After a BIG win tonight in a "1st 4" tilt with the Boise State Broncos, men's basketball (25-10 overall; 13-7 in conference play) now heads to Indianapolis to face off against the Florida Gators (24-11; 11-7 in the SEC) this Friday afternoon in the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a South Region 1st round matchup, with the tipoff scheduled for 2:30 PM MT.
(The winner of this game is scheduled to face off Sunday against the winner of the #2 seed Marquette vs. #15 Western Kentucky game, another TBS game which which is scheduled to start before the Buff game, at noon, on Friday.)
The game is being shown on TBS. (Further info and links for media options available near the bottom of this post.)
Note - Not that they matter at all anymore, but CU's and Florida's major rankings/ ratings are/ were the following (Looks like Kenpom and BPI may still be getting updated during the tourney (below do NOT include today's win over BSU yet), while the last NET is still from 3/17.).:
NET (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings) - CU 25; Florida 29
Kenpom (AKA "Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings"; Not including today's win over BSU; https://kenpom.com/index.php) - CU 26; Florida 29 (Edit - just looked and, with CU's win now included, they've moved up 2 to #24, and Florida's at #28.)
ESPN's "'Basketball Power Index" (BPI; https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi) - CU 45; Florida 25
Go Buffs!!!
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(CU's preview article is not available as I type this.)
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Links with more info on Florida:
Roster - https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
Schedule - https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Initial after selection - https://floridagators.com/news/2024...s-no-7-seed-opens-ncaa-tournament-friday.aspx
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Media links:
NCAA's game page (Has teams' season stats (Both team comparison and individual), assume links to game live stats, video streams, etc.) - https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/game/223
NCAA Interactive bracket - https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket
NCAA's initial article with general tournament information (Dates of the various rounds, hosting cities, etc.) - https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...h-madness-mens-ncaa-tournament-schedule-dates
Live video - Game is scheduled to be shown on TBS. For anyone with a subscription that includes access to that channel, assume it will be viewable the TBS app and webpage, as well as the NCAA's "March Madness Live" app .
Live audio - The game will be available on 850 AM and 94.1 FM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, a free audio stream will be available at https://cubuffs.com/watch/ .
Link to link to live stats (All games) - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401638608/colorado-florida
Game notes -
(The winner of this game is scheduled to face off Sunday against the winner of the #2 seed Marquette vs. #15 Western Kentucky game, another TBS game which which is scheduled to start before the Buff game, at noon, on Friday.)
The game is being shown on TBS. (Further info and links for media options available near the bottom of this post.)
Note - Not that they matter at all anymore, but CU's and Florida's major rankings/ ratings are/ were the following (Looks like Kenpom and BPI may still be getting updated during the tourney (below do NOT include today's win over BSU yet), while the last NET is still from 3/17.).:
NET (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings) - CU 25; Florida 29
Kenpom (AKA "Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings"; Not including today's win over BSU; https://kenpom.com/index.php) - CU 26; Florida 29 (Edit - just looked and, with CU's win now included, they've moved up 2 to #24, and Florida's at #28.)
ESPN's "'Basketball Power Index" (BPI; https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi) - CU 45; Florida 25
Go Buffs!!!
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(CU's preview article is not available as I type this.)
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Links with more info on Florida:
Roster - https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
Schedule - https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Initial after selection - https://floridagators.com/news/2024...s-no-7-seed-opens-ncaa-tournament-friday.aspx
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Media links:
NCAA's game page (Has teams' season stats (Both team comparison and individual), assume links to game live stats, video streams, etc.) - https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/game/223
NCAA Interactive bracket - https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket
NCAA's initial article with general tournament information (Dates of the various rounds, hosting cities, etc.) - https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...h-madness-mens-ncaa-tournament-schedule-dates
Live video - Game is scheduled to be shown on TBS. For anyone with a subscription that includes access to that channel, assume it will be viewable the TBS app and webpage, as well as the NCAA's "March Madness Live" app .
Live audio - The game will be available on 850 AM and 94.1 FM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, a free audio stream will be available at https://cubuffs.com/watch/ .
Link to link to live stats (All games) - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401638608/colorado-florida
Game notes -
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