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Colorado BUFFALOES (17-6, 7-5 Big 12) COLORADO AT nebraska cornhuskers (16-9, 6-6 big 12) Game #24 BASKETBALL Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m. (mountain) Arena:Devaney Center (13,595) Television: none 2005-06 KKZN Radio 760-AM: Mark Johnson, Charles Johnson 2005-06 SCHEDULE CU vs. NEBRASKA: If CU hopes to break a three- BUFF TIDBITS: In their last three road game road losing streak and win their third confer- games, Marcus Hall leads CU in scoring (15.7), Date Opponent Time ence road game of the season they’ll have to do it rebounding (5.3), assists (3.0), 3-pointers Fri. Nov. 18 UNC WILMINGTON W, 73-54 Mon. Nov. 21 at Colorado State (FSN) L, 82-83 at the Devaney Center, an arena where CU is 2-7 (9)...Richard Roby ranks 30th on the school’s Sat. Nov. 26 ^vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) (FSN) W, 73-54 since 1996-97. CU’s lone two wins came in 2001 all-time scoring list with 904 pts. (17.1 in 53 Tue. Nov. 29 at Penn W, 78-60 (60-57) and 2004 (68-60). Earlier this season, the games)...Roby holds the top-five of CU’s scor- Sat. Dec. 03 CAL POLY W, 93-75 Wed. Dec. 07 UTAH (FSN) W, 76-52 Buffs won, 81-59 (see page 35 for box, story). Over- ing games this season (33, 30, 29, 28, Sat. Dec. 17 UC IRVINE W, 96-80 all, the Buffs are 11-12 against their Cornhusker 27)...Roby is the only CU player to have started Tue. Dec. 20 at TCU (FSN) W, 77-59 rival since 1996 and have won four of their last six all games in two years (53-straight)...He has Thur.Dec. 22 MERCER W, 117-74 against the Huskers (three were in Boulder). scored double figures in 26 of his 28 career Sat. Dec. 31 DARTMOUTH W, 83-65 Tue. Jan. 03 SAVANNAH STATE W, 116-52 conference games (the other two were nine Sat. Jan. 07 *at 15/16 Texas (ESPN+) L, 64-89 QUICKLY ON THE HUSKERS: Nebraska has points)...Andy Osborn has made at least one Wed. Jan. 11 *KANSAS (ESPN+) L, 63-75 lost three of its last five games and recently are led 3-pointer in 20-straight games (2.2 a Sat. Jan. 14 *at Missouri (ERT) W, 74-71 Wed. Jan. 18 *BAYLOR W, 81-48 by Aleks Maric (18.0 ppg., 11.6 rpg.) over the last game)...Roby has two of CU’s three double- Sat. Jan. 21 *at Oklahoma St.(ESPN+) W, 80-78 ot five games. Overall, NU is 13-4 at home (3-3 in the doubles (Texas Tech, Utah); Osborn has the Wed. Jan. 25 *NEBRASKA (FSN RM) W, 81-59 Big 12) and has lost two straight (Texas Tech, Kan- other (Cal Poly)...Hall grabbed a career-best Sat. Jan. 28 *KANSAS ST. (FSN RM) W, 79-75 sas). Wes Wilkinson leads the team in scoring (11.8 nine rebounds (defensive) at K-State...Hall is Sun. Feb. 05 *at Iowa State (ESPN+) L, 79-96 Wed. Feb. 08 *at Texas A&M (FSN RM) L, 58-61 ppg.) and is third in rebounding (6.3 rpg.); Jason 11 assists from 11th place (264) on CU’s as- Sat. Feb. 11 *TEXAS TECH (ESPN+) W, 66-64 Dourisseau (10.6 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) is second, followed sist list and 19 from 10th (Billups)...Hall led Wed. Feb. 15 *19/19 OKLAHOMA (ESPN2) W, 84-75 by Maric (10.5 ppg., 8.0 rpg.). Maric leads all CU in scoring for the first time since doing it at Sat. Feb. 18 *at Kansas St. (ESPN+) L, 60-72 Wed. Feb. 22 *at Nebraska 6 p.m. conference players in offensive rebounding (3.7). TCU (16 games ago)...TEAM: CU is scoring Sat. Feb. 25 *MISSOURI (ESPN+) 11:30 a.m. 65.7 ppg. in their last three road games (allow- Wed. Mar. 01 *at Kansas 6 p.m. BIG 12 LEADERS: Marcus Hall still needs the ing 76.3)...In the last three road games, the op- Sat. Mar. 04 *IOWA STATE 7 p.m. conference (all games) in assist-turnover ratio (2.07) ponent starters have outscored CU 64-3- Thr.