Before a relatively long 1-1/2 in-season week break between games (assume so the student-athletes can have more time for finals, papers, etc.), #7 ranked women's basketball (6-1) has 3 games over the next 8 days. 1st off is a game tomorrow (Tuesday) evening hosting the Boston University Terriers (BU; 5-1), followed by a short road trip down to Colorado Springs to face the Air Force Falcons (AFA; 4-3) this Saturday afternoon, and ending with another home game, also on a Tuesday (12/4), but ths time in the morning, against the UT- Arlington Mavericks (UTA; 1-5).
Both of the home games are scheduled to be available on a free live CU-provided stream, while the Air Force game will be viewable on a Mountain West Network stream. (More detail and links available near the bottom of this thread.)
Note- Not that they necessarily mean much if anything, but in the last NET Rankngs I can find for last season (dated 4/2/23), the Buffs ended up at #20, while BUi was #117, AFA #179 and UTA #176 .
Go Buffs!!!
Preview for the BU game - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/11/27...colorado-returns-to-the-cu-events-center.aspx
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Women's Basketball November 27, 2023 Seth Pringle, Athletic Communications
BOULDER – The No. 7 Colorado Buffaloes return to action at the CU Events Center, hosting Boston University on Tuesday (6 p.m. MT). It will be just CU's third home contest of the young season.
Colorado (6-1) suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday to No. 10 NC State. The Buffs went 2-1 overall last week at the Paradise Jam Classic, playing Cincinnati, Kentucky and NC State in three consecutive days.
The loss to NC State dropped CU four spots in the rankings, going from No. 3 to No. 7. It is the third straight week CU has been in the top 10, marking the most consecutive weeks since spending five weeks inside the top 10 from Nov. 27 – Dec. 18, 1995.
"When you look at the schedule, we've played five Power 5 teams, six if you count SMU [going to the ACC next season] in our seven games," head coach JR Payne explained. "We've only had two home games. All of that is a tremendous challenge in three weeks. Perhaps [voters] looked at that and recognized that it's been a real tough stretch. We're excited to remain in the top 10. We mostly just want to play great basketball, improve from what we did last time out and play better."
The Buffs didn't lose consecutive games last season until the middle of February, going 5-1 after a loss. Colorado's only back-to-back losses came on the road at No. 18 Arizona and then a double-overtime loss to No. 3 Stanford.
It's another quick turnaround for CU, who traveled back from St. Thomas all day on Sunday and practiced on Monday.
"In some sense [the quick turnaround] is awful," Payne continued. "We traveled 13 hours and now everybody is tired and it's back into another prep mode. On the flip side, it's great because we have an opportunity to see how quickly we can regroup and get back on the floor and execute again."
The Buffs struggled in the finale of the Paradise Jam Classic, totaling the lowest scoring output of the season with 60 points. Colorado averaged 86.5 points per game and shot 56.6% in the two wins at the tournament. But CU made only 20 field goals on 61 attempts against the Wolfpack.
"I think we've had so many games and so much travel that we've had very little to actually practice," Payne added. "So much of the last three weeks has been about prep and preparing for one game and then the next and not enough time focusing on our overall discipline and keeping things where they need to be for us."
Boston U (5-1) has been in Colorado since the weekend, opening the trip with a 63-52 win at Northern Colorado on Sunday. Tuesday will be the second meeting between the two schools. CU won the first meeting 94-56 back on Dec. 1, 1990, in Providence, R.I.
Tuesday's game will be streamed online at CUBuffs.com/WatchWBB. It can also be heard on AM 630 locally, across the Colorado Radio Network and on the Varsity App.
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Links with more more info on the upcoming opponents:
BU:
Roster - https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats
Schedule - https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - https://goterriers.com/news/2023/11...sketball-visits-no-7-colorado-on-tuesday.aspx
AFA :
Roster - https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Schedule - https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
UTA :
Roster - https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Schedule - https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live video:
Vs. BU - Game is scheduled to be available on a free live stream available at https://pac-12.com/live/cubuffs .
Vs. Air Force - Game is scheduled to be available on a free live stream available at https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/2018/7/31/mountain-west-digital-network .
Vs. UTA - Game is scheduled to be available on a free live stream available at https://pac-12.com/live/cubuffs .
Live audio - The games will be available on 630 AM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, free audio streams for the games will be available at:
Vs. BU - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2859&type=Live
Vs. Air Force - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2861&type=Live
Vs. UTA - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2863&type=Live
Link to link to live stats (All games) - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=colo
For specific games (If blank, not available as I type this.):
Vs. BU - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=490043
Vs. Air Force - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=489308
Vs. UTA - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=490044&vislive=txar
Game notes: (Note- Left empty for games that don't have any available as I type this.)
