Colorado Basketball GAME 3: Tennessee, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn. Contact: Troy Andre -- Phone: 303-492-4672 -- Email: [email protected] Colorado Sports Information -- 357 UCB -- Boulder, CO 80309 -- Fax: 303-492-3811 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAMETIME: 4 p.m. MST DATE OPPONENT (AP/USAT) W/L TIME/RES TV Radio: 850 AM & 94.1 FM KOA (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke) N 25 ^vs. South Dakota W 84-61 ESPN+ Watch Online: SEC Network+ (Roger Hoover, Steve Hamer) N 27 ^at Kansas State W 76-58 ESPNU Satellite: TBA D 5 *WASHINGTON STATE PPD PAC12 Listen Online: CUBuffs.com D 8 at Tennessee (12/16) 4 p.m. SECN+ Live Statistics: CUBuffs.com D 8 COLORADO STATE Canceled D 8 COLORADO MINES Canceled THE BUFFALOES: Colorado opened the 2020-21 season with a D 14 NORTHERN COLORADO 7 p.m. PAC12 pair of wins at the Little Apple Classic in Manhattan, Kan. Colorado D 16 OMAHA 3 p.m. PAC12 cruised to an 84-61 win over South Dakota on Nov. 25 and then D 20 !$vs. Washington TBA TBA downed former Big Eight/Big 12 rival Kansas State, 76-58 on Nov. 27. D 22 $vs. Grand Canyon TBA TBA D 28 *at Arizona 7:30 p.m. PAC12 Colorado begins the season with a 2-0 record for the fifth straight D 31 *at USC TBA TBA season. It’s the first time since 1960-61, that the Buffs have started J 2 *at UCLA TBA TBA 2-0 with both games being away from Boulder. That season started J 7 *OREGON TBA TBA with three straight wins away from Boulder beginning with back-to- J 9 *OREGON STATE TBA TBA back wins at Arizona and a third at New Mexico. J 13 *CALIFORNIA TBA TBA J 16 *STANFORD TBA TBA Colorado shot 44.4 percent over the first two games and shared the J 20 *at Washington TBA TBA ball well, with 33 total assists, including 20 in the win over South J 23 *at Washington State TBA TBA Dakota. The Buffaloes were exceptional from the line, hitting 32 of J 30 *UTAH TBA TBA 36 attempts during the week (.889). F 4 *ARIZONA STATE TBA TBA F 6 *ARIZONA TBA TBA All-Pac-12 senior guard McKinley Wright IV earned Pac-12 Player F 11 *at Stanford TBA TBA of the Week honors, averaging 22.0 points, 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds F 13 *at California TBA TBA and 1.5 steals at the Little Apple Classic. He shot a blistering 64.3 F 18 *at Oregon TBA TBA percent from the field (18 of 28), including 43 percent from 3-point F 20 *at Oregon State TBA TBA range (3 of 7). F 25 *USC TBA TBA F 27 *UCLA TBA TBA The Pac-12 Player of the Week honor is Wright’s third; earned once M 6 *at Utah TBA TBA as a freshman (Jan. 8, 2018) and once as a junior (Jan. 6, 2020). M 10-13 Pac-12 Tournament TBA TBA He is one of only three Buffaloes – joining Chauncey Billups and M 16-17 NCAA First Four TBA TBA Askia Booker – to earn three conference Player of the Week honors M 18-21 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA TBA in his career. M 25-28 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA A 3&5 NCAA Final Four TBA TBA Against South Dakota, Wright scored 20 points on 8 of 12 shooting with 5 assists, 3 rebounds and two steals. In the win over Kansas State, Wright had a game-high 24 points with Home Games In BOLD CAPS 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal in 39 minutes. He tied his career *Pac-12 Conference Game high with 10 made field goals – on just 16 attempts – becoming the ^-Little Apple Classic (Bramlage Center, Manhattan, Kan.) 13th Buffalo to reach 1,400 career points. $-Far West Classic (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) !-Officially a nonconference game, does not count as a league contest Wright is the first Buffalo to score 20-plus points in back-to-back PAC12 - Pac-12 Network games to open a season since Alec Burks scored 20-plus in the first five contests of 2010-11. Colorado started a season 2-0 – with both games away from Boulder – for the first time in 60 years (1960-61). Follow us on social media Dallas Walton averaged 7.5 points and 3.5 rebounds at the Little Apple Classic. He had eight points and seven rebounds vs. USD, logging his best numbers in those categories since February 2018. His eight points matches his output at Washington on Feb. 17, 2018 and his seven rebounds are his most since matching that number vs. UCLA on Feb. 25, 2018. /CUBuffsMBB @CUBuffsMBB Senior Maddox Daniels averaged 9.5 points and 4.0 rebounds last week. He scored a CU personal-best 10 points against Kansas State. 