-Sun., **2006 Phillips 66 Big 12 Mar. 9-12 Championships and is CU’s lone leader in any category. In all 50.3...CU has begun the game with 10 made ^Colorado Classic, Pepsi Center (Denver, Colo.) games played, CU ranks first in scoring (79.7), 3-pointers (see page 4) including the last four Home Games in BOLD CAPS blocks (6.0), offensive rebounding (15.6, and 3- games with a trey made...CU has played with a * Big 12 Conference Game pointers made (8.8). In conference-only games, the different starting line up eight times (see page ** American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas) (ERT) ESPN Plus Buffs are first in 3-pointers made (9.2), blocks (6.3), 5)...CU is 23 treys from breaking last year’s (FSN RM) Fox Sports Network Rocky Mountain offensive rebounding (15.8) and 3-point FG defense school record of 223...CU 51-of-59 (.864) from All dates and times are SUBJECT TO CHANGE (32.7). the free throw line in the last three games. Times are MOUNTAIN SPORTS INFORMATION Team Comparison Averages CU NU Colorado Nebraska MBB Contact ........................... Andrew R. Green Points 79.7 66.4 Buffaloes cornhuskers Office ......................................... 303/492-5626 Points Allowed 68.3 65.1 Fax ............................................. 303/492-3811 Scoring Margin +11.4 +1.2 (17-6, 7-5 Big 12) (16-9, 6-6 Big 12) Email ...................... [email protected] Field Goals 29.0 22.5 Cell ............................................. 720/470-9780 Field Goal Att. 64.1 54.8 Press Row Phone ............ 303/492-1552 or 4381 Field Goal Pct. .453 .411 Home Arena .......... Coors Events Center (11,064) 3-pt Field Goals 8.7 6.6 Probable Starters Radio .......................................... KKZN 760-AM 3-pt Field Goal Att. 23.3 19.1 COLORADO .. Mark Johnson (p-b-p), Charles Johnson (analyst) 3-pt Field Goal Pct. .375 .345 Pos No Name Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG Athletic Reception ........................ 303/492-7931 Free Throws 12.9 14.8 G 21 Marcus Hall 6-1 Jr. Houston, Texas 9.8 2.3 4.0 Men’s Basketball Office ............... 303/492-6877 Free Throw Att. 19.8 22.5 G 23 Richard Roby 6-6 So. San Bernardino, Calif. 18.4 5.7 2.6 CECC Media Work Room .... 303/492-0713/0710 Free Throw Pct. .649 .658 F 4 Andy Osborn 6-9 Sr. Longmont, Colo. 8.6 3.8 1.0 Big 12 web page ............... www.Big12sports.com Offensive Rebounds 15.6 13.5 F 15 Chris Copeland 6-8 Sr. Richmond, Va. 12.2 4.8 1.3 Athletic Ticket Office ................... 303/492-8337 Defensive Rebounds 25.5 25.3 C 33 Julius Ashby 6-9 Sr. Trinidad & Tobago 5.1 4.9 ^1.3 Mailing Address: Total Rebounds 41.1 36.5 ^ blocks Sports Information Rebounding Margin +5.5 +3.0 University of Colorado Fouls 19.2 16.4 NEBRASKA 357 UCB (Fieldhouse Annex 50) Assists 17.1 13.0 Pos No Name Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG Boulder, CO 80309-0357 Turnovers 14.5 16.2 G 1 Jason Dourisseau 6-6 Sr. Omaka, Neb. 10.6 7.0 1.5 Assist/TO Ratio 1.2 0.8 G3Charles Richardson 5-9 Jr. Maywood, Ill. 4.0 2.1 3.3 Turnover Margin +1.9 -0.9 G 31 Jamel White 6-3 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 7.3 2.9 1.8 Blocks 6.0 3.7 F 11 Wes Wilkinson 6-10 Sr. Grand Island, Neb. 11.8 6.3 1,5 Steals 9.1 3.7 C 21 Aleks Maric 6-11 So. Sydney, Australia 10.5 8.0 1.0 2-2-2 FREE THROWS WHEN IT COUNTS: For CU’s 2005-06 Trends... INSIDE THE NUMBERS most of the season, CU was not very good from CU’s record under Patton when they score ... Ovll H A N the charity stripe. In their last three games they Overall ... ‘05-06 vs. non-conference teams 10-1 7-0 2-1 1-0 ‘re shooting with the best team nationally, .51- Holding oppt. under 70 117-23 ....... 10-1 vs. conference teams 7-5 5-1 2-5 - of-59 (.864) including 11-for-11 performance at CU Scoring 30-39 0-1 ............. - CU Plays an opponent .500+ 12-4 7-1 3-4 1-0 Kansas State (Feb. 18). Here’s CU at the free 40-49 points 0-2 ............. - CU Plays an opponent -.500 6-0 5-0 1-0 - throw line with the game on the line with five min- 50-59 points 1-27 ......... 0-1 60-69 points 30-45 ......... 1-3 utes remaining: CU leading an oppt. at half 13-3 10-0 2-3 1-0 70-79 points 56-40 ......... 7-1 80-89 points 54-17 ......... 5-1 CU trailing at the half 2-3 1-1 1-2 - With 2-5 minutes to play... CU tied at the half 2-0 1-0 1-0 - 90-99 points 19-3 ......... 2-0 Chris Copeland 5-5 1.000 Over 100 points 13-0 ......... 2-0 Marcus Hall 3-3 1.000 CU leading in the last 10:00 14-2 12-0 2-2 1-0 1995-2006 Margin of Victory/Losses CU tied in the last 10:00 1-0 1-0 - - Julius Ashby 1-1 1.000 1-2 points 14-12 ..........