dunks (ICYMI Caryn MaconiGÇÖs sidebar after the Cal game on Johnson).
Catalyst Andre Roberson also had a solid month with 8.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. After the Cal game, he had vaulted himself into the No. 1 rebounding spot nationally while he also recorded 11 blocks and 13 steals in the month as he continues to prove he is one of the top defensive players in the nation. (ICYMI: B.G. Brooks caught up with Roberson between the Cal and Stanford games)
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL
The womenGÇÖs basketball team, meanwhile, had a similar month to the men on paper, going 4-4 to open Pac-12 play. After hosting the two top 10 ranked teams in the league and falling to them at home to open the month, CU closed out the month on the northern California swing against the same two teams, Cal and Stanford, and fell again.
On the bright side, the Buffaloes played toe to toe with the Bears in both games and other than a rough patch in each game against the Cardinal, the Buffs played them fairly evenly, as well. (ICYMI: B.G. Brooks previewGÇÖs CUGÇÖs Left Coast Tour)
As it should be but often is not, Colorado took care of business when it was supposed to, as the team ranked anywhere from No. 17 to No. 23 throughout the month won its other four games, a home-and-home series with Utah, and then home games against Arizona State and Arizona, the latter one of the more lopsided games in Coors Events Center history, a CU 79-36 victory.
Chucky Jeffery led the Buffs in the month as box score-filler and as proof that sheGÇÖs stepping up her game in league play, she averaged 14.9 points per game in January to up her season average to 13.3 per game. She overtook Arielle Roberson (13.2 points per game on the season; 9.3 in January) as the teamGÇÖs leading scorer as both continue to impress. Jen Reese continues to be a force off the bench in the paint for CU, averaging 6.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in about 20 minutes per game (ICYMI: Caryn MaconiGÇÖs sidebar on Jen Reese). Lexy Kresl began to find her range from deep, hitting 35-percent of her three-pointers in the month and Jamee Swan is also emerging (ICYMI: Caryn MarconiGÇÖs sidebar on Jamee Swan).
After spending most of December as the only two varsity teams in action, January saw the start of competition for the skiing and track and field teams and the return to action of the tennis team.
The womenGÇÖs basketball team, meanwhile, had a similar month to the men on paper, going 4-4 to open Pac-12 play. After hosting the two top 10 ranked teams in the league and falling to them at home to open the month, CU closed out the month on the northern California swing against the same two teams, Cal and Stanford, and fell again.
On the bright side, the Buffaloes played toe to toe with the Bears in both games and other than a rough patch in each game against the Cardinal, the Buffs played them fairly evenly, as well. (ICYMI: B.G. Brooks previewGÇÖs CUGÇÖs Left Coast Tour)
As it should be but often is not, Colorado took care of business when it was supposed to, as the team ranked anywhere from No. 17 to No. 23 throughout the month won its other four games, a home-and-home series with Utah, and then home games against Arizona State and Arizona, the latter one of the more lopsided games in Coors Events Center history, a CU 79-36 victory.
Chucky Jeffery led the Buffs in the month as box score-filler and as proof that sheGÇÖs stepping up her game in league play, she averaged 14.9 points per game in January to up her season average to 13.3 per game. She overtook Arielle Roberson (13.2 points per game on the season; 9.3 in January) as the teamGÇÖs leading scorer as both continue to impress. Jen Reese continues to be a force off the bench in the paint for CU, averaging 6.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in about 20 minutes per game (ICYMI: Caryn MaconiGÇÖs sidebar on Jen Reese). Lexy Kresl began to find her range from deep, hitting 35-percent of her three-pointers in the month and Jamee Swan is also emerging (ICYMI: Caryn MarconiGÇÖs sidebar on Jamee Swan).
After spending most of December as the only two varsity teams in action, January saw the start of competition for the skiing and track and field teams and the return to action of the tennis team.
SKIING
The ski team won both of its meets, proving that the Buffs will again be one of the favorites to claim the National Championship come March. CUGÇÖs womenGÇÖs Nordic team has proved to be the deepest and most impressive team in the early season, as Eliska Hajkova, Maria Nordstrom, Joanne Reid and Mary Rose havenGÇÖt finished lower than 11th among the four of them and the Buffs have claimed all four races individually, with Reid winning three and Nordstrom one.
