[1 of 3] No. 22 (23-8) 96, Georgetown Hoyas (13-13) 73 Hinkle Fieldhouse (Butler University), Indianapolis; March 20, 2021

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS  Colorado set 12 school records for NCAA tournament play; see Colorado Georgetown page three for complete list. Time Spent in the Lead (Tied 2:07) ...... 36:30 1:23  Colorado set tournament highs (through 17 games) for points In Double Figures ...... 29:06 0:00 (96) and three-pointers (16). Total Possessions/Scores ...... 70/39 72/33 Percentage ...... 55.7 45.8 BUFFALOES IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Colorado is now 11-16 First Half (Possessions/Scores) ...... 33/18 34/12 in the NCAA Tournament (3-6 since seeding began in 1979 when Percentage ...... 54.5 35.3 the tournament expanded from 32 to 40 teams, 1-2 as the higher Second Half (Possessions/Scores) ...... 37/21 38/21 seed (8, 8 & 5), 3-4 in first round games and 2-4 in those decided Percentage ...... 56.8 55.3 Consecutive Scores ...... 16 9 in double figures). Runs Of 6 Points Or More ...... 4 2  Including three games in this tournament, the No. 5 seed is now Shooting ...... 34-56 23-58 92-51 against the No. 12 seed (2-1 so far this year; Creighton plays 2-Point FG ...... 18-31 15-34 Santa Barbara at 3:30 ET/1:30 MT in the fourth 5-12 game). 3-Point FG ...... 16-25 8-24 Offensive Rebounds ...... 2 9 MOST WINS / SEASON Colorado is enjoying its 12th 20-win Second Chance Points ...... 3 15 season in its history (eight under ). A closer look: Second Chance Shooting (Threes) ...... 1-2 (1-1) 7-9 (1-1) 24-12 2010-11 (3-1 NIT) 22-12 2015-16 (0-1 NCAA) Free Throws ...... 0-0 0-0 Turnovers ...... 0 0 24-14 2011-12 (1-1 NCAA) 21- 7 1968-69 (1-1 NCAA) Charges Taken ...... 2 0 23-12 2013-14 (0-1 NCAA) 21-11 2019-20 (N/A) Bench Points ...... 41 8 23-13 2018-19 (2-1 NIT) 21-12 2012-13 (0-1 NCAA) Field Goal Shooting (Threes) ...... 15-26 (7-12) 3-9 (2-6) 23- 8 2020-21 (1-0 NCAA) 20-10 2005-06 (0-1 NIT) Shooting ...... 4-5 0-0 22-10 1996-97 (1-1 NCAA) 20-12 2002-03 (0-1 NCAA)

QUICKLY NEUTRAL SITES With the win, CU on a neutral court this season

CU is now 23-8 overall (finished 14-6 in the Pac-12 play for third is now 6-1; that ties the most ever a neutral site; the ‘11-12 Buffs, place); 18-3 when leading at halftime, 18-3 when scoring 90 or more in Tad Boyle’s second year, was 6-3. (CU, with a 6-6 road record, points, 12-1 in games decided by 10 points or more and 4-1 as a won its most road games since going 6-7 in 2003-04 and finished ranked team … Pac-12 teams are now 3-0 (USC, UCLA and Oregon .500 or better – 6-6 -- for the first time since ’00-01). play later today) … This was the first-ever meeting between CU and  The 12 wins away from home are the most in CU history; topping Georgetown; the Buffaloes are now 13-10 against current members 10 in each of the 1941-42, 1954-55 and 2011-12 seasons (the 11 of the Big East Conference (GU was the eighth school in the league in the regular season tied for the seventh-most in the NCAA). to line up against the Buffs). FIRST HALF CU had a boatload of first half notes: GAME FLOW NOTES  The 24-point lead is a school-best for a halftime lead, topping the  Colorado led a 9-7 at the first media timeout (15:28); shooting 51-31 score at halftime vs. Texas A&M in 1969. It also matched 4-of-6 from the field, all four baskets were assisted (three by the largest lead CU has ever had in an NCAA game (led by 24 points McKinley Wright, one by D’Shawn Schwartz). four different times in 80-62 win over Indiana in 1997).  First back-to-back scores were by Colorado that fueled a 10-0  Colorado was 11-of-17 (64.7%) from 3-point range; Georgetown run for a 17-7 lead at the 12:01 mark. At this point, CU was 7-of- made just eight baskets overall. The 11 threes are the fourth time 12 from the field, with six assists. CU has made that many in a half (last: vs. Iona, Dec. 29, 2019).  Georgetown went 6:13 between field goals; score went from 7-  The 13th time CU scored 40-plus points in the first half; 47 tied 7 tie to a 17-12 CU lead in that span (10:34 mark). for the second-most points (record: 10-3).  After Georgetown cut the lead to 20-14 with 9:49 to go, CU  CU’s bench outscored Georgetown, 17-2. outscored the Hoyas 27-9 the rest of the half.  Colorado’s 15 assists (on 16 baskets) were its most-ever for an  A 10-4 run to open the second half pushed the lead to 30 (57- NCAA game, accomplished in just one half (old high was 13 against 27); the closest G-town got from that point on was 18 (68-50 and Baylor in 2012). McKinley Wright had 8, old high was 5. 91-73).  Georgetown had allowed just 31.7 points in the first half.  At the 13:27 mark of the second half, CU led 62-36, matching one of the most significant scores in school history: CU’s 62-36 win O-FER UNTIL CU did not have an offensive until there over BCS #1/AP# 3 Nebraska on Nov. 23, 2001. were 31 second left in the game, then had two; Nique Clifford made  Georgetown knocked the lead back down to 71-52 (9:24 to go), a three on the second one; the previous low was three against Grand but the Buffs then reeled off a 13-0 run over the next 3:06 to take Canyon (when CU shot 50 percent; CU shot 61 percent today). a 32-point lead (6:18 left). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE DAY Colorado’s only two previous COLORADO GAME SUPERLATIVES connections to Hinkle Fieldhouse: in 1951, future Buff Tom Harrold  Colorado had season-highs for points (96), field goals made was on Muncie Central, the Indiana state champion with the title (34), field goal percentage (60.7), three-point percentage (.640) and game at Hinkle; and in 2014, when Gene Hackman (Coach Normal assists (27, the most in a game since Dec. 22, 2009 (27 in a 92-58 Dale in Hoosiers attended the CU-Oregon State football game at Folsom Field as a guest of OSU assistant Jack Del Rio). win over CSU-Northridge).  Colorado became the 10th team to make 16 3-pointers in a first CONTINUED … round game (tied for the fourth-most). COLORADO 96, GEORGETOWN 73 / Postgame Notes 2-2-2

