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CU/Iowa State to Play At Sanford Pentagon Nov. 13

CU/Iowa State to Play At Sanford Pentagon Nov. 13
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. GÇô Former Big 12 Conference foes, Colorado and Iowa State will play at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. on Heritage Court. 

Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.com and the Pentagon box office.

This past season, CU accepted a bid to play in the College Basketball Invitational reaching the quarterfinals. The Buffaloes went 16-18 overall and finished their Pac-12 season at 7-11 and in a three-way tie for eighth place.

Iowa State was selected to its fourth-straight NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. The Cyclones won their second-straight Big 12 Tournament title and finished second in the Big 12 regular-season standings at 12-6.           

GÇ£ItGÇÖs a hell of an opportunity to open up a season against (a team) that might be preseason top 5 next year,GÇ¥ CU head coach Tad Boyle said.

GÇ£Fred Hoiberg is a heck of a coach, a good friend of mine. I donGÇÖt like playing good friends, but it was an opportunity for a neutral site game in South Dakota at a nice venue, and I heard the arena there is very, very nice. It was built for events like this.  We were almost in it last year, but things didnGÇÖt work out. This year it did. Playing a Top 5 team on a neutral site to open up a season, weGÇÖre going to be tested early.GÇ¥

Iowa State and Colorado have played 147 times with the Cyclones leading the series, 77-70.  The two teams last played in 2011 when CU was a member of the Big 12 at the conference tournament first round.  CU edged the Cyclones, 77-75.

CUGÇÖs match up with Iowa State will be the fifth time playing a Big 12 Conference foe since the leaving for the Pac-12 Conference prior to the 2011-12 season.  The Buffaloes played Baylor in Albuquerque at the NCAA Tournament third round in 2011-12; and played Baylor, again at the beginning of the 2012-13 season at the Charleston Classic, in addition to playing at Kansas.

In 2013-14, the Jayhawks returned to Boulder for a December game, then two weeks later, played Oklahoma State in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Showcase.  The Buffaloes are 2-3 against their former conference.

The PentagonGÇÖs resume of major Division I games is quickly growing. In 2013-14, the venue hosted Wisconsin and St. JohnGÇÖs. Wichita State and Memphis played on Heritage Court last season. Additionally, South Dakota and South Dakota State squared off with UNLV and Florida Gulf Coast, respectively, last season.

About the Sanford Pentagon
The cornerstone of the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is the Sanford Pentagon, a 160,000-square-foot, five-sided facility featuring nine basketball courts, including the 1950s/1960s-inspired Heritage Court. The venue combines state-of-the-art amenitiesGÇöincluding high-definition video boards and executive suitesGÇöwith period-specific finishes that are a nod to the nostalgic days of basketball.