The alpine teams both showed that they have the ability to ski with the best of them, but perhaps need to work on some consistency. In ColoradoGÇÖs own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational, the womenGÇÖs team looked very impressive, a solid feat given the attrition of four of its best skiers lost to graduation, while the menGÇÖs squad struggled. They then reversed roles at the Denver Invitational, as the men put one of the most impressive slalom races together in recent memory, finishing in third through sixth places, while the women struggled a little bit.
In menGÇÖs Nordic action, sophomore Rune Oedegaard picked up where he left off last season and has won two races and finished second in the other two early in the season. The menGÇÖs Nordic depth is still to be determined, but expectations are still high as some of the squad arrived late after competing in Europe and others are getting back to 100 percent after falling ill.
The ski team won both of its meets, proving that the Buffs will again be one of the favorites to claim the National Championship come March. CUGÇÖs womenGÇÖs Nordic team has proved to be the deepest and most impressive team in the early season, as Eliska Hajkova, Maria Nordstrom, Joanne Reid and Mary Rose havenGÇÖt finished lower than 11th among the four of them and the Buffs have claimed all four races individually, with Reid winning three and Nordstrom one.
The alpine teams both showed that they have the ability to ski with the best of them, but perhaps need to work on some consistency. In ColoradoGÇÖs own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational, the womenGÇÖs team looked very impressive, a solid feat given the attrition of four of its best skiers lost to graduation, while the menGÇÖs squad struggled. They then reversed roles at the Denver Invitational, as the men put one of the most impressive slalom races together in recent memory, finishing in third through sixth places, while the women struggled a little bit.
In menGÇÖs Nordic action, sophomore Rune Oedegaard picked up where he left off last season and has won two races and finished second in the other two early in the season. The menGÇÖs Nordic depth is still to be determined, but expectations are still high as some of the squad arrived late after competing in Europe and others are getting back to 100 percent after falling ill.
TRACK &
FIELD
Early January saw two familiar names earn new accolades in track and field, as Olympians Shalaya Kipp and Emma Coburn both made news. Kipp earned Athlete of the Year honors from the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame while Coburn was named to the Bowerman Watch List, the Heisman Trophy of Track and Field.
Then after competition started, the Buffs hit the ground sprinting, as Joe Morris broke the CU record in the 60-meter dash, clocking in at 6.57 seconds in the fastest time in the nation to that point.
At CUGÇÖs Potts Invitational, several Buffs had solid performances highlighted by Liz Tremblay, whoGÇÖs 600-yard run time of 1:23.49 is the second fastest mark in program history. Other Buffs winning events at the Potts Invitational were Brianne Beemer, who ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.83 seconds while Matthew Biegner (1:54.27) and Connor Winter (1:55.11) finished 1-2 in the womenGÇÖs 800-meter run. The day before Mark Jones won the menGÇÖs high jump with a jump of 6-11.
Beemer continued a solid indoor season by finishing fifth in the pentathlon at the Washington Invitational, and second amongst collegians. The next day Tremblay continued her assault on the CU record book by clocking 2:08.91 in the 800-meters, the second fastest time in CU history. Jones also bettered his high jump, this time clearing 7 feet, 1.5 inches to tie for first place.
Early January saw two familiar names earn new accolades in track and field, as Olympians Shalaya Kipp and Emma Coburn both made news. Kipp earned Athlete of the Year honors from the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame while Coburn was named to the Bowerman Watch List, the Heisman Trophy of Track and Field.
Then after competition started, the Buffs hit the ground sprinting, as Joe Morris broke the CU record in the 60-meter dash, clocking in at 6.57 seconds in the fastest time in the nation to that point.
At CUGÇÖs Potts Invitational, several Buffs had solid performances highlighted by Liz Tremblay, whoGÇÖs 600-yard run time of 1:23.49 is the second fastest mark in program history. Other Buffs winning events at the Potts Invitational were Brianne Beemer, who ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.83 seconds while Matthew Biegner (1:54.27) and Connor Winter (1:55.11) finished 1-2 in the womenGÇÖs 800-meter run. The day before Mark Jones won the menGÇÖs high jump with a jump of 6-11.
