2014-15 COLORADO MEN’S BASKETBALL Andrew R. Green | Assistant Director Sports Information/MBB Contact Ofϐice: 303.492.3812 | Cell: 720.470.9780 [email protected] | www.CUBuffs.com | @CUBuffsmbb | facebook.com/cubuffsmbb GAME #5 Lipscomb Bison (2-3, 0-0 Atlantic Sun) COLORADO PROBABLE STARTERS Sunday, Nov. 30, 12:06 p.m. (MST) Pos/No Player Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG Arena: Coors Events Center (11,064) F 1 Wesley Gordon 6-9 240 So. Colorado Springs, Colo. 7.8 6.0 ^1.0 Television: Pac-12 Networks (National) F 40 Josh Scott 6-10 245 Jr. Monument, Colo. 14.3 7.5 ^1.8 Comcast: Pac-12 Mountain 430 (840HD); G 0 Askia Booker 6-2 175 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. 7.3 2.8 1.8 Pac-12 Network: 431. DISH: Pac-12 Network Announcers: JB Long (pbp), Don MacLean (analyst) G 2 Xavier Johnson 6-7 230 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. 12.3 4.3 1.3 760 KKZN: Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke G 3 Xavier Talton 6-2 185 Jr. Sterling, Colo. 5.8 3.0 2.0 CU vs. Lipscomb: First-ever meeting ^-blocks; *-steals CU RESERVES 2014-15 SCHEDULE (3-1, 0-0 Pac-12) F 10 Tre’Shaun Fletcher 6-7 210 So. Tacoma, Wash. 4.3 3.0 0.0 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result F 14 Tory Miller 6-9 240 Fr. Kansas City, Kan. 2.8 2.3 0.3 Fri. Nov. 14 DREXEL (Pac-12N) W, 65-48 G 5 Eli Stalzer 6-4 195 Jr. Brea, Calif. 0.5 0.5 0.0 Mon. Nov. 17 #AUBURN (ESPN2) W, 90-59 G 13 Dustin Thomas 6-7 225 So. Texarkana, Texas 2.5 4.3 1.5 Sat. Nov. 22 at Wyoming (ESPN3) L, 33-56 G 15 Dominique Collier 6-2 170 Fr. Denver, Colo. 4.5 3.0 3.0 Tue. Nov. 25 AIR FORCE (Pac-12N) W, 68-53 G 23 Jaron Hopkins 6-6 200 So. Mesa, Ariz. 4.5 2.0 1.3 Sun. Nov. 30 LIPSCOMB (Pac-12N) Noon QUICKLY: Colorado has not allowed their opponent over 60 points in any of the irst Wed. Dec. 3 SAN FRANCISCO (Pac-12N) 8 p.m. four games matching the 1944-45 team - 70 years ago • Meet the 2014-15 Buffaloes Sun. Dec. 7 at Georgia (SEC Network) 10 a.m. after Sunday’s game with an autograph session on the court • CU has played in front of Wed. Dec. 10 COLORADO STATE (Pac-12N) 7 p.m. 9,000+ fans in all three home games and in ive years with the Boyle coaching staff, CU Sat. Dec. 13 NORTHERN COLORADO (Pac-12N) 4 p.m. is 33-7 at home when the attendance is 9,000 or more. Mon. Dec. 22 ^vs. DePaul (ESPNU) 2:30 p.m. UNDER 59 POINTS A GAME: After four games, the CU defense has not allowed its op- Tue. Dec. 23 ^vs. GWU or Ohio (ESPNU) TBD ponent over 60 points, an average of 54.0 ppg. The last time that happened was the Thu. Dec. 25 ^vs. Hawai’i/LMU/Nebraska/WSU TBD 1944-45 season by legendary head coach Frosty Cox, 70 years ago. In fact, CU did not Fri. Jan. 2 *UCLA (FS1) 8 p.m. allow it’s opponent to score 60 points until the 11th game that year (the only game the Sun. Jan. 4 *USC (Pac-12N) Noon oppt. scored 60 pts [BYU won 60-58]. If CU performs the defense feat today, it contin- Wed. Jan. 7 *at Utah (ESPN2) 7 p.m. ues to match the 1944-45 team. Thu. Jan. 15 *at Arizona (ESPN/ESPN2) 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 17 *at Arizona State (Pac-12N) 2:30 p.m. KKZN 760-AM: Buffs Warm-Up with play-by-play “Voice of the Buffs” Mark Johnson Thu. Jan. 22 *WASHINGTON (FS1) 7:30 p.m. and color analyst Scott Wilke begins at 11:30 a.m. previewing the CU/Lipscomb game with a 30-minute pre-game breaking down the match-up, Sat. Jan. 24 *WASHINGTON STATE (Pac-12N) 6 p.m. talking with Head Coach Tad Boyle…followed by the Buffs/ 2014-15 Team Averages Thu. Jan. 29 *at USC (FS1) 7:30 p.m. Bison tip at 12:06 p.m. CU LU Sat. Jan. 31 *at UCLA (Pac-12N) 8:30 p.m. All Games All Gam Points 64.0 73.2 Sat. Feb. 7 *UTAH (Pac-12N) 8 p.m. SCOUTING THE BISON: Lipscomb University from Nash- Pts. Allowed 54.0 74.8 Thu. Feb. 12 *CALIFORNIA (FS1) 7 p.m. ville, Tenn., is a private, liberal college of 4,526 students; Scoring Mar. +10.0 -1.6 Sun. Feb. 15 *STANFORD (FS1) 2 p.m. are 2-3 and hail from the Atlantic Sun Conference. They Field Goals 21.5 25.0 Wed. Feb. 18 *at Oregon (ESPNU) 9 p.m. have home wins over Berry (91-70), Transylvania (74-63), Field Goal Att. 49.0 63.4 Field Goal Pct. .439 .394 Sat. Feb. 21 *at Oregon State (Pac-12N) 9 p.m. loss at Vanderbilt (72-62), and a pair of losses to Belmont FG Defense .344 .441 Thu. Feb. 26 *ARIZONA (ESPN/ESPN2) 7 p.m. at home (87-62) and away (82-77). Three players average in double igures, Josh Williams (16.6 ppg.) and twin broth- 3-pt FGs 5.0 9.0 Sun. Mar. 1 *ARIZONA STATE (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. 