Colorado Buffaloes Defeat #22 Baylor, Stay Undefeated At Home
by irish1611 on Jan 12, 2010 10:05 PM MST
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The Colorado Buffaloes beat the #22 ranked Baylor Bears Tuesday night 78 - 71 behind great performances from Alec Burks, Cory Higgins and Marcus Relphorde. The Buffs were down five points at halftime but surged in the second half behind Higgins who scored 16 of his 18 points after intermission. Five Buffs scored in double digits and as a team, shot 50%. This is the first win for Colorado against a ranked opponent in three years and keeps their perfect record at home this season. With the loss, Baylor's nine game winning streak came to an end and will probably drop them from the national rankings next week.
After a relatively slow start to the season, Marcus Relphorde has really turned it on in Big 12 play, having by far his two best games of the season scoring 24 this past weekend against Texas and adding 17 versus Baylor. He also led the Buffs with seven rebounds and is now showing why people were so excited about his ability to play both inside and outside after transferring to Colorado this season.
The Buffs were once again out-rebounded by their opponent, something that has plagued Jeff Bzdelik's team the past couple of years. Baylor had 36 rebounds to Colorado's 23 but the Bears killed themselves turning the ball over 18 times compared to CU's five.
Colorado is now 10-6 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12 conference. The Buffs will face their third straight ranked Big 12 opponent in Kansas State this Saturday. The Wildcats come in ranked 12th in the nation after beating Texas A&M Tuesday night 88-65. G Jacob Pullen leads the Wildcats scoring over 20 points per game. The good news for the Buffs is that the game is at the Coors Event Center, where Colorado is now 9-0 on the year.
Hopefully this is a turning point for Colorado basketball and something they can build on. The Buffs will have to show they can win the road if the want to be considered a team who can potentially make some noise in conference play. Colorado has dropped 22 consecutive road games overall and 30 straight in Big 12 play. But for now, this is a good win early in conference play that should give the team some confidence going forward.
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Damn!!!!
That was a sweet game. We had an intensity iv’e never seen us play with, and its amazing just how clutch Cory and Dwight were in that game, they were huge and really pulled that victory in. Great win buffs, i’m so proud of my team right now, and i think its just a sign of things to come for the BZ era.
By the way, all yous who are in the area better get out for the game on Saturday against K-state, us students did our part tonight, literally the student section was at capacity, glorious.
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by 303buff on Jan 12, 2010 10:41 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Attended my first bball game in 6 years...
and it was a blast! Great intensity and crowd. The student section was rocking and the vibe was awesome. The buffs still looked a little lost and overmatched out there, but it’s a great start. Baylor has a couple of huge beasts out there and CU could use a little more size. I hope they keep it up and build more interest. I want to see some more games.
by BuffFiend87 on Jan 12, 2010 11:21 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Still No Rebounding
It was a great win but this game won’t be a turning point until our bigs get on the glass. We won in large part due to forcing 15 turnovers and only committing 5. That offset being outrebounded 38-25. We did only score one less 2nd chance point than the Bears.
here’s a stat for you. tonight our bigs(tunks, eckloff and Dufault played 44 minutes and grabbed zero rebounds. Vs. Texas those same 3 played 32 minutes and grabbed zero rebounds. So, our 3 tallest players have played a total of 76 minutes in Big 12 play and grabbed ZERO rebounds. Is that possible?
CU won’t make a serious run at post season play unless that changes.
Still, what a great win and great atmosphere
by ebuff on Jan 12, 2010 11:46 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Congrats buffs
This just proves that its going to be tough to win on the road this year.. GO MIZZOU!
by MizzCote on Jan 13, 2010 10:32 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Great win for the team
I’m going to have to try making up for a couple of games this year.
by NYCskibum on Jan 13, 2010 1:23 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Great job
Hopefully this can translate to some road wins and maybe a shot at the NIT at least.
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by Broncoman on Jan 13, 2010 2:40 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I think this is where
our losses to CSU and Oregon State (who I’m sure you noticed lost at home to probational Division 1 member Seattle by 51!) are gonna kill us. The win against Chaminade doesn’t count so we’re really 9-6 right now. There are 14 Big 12 games left. We would have to win 6 more conference games to go into the Big 12 tournament with a 15-14 record. That might be a little too much to ask.
The Baylor win was great, don’t get me wrong, but are they really a top 25 caliber team or did they just get off to a fast start? We’ll see I guess, but remember they were picked 11th in the Big 12 in the preseason polls. K-State should be a much bigger test, if we beat them maybe I’ll start dreaming about the NIT.
by nebraskasux on Jan 13, 2010 10:12 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
wait
I was looking at our schedule, Colorado Christian doesn’t count either, so for postseason tournament purposes we’re actually 8-6. Add one more win that we need. 7-7 the rest of the way.
by nebraskasux on Jan 13, 2010 10:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You have some good points
But I think this team may be able to surprise some people and win some games (away) in the Big 12 this year. I think a 500 record would likely get an NIT nod at least, since we did play some very good team tough like Gonzaga and Arizona, but you are correct, losing to CSU and OSU didn’t help our cause. At least I see the promise and some progress in the Basketball program, I wish I could say the same for the Football program.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
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by Broncoman on Jan 14, 2010 2:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
This win erases some of the tough losses earlier in the season in my mind
Gotta get the bigs more involved, but our guard play is phenomenal all around. I thought Lomers and Udoh would eat us alive….huge win! Hurray for the Silver & Gold!
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 13, 2010 3:45 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
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