Beemer continued a solid indoor season by finishing fifth in the pentathlon at the Washington Invitational, and second amongst collegians. The next day Tremblay continued her assault on the CU record book by clocking 2:08.91 in the 800-meters, the second fastest time in CU history. Jones also bettered his high jump, this time clearing 7 feet, 1.5 inches to tie for first place.
TENNIS
The tennis team started its season in Long Beach with some individual play in dual match format to prep for the spring season. Freshman Dhany Quevedo and junior Carla Manzi Tenorio teamed up to win two of three doubles matches while Quevedo matched that accomplishment in singles action and Manzi Tenorio won all three singles matches.
The dual match season opened later in the month as the Buffs fell 4-3 at Air Force.
The tennis team started its season in Long Beach with some individual play in dual match format to prep for the spring season. Freshman Dhany Quevedo and junior Carla Manzi Tenorio teamed up to win two of three doubles matches while Quevedo matched that accomplishment in singles action and Manzi Tenorio won all three singles matches.
The dual match season opened later in the month as the Buffs fell 4-3 at Air Force.
MISCELLANEOUS
Some recent alums also made news, as Jimmy Smith will make his first trip to the Super Bowl this weekend with the Baltimore Ravens and Amy Barczuk was selected in the second round of the NWSL draft. Meanwhile new football coach Mike MacIntyre filled out his football staff, David Bakhtiari declated for the NFL Draft, Chris Copeland is finally competing in his rookie season in the NBA and the 2013 football schedule was released.
Honors & Awards:
January 2 GÇô Lexy Kresl, Josh Scott Earn CU Athlete of the Week Honors
January 8 GÇô Shalaya Kipp Named Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Athlete of the Year
January 9 GÇô Chucky Jeffery, Sabatino Chen Earn CU Athlete of the Week Honors
January 10 GÇô Emma Coburn Named To Bowerman Watch List
January 16 GÇô Joanne Reid, Jeff Morris Earn CU Athlete of the Week Honors
January 16 GÇô MacIntyre Named FCA National Coach of the Year
January 23 GÇô Chucky Jeffery, Joanne Reid and Rune Oedegaard Named CU Athletes of the Week
January 23 GÇô Emma Coburn (track & field), Chucky Jeffery (track & field), Shalaya Kipp (track & field), Emily Talley (golf) and Katie Hartman (skiing) Earn Colorado Sportswomen of Colorado Honors
January 30 GÇô Liz Tremblay, Mark Jones Named CU Athletes of the Week
Some recent alums also made news, as Jimmy Smith will make his first trip to the Super Bowl this weekend with the Baltimore Ravens and Amy Barczuk was selected in the second round of the NWSL draft. Meanwhile new football coach Mike MacIntyre filled out his football staff, David Bakhtiari declated for the NFL Draft, Chris Copeland is finally competing in his rookie season in the NBA and the 2013 football schedule was released.
Honors & Awards:
January 2 GÇô Lexy Kresl, Josh Scott Earn CU Athlete of the Week Honors
January 8 GÇô Shalaya Kipp Named Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Athlete of the Year
January 9 GÇô Chucky Jeffery, Sabatino Chen Earn CU Athlete of the Week Honors
January 10 GÇô Emma Coburn Named To Bowerman Watch List
January 16 GÇô Joanne Reid, Jeff Morris Earn CU Athlete of the Week Honors
January 16 GÇô MacIntyre Named FCA National Coach of the Year
January 23 GÇô Chucky Jeffery, Joanne Reid and Rune Oedegaard Named CU Athletes of the Week
January 23 GÇô Emma Coburn (track & field), Chucky Jeffery (track & field), Shalaya Kipp (track & field), Emily Talley (golf) and Katie Hartman (skiing) Earn Colorado Sportswomen of Colorado Honors
January 30 GÇô Liz Tremblay, Mark Jones Named CU Athletes of the Week