COLORADO GEORGETOWN TIME FRAME FG-FGA (3) PCT. FT-FTA REB TO PTS FG-FGA (3) PCT. FT-FTA REB TO PTS First 10 Minutes 8-15 (4) .533 0- 0 6 2 20 3-10 (1) .300 5- 7 8 4 12 Second 10 Minutes 8-15 (7) .533 4- 4 10 1 27 5-16 (1) .313 1- 6 9 2 11 HALF TOTALS 16-30 (11) .533 4- 4 16 3 47 8-26 (1) .308 6-13 17 6 23 Third 10 Minutes 8-12 (3) .667 4- 4 4 5 23 8-17 (3) .471 8- 8 8 1 27 3/4 OF THE WAY 24-42 (14) .571 8- 8 20 8 70 16-43 (4) .372 14-21 25 7 50 Final 10 Minutes 10-14 (2) .714 4- 6 8 4 26 7-15 (4) .467 5- 5 3 5 23 GAME 34-56 (16) .607 12-14 28 12 96 23-58 (8) .397 19-26 29 12 73

The Buffaloes were 12-of-14 from the free throw line, Today Season FREEBIES FT FTA Pct. FT FTA Pct. and are now 431-of-524 for the season (82.25); CU entered today Overall 12 14 .857 431 524 .823 second in the nation in FT shooting (82.16), behind Oral Roberts First Half 4 4 .333 164 202 .812 (82.17). CU has made at least 71.4 percent in 30 of 31 games this Second Half 8 10 .800 267 322 .829 season (and now 20 times at or over 80 percent and five times over *Final Four Minutes/OT 2 2 1.000 95 109 .872 90). The breakdown by half in 2020-21: (*—road: 45-51, .882)

INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES

McKINLEY WRIGHT (12 PTS, 5 REB, 13 AST, 0 TO) He had one more JABARI WALKER (24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 BLK; 9-10 FGA, 5-5 3 PT) He than the Georgetown team … The 13 assists marked the 10th made a career-high five three-pointers (old best was 3-for-3 when double-figure assist game of his career … He has now scored 1,847 he scored his previous career-high before today, 23 points on Jan. points in his career, sixth all-time, within 30 points now of the top 13 in a win over Cal). His 9-of-10 shooting performance was the five (Shaun Vandiver had 1,876). He remains the sixth player in the best this season on the team for a player with more than six shots NCAA Division I to score 1,800, with 600 or rebounds and assists in a game (and tied for the fourth-most made in a game).

