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For Immediate Release March 9, 2012 (Contact Troy Andre)

Colorado will play in its first conference tournament championship game since the 1990 Big Eight Conference final (vs. Oklahoma, L 80‐92). Colorado will play No. 4 seed Arizona on Saturday at 3 p.m. The only lower seed than Colorado to reach the Pac‐10/Pac‐12 Championship round was USC as a No. 7. USC also reached the title game as a No. 6 in 2009

Colorado has 22 wins for just the third time (24 in 2010‐11, 22 in 1996‐97). The 46 wins over the last two years is a school‐ best for any two season span.

FOUR IN FOUR: The last (and only) time CU played four games in four days: March 6‐9, 1934 ... four games in Kansas. CU coach that year was Hank Iba, the one year he spent in Boulder before going to Oklahoma State. This is the first time CU has won three games in as many days in its history

SERIES NOTES: Colorado claims the season series from California 2‐1 and ties the overall series at 10‐10. Friday’s game was the third postseason game between Colorado and California. The Bears defeated the Buffaloes 50‐44 in the first round of the 1946 NCAA Tournament. CU defeated California 89‐72 in the second round of the 2011 NIT.

ALL‐TIME BUFF: Colorado senior Austin Dufault set a school record by playing in his 133rd career game. His appearance tonight breaks the tie he held with former teammate Cory Higgins who played in 132 games from 2007‐11. Dufault also made his 127th career start which is second behind Higgins’ 131. He is eighth in career minutes played at 3,358. Senior Nate Tomlinson is in third with 126 games played, fourth with 109 starts and sixth in minutes played at 3,452.

ROBERSON ON FIRE: Sophomore Andre Roberson is shooting 66.7 percent during the tournament (16‐of‐24) while averaging 16.3 points, 10.0 rebounds. His 6‐of‐6 performance from the field against Cal, which included two 3‐pointers, was a career‐best percentage wise.

ROBERSON REBOUNDS: Roberson has already claimed school single‐season records for overall rebounds (366) and defensive rebounds (262) and he is climbing the ladder in offensive rebounds. Roberson had two offensive boards against Cal, improving his season total to 104 as he moved past David Harrison (2002‐03) and Mark Dean (1993‐94) into seventh. Roberson also had 106 as a freshman last season, the school’s sixth best mark.

ASSIST MILESTONE: Senior guard Nate Tomlinson picked up his 400th career assist on the opening basket of the game (Carlon Brown). He is just the seventh Buff to reach 400 assists and now has 402.

BROWN BALLIN’: Senior Carlon Brown had 17 points on 8‐of‐15 from the floor. In the three‐game tournament he is averaging 16.7 points while shooting 54 percent (21‐of‐39)

QUICK GAMERS: Colorado started the game on 12‐2 run, made its first four shots and hit 5‐of‐6 over the first 2:53.. After its 5‐of‐6 start Colorado made just 2‐of‐12 over the next 10:09. Colorado finished the half making 5‐of‐10 to finish the period at 43 percent (12‐of‐28). Nate Tomlinson hit his first two 3‐pointers after making just 1‐of‐6 in the first two tournament games…Tomlinson moves into a tie with Cory Higgins (2007‐11) for ninth in career 3‐pointers made with 125…Colorado has forced 45 turnovers (15.0 tpg) while giving up only 25 (8.3 tpg) in the three tournament games. Colorado’s four first half 3‐pointers tied for the second most against a Pac‐12 opponent this season. Colorado led at the half against Cal all three meetings this season….Austin Dufault moved past Jim Creighton (1,032 from 1970‐72) into 25th in career scoring (1,040)…Andre Roberson moved into a tie for 24th in career rebounding with Mike Coleman (1968‐70) with 520.

BOYLE IN POSTSEASON: Tad Boyle is now 8‐2 in postseason games (5‐1 conference, 3‐1 NIT)... he ties Ricardo Patton for the most postseason coaching wins in school history (Patton was 8‐18 in 11 seasons). He has five conference tournament wins in just two seasons, one off Patton's record of six (he was 6‐12).

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

BY PERCENTAGE CONFERENCE NCAA N.I.T. OVERALL Coach (Seasons) W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. G W L Pct. Tad Boyle (2) 5-1 .833 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 10 8 2 .800 Frosty Cox (13) …… ….. 2-4 .333 3-1 .750 10 5 5 .500 H.B. Lee (6) …… ….. 3-3 .500 0-0 .000 6 3 3 .500 Sox Walseth (20) …… ….. 3-3 .500 0-0 .000 6 3 3 .500 Joe Harrington (5) 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 11 4 7 .364 Tom Miller (4) 2-4 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 2 4 .333 *Ricardo Patton (11) 6-12 .333 1-2 .333 1-4 .200 26 8 18 .308 Tom Apke (5) 1-5 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 1 5 .167 Bill Blair (6) 1-5 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 1 5 .167 Jeff Bzdelik (3) 1-3 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4 1 3 .250 Totals 16-35 .313 9-12 .429 11-8 .579 91 36 55 .396 Note: Ricardo Patton took over as interim coach in the 1995-96 season; the Big 8 postseason loss that year is in his record.

OVERALL WINS: Boyle 8, Patton 8, Cox 5, Harrington 4, Lee 3, Walseth 3, three with 1. CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WINS: Patton 6, Boyle 5, Miller 2, three with 1.

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