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The Colorado Buffaloes have officially released the men's schedule for the 2012-2013 basketball season and it doesn't look much different than last year from a strength standpoint. Colorado's non-conference schedule is a little harder, but they aren't going to get any praise for it come Selection Sunday. The home opener is against Wofford and then they'll travel to the Charleston Classic, a good change from last year instead of being in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. They'll open up the tournament against Dayton, who will be a tough test to start the season. If they can beat Dayton, a potential NCAA rematch with Baylor looms. This tournament will be a great measuring stick for the team to see what their strengths and weaknesses are.
After that, their non-conference schedule consists of home games against Colorado State, Air Force, Texas Southern, Northern Arizona, and Hartford. On the road, it's much tougher with Kansas, Fresno State, and Wyoming. Colorado should win all of their home non-conference games, and possibly take one out of the three road non-conference games. If they can do that, they'll be in good shape for Pac-12 play. Conference play doesn't make it any easier on the Buffs; they have a lot of difficult road games and not too many easy wins at home. The entire schedule is posted below...
Nov 9th: Wofford
Nov 15th: Dayton
Nov 16th: Baylor/Boston College
Nov 18th: Auburn/Charleston/St.Johns/Murray State
Nov 25th: Air Force
Nov 28th: Texas Southern
Dec 1st: at Wyoming
Dec 5th: Colorado State
Dec 8th: at Kansas
Dec 12th: at Fresno State
Dec 21st: Northern Arizona
Dec 29th: Hartford
Jan 3rd: at Arizona State
Jan 5th: at Arizona
Jan 10th: USC
Jan 12th: UCLA
Jan 17th: at Washington
Jan 19th: at Washington State
Jan 24th: Cal
Jan 26th: Stanford
Feb 2nd: at Utah
Feb 7th: at Oregon State
Feb 9th: at Oregon
Feb 14th: Arizona
Feb 16th: Arizona State
Feb 23rd: Utah
Feb 28th: at Stanford
Mar 2nd: at Cal
Mar 7th: Oregon
Mar 9th: Oregon State