Buffaloes Go For The I-25 Sweep, Prepare To Take On Colorado State
by Jon Woods on Nov 30, 2011 2:05 PM MST
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Two days after taking down the Georgia Bulldogs in a down to the wire thriller at the Coors Event Center, the Colorado Buffaloes now take a short trip to Fort Collins to take on the Colorado St. Rams. The Buffs are sitting at 4-2 so far on the season after close victories over the Bulldogs and Air Force in Colorado Springs. In Monday's match-up Andre Roberson tied his career high with 15 points and 15 rebounds and the freshmen duo of Spencer Dinwiddie and Askia Booker had their best combined game of the short season.
Now, Tad Boyle's team take on an in-state rival looking for an upset with little more than a day to prepare. The Rams also enter tonight's game at 4-2 with losses to Stanford and Southern Mississippi and the last win coming over Manhattan in overtime eight days ago. The team is lead by junior guard Wes Eikmeier, who is averaging 17 points per game and is shooting 40% from three point range. Dorian Green and Jesse Carr round out a back court for the Rams that has played well, but only averages 10 assists a game. Up front, CSU leans on junior Greg Smith, one of four Nebraksa natives on the squad.
The Buffaloes match-up well with this Ram team and should be able to control the pace of the game if Nate Tomlinson can deliver a performance similar to the one he delivered against Air Force. Andre Roberson should have no problem putting up another double-double if he can finish around the basket. Colorado State won't go down without a fight however. Last season the Buffs needed overtime to win, 90-83, and the they fell two years ago in Fort Collins.
If Colorado can get their second straight road win, the team will return home for eight straight games and won't have to leave Boulder until mid-January. Holding serve at home would allow the Buffs to have a good start on a tournament-worthy resume, but a loss tonight would put a major dent in any postseason plans.
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Rams are shorthanded tonight.
Pierce Hornung, one of their posts is out. Look for Roberson to have a big game.
It’d be nice to see Dufault and SHT step up too.
Mike Leach at WSU should be interesting
He went 0-2 against Dan Hawkins but did fairly well in the South. I think the bigger picture is, due to the amount of money coming in from the new TV deal, we are going to see a lot more top name coaches in the Pac 12. Mike Martz’s name is being rumored for the ASU job and Rich Rod landed in Arizona.
This makes this year’s recruiting class even more important. We can’t afford to fall behind programs that look to be headed in the right direction.
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wow, that's a big time hire
kinda sad that wazzu hires a big name guy to a big money deal (according to reports) and we hired a guy no one outside of colorado had ever heard of to a cheap hometown-discount deal. Embree will definitely be the lowest paid in the pac-12 next year (since he was only above Wulff this year). Not saying I don’t want Embree, but I thought we were the big-time football school and wazzu was a dead-end program…
the last time WSU made a hire...
they hired a guy no one outside of Washington has ever heard of to a cheap hometown-discount deal.
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
Our situation was completely different when we hired Embo
WSU is able to pay Leach about $11 over his 5-year deal, exclusivly because of the TV contract. That TV money was not available when we hired Jon. Woody Paige wrote in the Denver Post the other day that Jon was CU’s 4th choice.
Even if we did have the cash on hand I think we still wouldn’t have a shot at some of the names these teams have landed. Remember the athletic department was about as cash strapped as it could get, owing money to the University and former coaches.
At the end of the day I think we did the right thing. Emree brings back an identity to the University by bringing the family back into the fold. That said nostalgia will only last so long. Embree needs to be able to point to HIS record and not that of the 90’s by the end of the 2013 season.
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One other thought
IF Embree does not work out CU will not be stuck with a huge contract to pay out for years to come. CU WILL have cash on hand to pay for a top tier coach.
I for one still think Embree can do something special here.
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me too, guess I'm saying more that I'm suprised that WSU hired who they hired
versus us hiring who we hired. There are quite a few fairly big jobs out there, I would think Leach would of waited a little while to see what other offers he got.
CU never would of hired Leach anyway with his baggage but it’ll be interesting (and possibly scary) to see what he does up in Pullman.
Yeah it is pretty surprising
I know he interviewed for teh Kansas job last year and Pete Thamel tweeted that his name was in the mix for others this year as well.
I think at the end of the day this is a chance for Leach to rehab his reputaiton at a school in a simillar situation as TT was in teh Big 12. I’m also sure that the contract they offered him helped too.
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Playing Devil's Advocate....
Leach has been waiting around quite a while with little to no interest. Remember, it’s not a bad record he brings with him… it’s questionable treatment of a player. Whether it is true or not, that brings baggage that a lot of schools weren’t willing to take on.
I've heard he's received a lot of interest
Moos mentioned in his press conference that he was on Oregon’s short list
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Nevermind I misread
Moos: first talked with leach in mid-november in Key West “Talk about short list, he was on my short list at Oregon.”
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I disagree
There have been a lot of highly desirable coaching positions open over the past 2 or 3 years and he hasn’t landed any of them. Yes, he may have been on lists, but he didn’t get the job. Did you expect Moos to say “No… he wasn’t good enough for Oregon. I never would have hired him there.” There was never any conversation (publicly anyway) of a coach other than Kelley at Oregon.
I hoenstly think he’s a great hire and particularly a great fit in Pullman. I’m just saying he brings a lot of baggage with him and he hasn’t had a ton of options the last couple of years.
I'm not equating Leach's hiring with Embree's hiring
I’m equating Wulff’s hiring with Embree’s hiring. What happens next remains to be seen. If he’s talking about the 90’s at the end of 2013, then he’s probably as good as fired already. I doubt he will. He doesn’t really do it any more now. Now he just needs to stop talking about he things are done in “the league.”
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
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