Colorado Basketball GAME 32: Florida STate, Monday, March 22, 2021 Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, Ind. 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: 5:45 p.m. MDT DATE CUR OPPONENT (AP/USAT) W/L TIME/RES TV Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke); N 25 ^vs. South Dakota W 84-61 ESPN+ Westwood One (Dave Pasch, Danny Manning) N 27 ^at Kansas State W 76-58 ESPNU TV: TBS (Brad Nessler, Steve Lavin, Evan Washburn) D 8 at Tennessee (12/16) L 47-56 SECN+ Watch Online: NCAA.com D 8 COLORADO STATE Canceled Satellite (Westwood One): TBA D 8 COLORADO MINES Canceled Live Statistics: CUBuffs.com D 14 NORTHERN COLORADO W 81-45 PAC12 D 16 OMAHA W 91-49 PAC12 BUFFS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT: Colorado is making its 15th D 20 !$vs. Washington W 92-69 PAC12 appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2016. The D 22 RV/RV $vs. Grand Canyon W 74-64 PAC12 Buffaloes have two Final Four appearances in 1942 and 1955. D 28 RV/RV *at Arizona L 74-88 PAC12 D 31 RV/RV *at USC W 72-62 ESPN It is the fifth trip to the Big Dance in head coach Tad Boyle’s 11 J 2 RV/RV *at UCLA L 62-65 PAC12 seasons, which included three-straight appearances from 2012-14. J 7 RV/RV *OREGON (17/15) W 79-72 FS1 Prior to 2012, Colorado had advanced to just two NCAA Tournaments J 11 RV/RV *at Utah W 65-58 PAC12 in 42 years (1997 and 2003). J 14 RV/RV *CALIFORNIA W 89-60 PAC12 J 16 RV/RV *STANFORD W 77-64 PAC12 Colorado’s No. 5 seed in the bracket is its highest since the NCAA J 20 RV/23 *at Washington L 80-84 ESPN2 began seeding the entire field in 1979. The Buffaloes previous best J 23 RV/23 *at Washington State W 70-59 ESPN2 was a No. 8 seed, achieved in their last two tournaments in 2014 J 27 RV/RV *WASHINGTON STATE W 70-58 ESPNU and ’16. J 30 RV/RV *UTAH L 74-77 PAC12 F 6 RV/RV *ARIZONA W 82-79 FS1 F 8 RV/RV *OREGON STATE W 78-49 PAC12 F 11 RV/RV *at Stanford W 69-51 ESPN2 F 13 RV/RV *at California L 62-71 ESPNU Colorado Florida State F 18 RV/RV *at Oregon (RV/25) L 56-60 ESPN2 F 20 RV/RV *at Oregon State W 61-57 ESPNU Buffaloes Seminoles F 25 RV/-- *USC (19/18) W 80-62 ESPN2 (23-8) #22 (AP & USAT) (17-6) #14 (AP & USAT) F 27 RV/-- *UCLA (RV/RV) W 70-61 ESPN2 F 4 24/RV *ARIZONA STATE W 75-61 ESPN2 Team Comparison Averages - Overall Team Comparison Averages - Overall M 11 23/RV @vs. #11 California W 61-58 ESPN CU FSU CU FSU Points 73.8 78.3 Offensive Rebounds 9.6 11.4 M 12 23/RV @vs. #2 USC W 72-70 ESPN Points Allowed 63.6 69.6 Defensive Rebounds 25.2 26.0 M 13 23/RV @vs. #5 Oregon State L 68-70 ESPN Scoring Margin +10.2 +8.7 Total Rebounds 34.8 37.4 M 20 22/22 %vs. #12 Georgetown (RV/RV) W 96-73 CBS Field Goals 26.1 28.0 Rebounding Margin +4.0 +4.6 M 22 22/22 %vs. #4 Florida State (14/14) 5:45 p.m. TBS Field Goal Att. 56.8 58.9 Fouls 16.3 18.3 M 27-30 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Field Goal Pct. .459 .476 Assists 13.7 14.7 3-pt Field Goals 7.7 7.9 A 3&5 NCAA Final Four TBA TBA Turnovers 11.1 14.4 3-pt Field Goal Att. 20.5 20.6 Assist/TO Ratio 1.2 1.0 3-pt Field Goal Pct. .377 .383 Turnover Margin +2.0 -0.7 Home Games In BOLD CAPS Free Throws 13.9 14.3 Blocks 2.8 5.2 *Pac-12 Conference Game Free Throw Att. 16.9 19.4 Steals 5.1 7.2 ^-Little Apple Classic (Bramlage Center, Manhattan, Kan.) Free Throw Pct. .823 .736 $-Far West Classic (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) Probable Starters @-Pac-12 Tournament (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) Colorado %-NCAA Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) P No Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG MISC !