Forget Football, Let's talk Basketball

by ksballa11 on Nov 7, 2010 10:14 AM MST

Tired of talking about Hawkins and how terrible things are going with the football program? Let's talk Men's Basketball.

Reasons to get excited:

1. New coach. Tad Boyle is here and preaching defense and rebounding.

2. Cory Higgins and Alec Burks. Both made the preseason Wooden Award list. Only 50 players make the list and CU is 1 of only 5 teams to have 2 players make the list. (Duke, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Syracuse)

3. Construction of a new 10.8 million dollar practice facility. Basketball Practice Facility

4. Recruits!!! CU is getting interest from several recruits and have already landed 2 members for the 2011-2012 season.

Spencer Dinwiddie (6-4 PG) given a grade of 91 from ESPN. He is a high IQ guy and has big upside.

Askia Booker (6-0 SG/PG) given a grade of 90 from ESPN. A prolific scorer with high energy and athleticism.

Colorado Basketball is back on the upswing and needs some support. Get out and see a few games this year. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised especially if you haven't followed the team much the past few seasons.

Poll

How many wins do you expect from the 2010-2011 Buff's Basketball team?

13 or less ( A disappointing season)

0 votes

14-16 (Below current expectations)

1 votes

17-19 (Improvement on last year)

33 votes

20 or more (Great season, hopefully dancing)

36 votes

70 votes | Poll has closed

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i cannot wait for the first game!

hopefully with dan gone at the same time

by fluffybuff on Nov 7, 2010 12:20 PM MST reply actions

biggest question

CAN THEY REBOUND THE BASKETBALL. i’m not convinced anything has changed on that front unfortunately. they should be able to pull out some surprising wins though.

by skithebert on Nov 7, 2010 1:09 PM MST reply actions

Hopefully they can

I watched a few UNC games last year (3 to be exact) and it seemed like they did a good job with team rebounding. They all boxed out and the guards got there share of rebounds. The biggest battle is getting everyone to get a body on some one. We have the athletes to compete in the Big 12 so that shouldn’t be an excuse.

"C-O-L-O-R-A-D-O"

"No Rebounds, No Rings"

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out"
-John Wooden

by ksballa11 on Nov 7, 2010 3:03 PM MST up reply actions

agreed...

that and finish games. I’m still concerned they will run into similar roadblocks.

by Rbento on Nov 8, 2010 10:32 AM MST up reply actions

Jay Bilas has taken notice

Bilas mentioned that Alec is one of the most underrated players in his article about what he is looking foward to this season.

I agree with everyone, if we can improve rebounding the ball we will be a surprise team. If not, we will have the same issues as last year. Losing Harris-Tunks was a major blow. Hope for an NBA lockout next year so Burks has to stick around for another year.

by clbuff28 on Nov 8, 2010 3:51 PM MST reply actions