With 2 great wins under their belts already, I'm sure men's basketball (26-10 overall; 13-7 in conference play) is hungry for even more, and next faces off against the #2 seed and #8 ranked (in both major polls) Marquette Golden Eagles (26-9 overall; 14-6 in the Big East). As with Friday's game, the action in this South Region 2nd round matchup will be taking place in Indianapolis at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, with the tipoff scheduled to start Sunday's slate of games with an early 10:10 AM MT tipoff.
(The winner of this game is scheduled to face off, I assume next Thursday or Friday, against the winner of the #11 seed North Carolina State vs. #14 seed Oakland 2nd round game, which is scheduled to be shown on TBS beginning at 5:10 PM MT today (Saturday)..)
In their 1st round game (ESPN recap at https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/401638607 ), the Golden Eagles were down 6 at the half to #15 seed Western Kentucky, but then came out STRONG in the 2nd half and ended up pulling away for a comfortable 87-69 win.
This CU- Marquette game is being shown on CBS. (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 Marquette's major rankings/ ratings are/ were the following (Looks like Kenpom does include almost all (15 of 16) of today's games as I type this, BPI doesn't, while the last NET is still from before Selection Sunday (3/17).).:
NET (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings) - CU 25;
Kenpom (AKA "Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings"; Not including today's win over BSU; https://kenpom.com/index.php) - CU #21 (up from 26); Marquette 13
ESPN's "'Basketball Power Index" (BPI; https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi) - CU 45; Marquette 13
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 Marquette:
Roster - https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2023-24
Stats - https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Schedule - https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2023-24
Various articles from them:
After Initial selection to the tourney - https://gomarquette.com/news/2024/3...ns-ncaa-tournament-friday-vs-western-kentucky
After the 1st round win - https://gomarquette.com/news/2024/3/23/mens-basketball-mubb-vs-wku
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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/312
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 CBS. For anyone with a subscription that includes access to that channel, assume it will also be viewable on the NCAA's "March Madness Live" app . Being a CBS game, assume it should also be available on the Paramount+ app and webpage for any one who has a subscription to that service.
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/ .
Live stats - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401638625/colorado-marquette
Game notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2024/3/23/CU_Game_Notes_Marquette_NCAA.pdf
(The winner of this game is scheduled to face off, I assume next Thursday or Friday, against the winner of the #11 seed North Carolina State vs. #14 seed Oakland 2nd round game, which is scheduled to be shown on TBS beginning at 5:10 PM MT today (Saturday)..)
In their 1st round game (ESPN recap at https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/401638607 ), the Golden Eagles were down 6 at the half to #15 seed Western Kentucky, but then came out STRONG in the 2nd half and ended up pulling away for a comfortable 87-69 win.
This CU- Marquette game is being shown on CBS. (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 Marquette's major rankings/ ratings are/ were the following (Looks like Kenpom does include almost all (15 of 16) of today's games as I type this, BPI doesn't, while the last NET is still from before Selection Sunday (3/17).).:
NET (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings) - CU 25;
Kenpom (AKA "Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings"; Not including today's win over BSU; https://kenpom.com/index.php) - CU #21 (up from 26); Marquette 13
ESPN's "'Basketball Power Index" (BPI; https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi) - CU 45; Marquette 13
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 Marquette:
Roster - https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2023-24
Stats - https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Schedule - https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2023-24
Various articles from them:
After Initial selection to the tourney - https://gomarquette.com/news/2024/3...ns-ncaa-tournament-friday-vs-western-kentucky
After the 1st round win - https://gomarquette.com/news/2024/3/23/mens-basketball-mubb-vs-wku
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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/312
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 CBS. For anyone with a subscription that includes access to that channel, assume it will also be viewable on the NCAA's "March Madness Live" app . Being a CBS game, assume it should also be available on the Paramount+ app and webpage for any one who has a subscription to that service.
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/ .
Live stats - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401638625/colorado-marquette
Game notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2024/3/23/CU_Game_Notes_Marquette_NCAA.pdf
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