2020-21 COLORADO MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School) Game Highs (CU Only) 0 Luke O’Brien G 6-8 198 Fr. HS Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) Career: Pts: 3 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 2020 Colorado Class 5A State Player of the Year. Two-time Class 5A All-State First Team 3 Maddox Daniels G/F 6-6 203 Sr. 1L Suwanee, Ga. (Beverly Hills [Calif.]/Fla. SouthWestern St.) Season: Pts: 10 Reb: 6 Ast: 3 CU career-high 10 points at Kansas State Career: Pts: 10 Reb: 6 Ast: 3 5 D’Shawn Schwartz G/F 6-7 227 Sr. 3L Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sand Creek) Season: Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - 14th in Pac-12 in 3-point percentage (.367) in 2019-20 Career: Pts: 22 Reb: 9 Ast: 4 10 Alexander Strating F 6-7 226 Sr. 3L Wassenaar, Netherlands (American School of The Hague) Season: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 Played in 15 games, averaging 3.5 minutes an outing in 2019-20 Career: Pts: 10 Reb: 6 Ast: 2 11 Keeshawn Barthelemy G 6-2 169 Fr. RS Montreal, Que. (Thornlea Secondary {Toronto, Ont.]) Career: Pts: 11 Reb: 7 Ast: 3 11 points, team-high 7 rebounds in debut vs. USD 12 Jabari Walker F 6-8 195 Fr. HS Inglewood, Calif. (AZ Compass Prep) Career: Pts: 10 Reb: 6 Ast: 1 10 points in collegiate debut vs USD 13 Dallas Walton F/C 7-0 236 Sr. 2L Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) Season: Pts: 8 Reb: 7 Ast: 2 Averaged 7.5 points in first two games Career: Pts: 16 Reb: 8 Ast: 4 15 Owen Koonce G 6-6 187 Fr. HS Lafayette, Colo. (Centaurus) Career: Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Two-time Colorado Class 4A All-State Second Team pick 21 Evan Battey F 6-8 269 Jr. 2L View Park, Calif. (Villa Park) Season: Pts: 7 Reb: 4 Ast: 2 Led CU and ranked 5th in the Pac-12 in offensive rebounds (2.6 orpg) in 2019-20 Career: Pts: 21 Reb: 14 Ast: 4 23 Tristan da Silva F 6-10 210 Fr. HS Munich, Germany (Ludwigsgymnasium Munich) Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 0 Ast: 1 Logged a pair of blocked shots in his collegiate debut vs USD 24 Eli Parquet G/F 6-4 194 Jr. 2L Beaumont, Texas (West Brook) Season: Pts: 9 Reb: 4 Ast: 1 Career-high 9 points vs Kansas State Career: Pts: 9 Reb: 5 Ast: 3 25 McKinley Wright IV G 6-0 193 Sr. 3L North Robbinsdale, Minn. (Champlin Park) Season: Pts: 24 Reb: 5 Ast: 5 Pac-12 Player of the Week, averaged 22 pts, 5 asst at Little Apple Classic Career: Pts: 30 Reb: 11 Ast: 11 30 Will Loughlin F 6-10 250 So. HS Seattle, Wash. (Seattle Preparatory School) Career: Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Former practice player for CU’s women’s basketball team 32 Nique Clifford G 6-5 183 Fr. HS Colorado Springs, Colo. (The Vanguard School) Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 0 Ast: 1 Colorado’s 2020 Gatorade Player of the Year. Averaged 26.3 points, 13.7 rebounds in ‘19-20 33 Aidan McQuade G 6-2 195 Sr. 2L Loveland, Colo. (Loveland) Season: Pts:- Reb: - Ast: - Former student manager for CU’s women’s basketball team, played in two games in 2019-20 Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 34 Benan Ersek G 6-2 185 So. 1L Vienna, Austria (Kent Denver) Season: Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Played in two games in 2019-20 Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 40 Isaac Jessup G 6-2 191 Fr. HS Loveland, Colo. (Resurrection Catholic) Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 Made collegiate debut vs. USD 41 Jeriah Horne F 6-7 214 Sr. TR Career: Pts: 11 Reb: 6 Ast: 3 Led Buffs with six rebounds vs. K-State Head Coach: Tad Boyle (11th Year at CU, 212-134/15th Year Overall, 268-200) Pronunciation Guide: Associate Head Coach: Mike Rohn (11th Year) Keeshawn Barthelemy KEY-shawn Bar-THEL-emmy Assistant Coach: Bill Grier (5th Year) Evan Battey Batty (as in crazy) Assistant Coach: Rick Ray (1st Year) Nique Clifford NEEK Director of Operations: Bill Cartun (11th Year) Jeriah Horne JUH-rye-uh Director of Player Development: Nate Tomlinson (2nd Year) Eli Parquet Par-KAY Assistant to the Head Coach: Marge Marcy (12th Year) Assistant Athletic Trainer: Rawley Klingsmith (8th Year) D’Shawn Schwartz Deh-SHAWN Dir. of Strength & Conditioning/Olympic Sports: Alexander Strating STRAW-ting Stephen Englehart (5th Year) Daniels was a perfect 4 of 4 from the line the first two games.