-Officially a nonconference game, does not count as a league contest G 25 McKinley Wright IV 6-0 193 Sr. North Robbinsdale, Minn. 15.4 4.3 5.8 apg PAC12 - Pac-12 Network G 24 Eli Parquet 6-4 194 Jr. Beaumont, Texas 5.3 2.1 1.3 apg G 5 D’Shawn Schwartz 6-7 227 Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo. 9.1 4.0 1.2 apg F 21 Evan Battey 6-8 269 Jr. View Park, Calif. 10.0 5.3 .493 fg% Follow us on social media F 13 Dallas Walton 7-0 236 Sr. Arvada, Colo. 6.7 2.9 .550 fg% Florida State P No Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG MISC G 0 RayQuan Evans 6-4 210 Sr. Billings, Mont. 5.4 2.0 1.5 apg G 2 Anthony Polite 6-6 215 Jr. Lugano, Switzerland 9.5 4.5 1.7 apg G 23 M.J. Walker 6-5 213 Sr. Riverdale, Ga. 12.5 2.5 44 3fgm F 1 RaiQuan Gray 6-8 260 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 12.2 6.6 1.3 spg /CUBuffsMBB @CUBuffsMBB C 5 Balsa Koprivica 7-1 240 So. Belgrade, Serbia 9.4 6.0 .597 fg% 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: 4 Reb: 4 Ast: 1 Career-high 4 points in the first round win over Georgetown 3 Maddox Daniels G/F 6-6 203 Sr. 1L Suwanee, Ga. (Beverly Hills [Calif.]/Fla. SouthWestern St.) Season: Pts: 12 Reb: 7 Ast: 4 Third on the team with 37 3-point field goals Career: Pts: 12 Reb: 7 Ast: 4 5 D’Shawn Schwartz G/F 6-7 227 Sr. 3L Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sand Creek) Season: Pts: 18 Reb: 15 Ast: 4 Hit the 1,000-point milestone (1,013) with 18 vs. Georgetown Career: Pts: 22 Reb: 15 Ast: 4 10 Alexander Strating F 6-7 226 Sr. 3L Wassenaar, Netherlands (American School of The Hague) Season: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 1 Season-high six minutes off the bench vs. Arizona 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: 6 Second on the team in assists with 41 12 Jabari Walker F 6-8 195 Fr. HS Inglewood, Calif. (AZ Compass Prep) Career: Pts: 24 Reb: 11 Ast: 2 All-Pac-12 Freshman Team; Career-high 24 pts vs. Georgetown 13 Dallas Walton F/C 7-0 236 Sr. 2L Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) Season: Pts: 22 Reb: 7 Ast: 2 9 pts, 3-4 FG vs. Georgetown Career: Pts: 22 Reb: 8 Ast: 4 15 Owen Koonce G 6-6 187 Fr. HS Lafayette, Colo. (Centaurus) Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 Made his collegiate debut & grabbed a rebound vs. Omaha 21 Evan Battey F 6-8 269 Jr. 2L View Park, Calif. (Villa Park) Season: Pts: 21 Reb: 10 Ast: 5 All-Pac-12 Tournament Team; Honorable mention to All-Pac-12 team Career: Pts: 21 Reb: 14 Ast: 5 23 Tristan da Silva F 6-10 210 Fr. HS Munich, Germany (Ludwigsgymnasium Munich) Career: Pts: 15 Reb: 4 Ast: 1 Shooting 53 percent on the season 24 Eli Parquet G/F 6-4 194 Jr. 2L Beaumont, Texas (West Brook) Season: Pts: 10 Reb: 5 Ast: 4 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team; leads team in blocked shots and is second in steals Career: Pts: 10 Reb: 5 Ast: 4 25 McKinley Wright IV G 6-0 193 Sr. 3L North Robbinsdale, Minn. (Champlin Park) Season: Pts: 26 Reb: 10 Ast: 14 AP HM All-American; 2x All-District, 3x All-Pac-12; All-Pac-12 Tournament Team Career: Pts: 30 Reb: 11 Ast: 14 2x Top 10 Cousy Finalist; 1st Pac-12 player to reach 1,800 pts, 600 reb, 600 asst 30 Will Loughlin F 6-10 250 So. HS Seattle, Wash. (Seattle Preparatory School) Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 0 Ast: 0 Made collegiate debut in final minutes of win over Cal 32 Nique Clifford G 6-5 183 Fr. HS Colorado Springs, Colo. (The Vanguard School) Career: Pts: 5 Reb: 3 Ast: 2 Has played in 13 games with a total of 14 points and five steals 33 Aidan McQuade G 6-2 195 Sr. 2L Loveland, Colo. (Loveland) Season: Pts: 0 Reb: 0 Ast: 0 Former student manager for CU’s women’s basketball team, made season debut vs Cal Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 34 Benan Ersek G 6-2 185 So. 1L Vienna, Austria (Kent Denver) Season: Pts: 0 Reb: 0 Ast: 0 Made season debut vs Cal Career: Pts: 0 Reb: 1 Ast: 0 40 Isaac Jessup G 6-2 191 Fr.