(see chart below).  Season Assists: he now has 181 on the season; that ranks second D’SHAWN SCHWARTZ (18 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST) He became the 37th all-time; he has four of the top nine in school history (175 in ’17- player in school history to score 1,000 career points (hitting the 18, third; 167 in ’18-19, seventh and 159 in ’19-20, ninth). He mark with his second three of the game); finishing the game with trails only the 194 Jose Winston had in 2000-01. 1,013 (passing Andre Roberson into 36th—Roberson had 1,012).  Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: on the season, he now owns a 2:87-1 (181 He is the third member of the 2017 recruiting class to hit 1,000 assists/63 turnovers). He is the first player since 2008 in an NCAA (joining McKinley Wright and Tyler Bey). game to have at least 13 assists and no turnovers (Jason Richards,  Threes: He enjoyed his best game of the season, draining 5-of-7 Davidson). threes after entering with a high of three on four occasions (he has now made 10-of-15 in the last three games).

DALLAS WALTON (9 PTS, 0 REB) He made 3-of-4 field goals (1— 1 3-Pt; 2-of-2 FT). He is now 56-of-100 (.560) from the field, 9- of-19 from three (.474) and 49-of-58 (.845). That’s a combined

114-of-177 (64.4) for all his shots.

The 1,800/600/600 Club

McKinley Wright is now the sixth player in NCAA history with 1,800 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists for a career (and one of 10 in the 1,600/600/600 club and one of seven in the 1,700/600/600). He was the 10th to attain 1,600/600/600, and the seventh to reach 1,700/600/600 (since 1985-86; there could be a handful of others at most, but there was no 3-pointer prior, no shot clock for most of that time, and freshmen weren’t eligible between 1955 and 1971):

Player, School Seasons G Points Rebounds Assists Club Jon Elmore, Marshall 2015-19 133 2,638 636 783 2,600 / 600 / 700 Nate Wolters, South Dakota State 2009-13 127 2,352 601 668 2,300 / 600 / 600 Greivis Vasquez, Maryland 2006-10 136 2,171 647 772 2,100 / 600 / 700 DaAndre Kane, Marshall/Iowa State 2010-14 132 2,110 743 645 2,100 / 700 / 600 D.J. Cooper, Ohio 2009-13 143 2,075 620 934 2,000 / 600 / 900 McKinley Wright, Colorado 2017-21 130 1,847 640 682 1,800 / 500 / 600

CONTINUED … COLORADO 96. GEORGETOWN 73 / Postgame Notes 3-3-3

COLORADO / NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME RECORDS

Bold/Highlighted in Yellow: records (highlighted in Blue: old mark)

INDIVIDUAL TEAM Most Points, Game— 32, vs. Colorado State at Manhattan, Kan., 3/13/1969 Most Points, Game— 97, vs. Texas A&M at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1969 (W, 97-82) Most Points, Half—23, Cliff Meely vs. Colorado State at Manhattan, Kan., 3/13/1969 (2nd) Most Points, Half—51, vs. Texas A&M at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1969 (1st) Most Field Goals Made—12, Bob Jeangerard vs. Bradley at Manhattan, Kan., 3/12/1955 Most Field Goals Made—41, vs. Texas A&M at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1969 (72 FGA) (24 FGA); Cliff Meely vs. Texas A&M at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1969 (23 FGA) Most Field Goals Attempted—82, vs. Bradley at Manhattan, Kan., 3/12/1955 (41 FGM) Most Field Goals Att.—26, Cliff Meely vs. Colorado State at Manhattan, 3/13/1969 (11 FGM) Best Field Goal Percentage—56.9 (41-of-72), vs. Texas A&M at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1969 Best Field Goal Percentage—90.0 (9-ot-10), Jabari Walker vs. Georgetown New: 60.7 (34-of-56) vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. Most 3-Point Field Goals Made—7, on two occasions (vs. Indiana ’97; vs. UNLV ’12) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made—4, Askia Booker vs. Illinois at Austin, 3/22/2013 (10 att.) New: 16 vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21 (25 attempts) New: 5, D’Shawn Schwartz and Jabari Walker vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted—18, vs. N. Carolina at Winston-Salem, 3/15/1997 (3M) 3/20/21. New: 25 vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21 (made 16) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted—10, Askia Booker vs. Illinois at Austin, 3/22/2013 (4m) Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage—.778 (7-of-9), vs. Indiana at Winston-Salem, 3/13/1997 Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage—100.0 (5-ot-5), Jabari Walker vs. Georgetown Most Free Throws Made—33, vs. Bradley at Manhattan, Kan., 3/12/1955 (47 FTA) at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. Most Free Throws Attempted—47, Bradley at Manhattan, Kan., 3/12/1955 (33 FTM) Most Free Throws Made—13, Josh Scott vs. Connecticut at Des Moines, 3/17/2016 Best Free Throw Percentage—81.8 (9-of-11), vs. Stanford at Kansas City, 3/21/42 Most Free Throws Attempted—18, Josh Scott vs. Connecticut at Des Moines, 3/17/2016 New: 85.7 (12-of-14) vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. Most Rebounds—19, Jim Ranglos vs. Bradley at Manhattan, Kan., 3/12/1955 Best Free Throw Pct. (20 att.)—73.3 (22-of-30), vs. San Francisco Most Rebounds, Half—11, Jim Ranglos vs. Bradley at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1955 (1st) Most Rebounds—53, vs. Colorado State at Manhattan, Kan., 3/13/1969 Most Offensive Rebounds—6, Josh Scott vs. Illinois at Austin, 3/22/2013 Most Offensive Rebounds—12, vs. Michigan State at Tampa, 3/21/2003 Most Defensive Rebounds—13, Andre Roberson vs. UNLV at Albuquerque, 3/15/2012 Most Defensive Rebounds—37, vs. Nevada-Las Vegas at Albuquerque, 3/15/2012) Most Assists—5, Howard Frier vs. North Carolina at Winston-Salem, 3/15/1997 Most Assists—12, on two occasions (vs. Indiana ’97; vs. UNLV ’12) New: 13, McKinley Wright vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. New: 27 vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. Most Steals—4, Andre Roberson vs. Baylor at Albuquerque, 3/17/2012 Most Steals—7, vs. North Carolina at Winston-Salem, 3/15/1997 Most Blocked Shots—7, David Harrison vs. Michigan State at Tampa, 3/21/2003 Most Blocked Shots—8, vs. Michigan State at Tampa, 3/21/2003 Most Turnovers—5, Carlon Brown vs. Baylor at Albuquerque, 3/17/2012; Fewest Turnovers—10, vs. North Carolina at Winston-Salem, 3/15/1997 Josh Fortune vs. Connecticut, at Des Moines, 3/17/2016 Most Turnovers—23, vs. Nevada-Las Vegas at Albuquerque, 3/15/2012 Best Assist-to-Turnover Ratio—5:1, Howard Frier vs. North Carolina at Winston-Salem, Largest Lead—24 (74-48 last of four times), vs. Indiana at Winston-Salem, 3/13/1997 3/15/1997 (5 AST, 1 TO) New: 32 (84-52) vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. New: 13:0, McKinley Wright vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. At Half—20 (51-31) vs. Texas A&M at Manhattan, Kan., 3/15/1969 (W, 97-82) Most Minutes Played—37, Andre Roberson vs. UNLV at Albuquerque, 3/15/2012 New: 24 (47-23) vs. Georgetown at Indianapolis, 3/20/21. Largest Deficit—32 (45-77 last of three times), vs. Pittsburgh at Orlando, 3/20/2014