3-pt FG Att. 14.5 29.8 ers, Martin (12.6) and Malcolm Smith (12.3). The Bison Thu. Mar. 5 *at Washington (FS1) 7 p.m. 3-pt FG Pct. .345 .302 went 15-15 last season with a 10-8 inish in the A-Sun (4th 3-pt Pct Def. .255 .431 Sat. Mar. 7 *at Washington State (Pac-12N) 4:30 p.m. overall). They also return four starters from a year ago. FTM 16.0 14.2 Mar. 11-14 **Pac-12 Tournament TBD FT Att. 21.3 23.0 Mar. 17, 18 NCAA First Round (Dayton, Ohio) A WIN TODAY MEANS: The 22-consecutive non-confer- FT Pct. .753 .617 Mar. 19-22 NCAA Second & Third Rounds ence home win (third all-time at CU), 14th nationally • 64-9 Off. Rebs. 8.5 14.4 Def. Rebs. 31.0 25.0 Mar. 26-29 NCAA Regionals record at home (.876), in addition to a 34-1 (.971) home record in non-conference play (Nov./Dec.); 18-0 during Total Rebs. 39.5 39.4 Apr. 4, 6 NCAA Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) Reb. Margin +9.5 -0.2 the month of November • First-ever win in the series vs. Fouls 17.8 20.2 Home Games in Bold CAPS Lipscomb and an 8-0 record vs. the Atlantic Sun • Coach Turnovers 12.7 14.4 #-ESPN 24-hour College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon Boyle’s 96th career CU victory • IF CU makes a three-point- Assists 11.0 13.6 ^-Diamond Head Classic (Oahu, Hawai’i) er, it will extend streak to 404-straight games since Jan. 19, Blocks 4.0 3.0 *-Pac-12 Conference Game 2002, ifth longest streak in the Pac-12. Steals 5.5 7.0 2ǧ2ǧ2 vs. Pac-12 (under Boyle) NOVEMBER HOME RECORDS: FIVE YEAR NOTES UNDER BOYLE: Arizona 3-6 .333 (CU MBB Head Coaches) • 95-51 record (.651), the fastest coach Arizona State 3-3 .500 Tad Boyle 17-0 2010-present in school history to win that many in the *California 5-3 .667 UCLA 0-4 .000 Tom Apke 11-0 1981-86 shortest time & most in any ive-year span. Oregon 5-1 .833 Bill Blair 4-0 1976-81 • Winning percentage (.651), best of any *Oregon State 5-2 .714 CU coach in MBB history (min. 2 years). USC 5-0 1.000 COLLIER: Freshman Dominique Collier Stanford 3-3 .500 handed out six assists in the home win over • During non-conference play (Nov., Dec., Utah 5-2 .714 Washington 2-2 .500 Air Force (Nov. 25), the most by a CU player Jan.), Boyle is 43-13 overall (.768) in home, Washington State 4-0 1.000 other than Askia Booker and Spencer Din- road, neutral games. Totals 40-26 .606 widdie since Nate Tomlinson (Feb. 2, 2012) *-includes games in 2010-11 had six in an 82-60 home win against Ore- • The coaching staff is 63-9 at home (.875), gon State at the Coors Events Center. During in addition to a 33-1 (.971) at home in non- vs. Pac-12 (all-time) Arizona 11-11 .500 Tomlinson’s freshman season (2008-09) he conference play (Nov./Dec.); and 17-0 dur- Arizona State 5-5 .500 had seven dimes on March 4, 2009. ing the month of November. California 12-12 .500 UCLA 1-8 .111 XJ: Xavier Johnson is second on the Buffs • CU also won its 21-straight non-confer- Oregon 8-3 .727 in scoring at 12.3 ppg, however he has led ence home game dating back to 2011, third Oregon State 10-4 .714 USC 7-3 .700 the team in the scoring column three of four longest streak in school history. Stanford 6-9 .400 games with one shared game. • 19 home sellouts over four years (14-5). Utah 25-17 .595 Washington 8-9 .471 AT WYOMING (Nov. 22): CU managed just • CU is an impressive 30-0 at home and Washington State 5-1 .833 33 points at Wyoming, its lowest point to- 43-3 overall (.935) when out-rebounding Totals 98-82 .544 tal since losing 40-31 at Iowa State, Jan.