Vs. BU - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/11/27/8_-_Boston_U.pdf
Vs. Air Force -
Vs. UTA -
Both of the home games are scheduled to be available on a free live CU-provided stream, while the Air Force game will be viewable on a Mountain West Network stream. (More detail and links available near the bottom of this thread.)
Note- Not that they necessarily mean much if anything, but in the last NET Rankngs I can find for last season (dated 4/2/23), the Buffs ended up at #20, while BUi was #117, AFA #179 and UTA #176 .
Go Buffs!!!
Preview for the BU game - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/11/27...colorado-returns-to-the-cu-events-center.aspx
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Women's Basketball November 27, 2023 Seth Pringle, Athletic Communications
No. 7 Colorado Returns to the CU Events Center
Buffs take on the BU Terriers on Tuesday
BOULDER – The No. 7 Colorado Buffaloes return to action at the CU Events Center, hosting Boston University on Tuesday (6 p.m. MT). It will be just CU's third home contest of the young season.
Colorado (6-1) suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday to No. 10 NC State. The Buffs went 2-1 overall last week at the Paradise Jam Classic, playing Cincinnati, Kentucky and NC State in three consecutive days.
The loss to NC State dropped CU four spots in the rankings, going from No. 3 to No. 7. It is the third straight week CU has been in the top 10, marking the most consecutive weeks since spending five weeks inside the top 10 from Nov. 27 – Dec. 18, 1995.
"When you look at the schedule, we've played five Power 5 teams, six if you count SMU [going to the ACC next season] in our seven games," head coach JR Payne explained. "We've only had two home games. All of that is a tremendous challenge in three weeks. Perhaps [voters] looked at that and recognized that it's been a real tough stretch. We're excited to remain in the top 10. We mostly just want to play great basketball, improve from what we did last time out and play better."
The Buffs didn't lose consecutive games last season until the middle of February, going 5-1 after a loss. Colorado's only back-to-back losses came on the road at No. 18 Arizona and then a double-overtime loss to No. 3 Stanford.
It's another quick turnaround for CU, who traveled back from St. Thomas all day on Sunday and practiced on Monday.
"In some sense [the quick turnaround] is awful," Payne continued. "We traveled 13 hours and now everybody is tired and it's back into another prep mode. On the flip side, it's great because we have an opportunity to see how quickly we can regroup and get back on the floor and execute again."
The Buffs struggled in the finale of the Paradise Jam Classic, totaling the lowest scoring output of the season with 60 points. Colorado averaged 86.5 points per game and shot 56.6% in the two wins at the tournament. But CU made only 20 field goals on 61 attempts against the Wolfpack.
"I think we've had so many games and so much travel that we've had very little to actually practice," Payne added. "So much of the last three weeks has been about prep and preparing for one game and then the next and not enough time focusing on our overall discipline and keeping things where they need to be for us."
Boston U (5-1) has been in Colorado since the weekend, opening the trip with a 63-52 win at Northern Colorado on Sunday. Tuesday will be the second meeting between the two schools. CU won the first meeting 94-56 back on Dec. 1, 1990, in Providence, R.I.
Tuesday's game will be streamed online at CUBuffs.com/WatchWBB. It can also be heard on AM 630 locally, across the Colorado Radio Network and on the Varsity App.
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Links with more more info on the upcoming opponents:
BU:
Roster - https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats
Schedule - https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - https://goterriers.com/news/2023/11...sketball-visits-no-7-colorado-on-tuesday.aspx
AFA :
Roster - https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Schedule - https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
UTA :
Roster - https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Schedule - https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live video:
Vs. BU - Game is scheduled to be available on a free live stream available at https://pac-12.com/live/cubuffs .
Vs. Air Force - Game is scheduled to be available on a free live stream available at https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/2018/7/31/mountain-west-digital-network .
Vs. UTA - Game is scheduled to be available on a free live stream available at https://pac-12.com/live/cubuffs .
Live audio - The games will be available on 630 AM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, free audio streams for the games will be available at:
Vs. BU - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2859&type=Live
Vs. Air Force - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2861&type=Live
Vs. UTA - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2863&type=Live
Link to link to live stats (All games) - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=colo
For specific games (If blank, not available as I type this.):
Vs. BU - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=490043
Vs. Air Force - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=489308
Vs. UTA - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=490044&vislive=txar
Game notes: (Note- Left empty for games that don't have any available as I type this.)
Vs. BU - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/11/27/8_-_Boston_U.pdf
Vs. Air Force -
Vs. UTA -
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