COLORADO RESULTS / NCAA SEEDING ERA (seeding began in 1979; prior, CU likely was “seeded” anywhere between 1 and 4 when it was originally an 8-team event at its beginning)

1996-97 (East Region) 2013-14 (South Region) #9 COLORADO 80, #8 Indiana 62 half: CU, 46-31 #9 Pittsburgh 77, #8 COLORADO 48 half: UP, 46-18 #1 North Carolina 73, #9 COLORADO 56 half: CU, 31-30 2015-16 (South Region) 2002-03 (South Region) #9 Connecticut 74, #8 COLORADO 67 half: CU, 36-27 #7 Michigan State 79, #10 COLORADO 64 half: MSU, 44-29 2020-21 (East Region) 2011-12 (South Region) #5 COLORADO 96, #12 Georgetown 73 half: CU, 47-23 #11 COLORADO 68, #6 Nevada-Las Vegas 64 half: CU, 36-25 Monday: vs. #4 Florida State (def. UNC-Greensboro, 64-54) #3 Baylor 80, #11 COLORADO 63 half: BU, 37-35

2012-13 (East Region) #7 Illinois 57, #10 COLORADO 49 half: UI, 37-21

CU COACHES / POSTSEASON TOURNAMENTS (postseason conference tournaments began in 1977)

BY PERCENTAGE CONFERENCE NCAA N.I.T. CBI OVERALL Coach (Seasons) W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. G W L Pct. Tad Boyle (11) 17-10 .630 2-4 .333 5-3 .625 1-1 .500 43 25 18 .581 (13) …… ….. 2-4 .333 3-1 .750 0-0 .000 10 5 5 .500 H.B. Lee (6) …… ….. 3-3 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 3 3 .500 (20) …… ….. 3-3 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 3 3 .500 (5) 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 0-0 .000 11 4 7 .364 (4) 2-4 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 2 4 .333 *Ricardo Patton (11) 6-12 .333 1-2 .333 1-4 .200 0-0 .000 26 8 18 .308 (3) 1-3 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4 1 3 .250 (5) 1-5 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 1 5 .167 (6) 1-5 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 1 5 .167 Totals 29-44 .397 11-16 .407 13-10 .565 1-1 .500 124 53 71 .427 Note: Ricardo Patton took over as interim coach in the 1995-96 season; the Big 8 postseason loss that year is in his record.

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