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Women’s Golf Finishes 11th At Spartan Invitational
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - The University of Colorado women's golf team posted its best team round of a 20-over par 308 but still fell one spot to finish 11th at the 2010 Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational here Tuesday at the Almaden Country Club.

Brooks: Collins Wants Fewer Near-Misses In 2010
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Ron Collins' priority message this spring to Colorado's defense couldn't be any simpler. CU's defensive coordinator wants his unit's tackling to be head, shoulders, arms and hands above what it was in 2009.

Golfers Finish 13th In Louisiana
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - The men's golf team had its most disappointing day of the season in the third round of a tournament it had high hopes for, but instead finished 12th in the 25th Annual Louisiana Classics.

Burks Named Sporting News All-Freshman Second Team
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - CU freshman guard Alec Burks was named to the 2009-10 Sporting News All-Freshman Second Team, in addition to being named to a pair of Rookie of the Year honors at newspapers that cover the Big 12 Conference throughout the season.

Hawkins Announces Support Staff Changes
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Robert Tucker, CU's director of football operations for the past three seasons, has taken a job as assistant head coach at the University of Sioux Falls (S.D.).

Daily Camera

Conference conundrum: Football driving force behind Pac-10 talk
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 - Two of college football`s greatest traditions could come together if the Pac-10 Conference chooses to expand and invites the Colorado Buffaloes. Imagine Colorado`s live buffalo mascot, Ralphie V, storming down the sidelines in the Rose Bowl covered with a blanket of roses like a Kentucky Derby winner and a sign reading "Beat Ohio State" one New Year`s Day in the future.

CU Buffs` Miller to miss rest of spring
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Colorado offensive lineman Ryan Miller will miss the rest of spring ball after breaking a plate in his arm during the first session of spring practices Saturday.

CU must be better in second go-round against Texas Tech
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Buffs are on the bubble. The NIT bubble.

CU men`s preview: Today vs. Texas Tech
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - TODAY -- Colorado will open the Big 12 Tournament against Texas Tech at 10:30 a.m. at the Sprint Center.

Gelso key to CU's NCAA title hopes
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Matt Gelso wants to finish with a title. All signs point to the Colorado senior being on target to do just that.

Conference conundrum: Pac-10 no match for Big 12 women's hoops
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Chucky Jeffery didn`t hesitate or hold back when asked recently where the Colorado women`s basketball team might fit into the Pac-10 Conference race.

Denver Post

Bzdelik's Buffs on the rebound
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 - Jeff Bzdelik wasn't about to let his Colorado basketball team get too full of itself after romping 101-90 over Texas Tech on Saturday in Boulder.

CU hopes to honor Heuga with title
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - University of Colorado ski coach Richard Rokos didn't have a television in 1964 when Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga became the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing.

Bears' late rally falls short
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Northern Colorado came tantalizingly close Tuesday to advancing to its first-ever Division I conference championship game.

CSU women lose in MWC first round
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Colorado State's women fell silent in the final 6:41, allowing New Mexico to extend a two-point lead to a convincing 67-54 win in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament.

Boffo Bears can drive Colorado to Madness
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Lunch Special: As the rest of hoops nation slips on its dancing shoes, Colorado has become wallflowers, hoping that we might get picked, someday, somehow. Thank goodness for Northern Colorado and coach Tad Boyle. Also, there's a 100 MPH fastball in Cincinnati.

Northern Colorado aims for first NCAA Tournament basketball bid
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 - Most of the time, midmajor life means no matter how much of a breakthrough basketball season you've had, NCAA Tournament eligibility still comes down to being perfect in your conference tournament.

Longmont Daily Times-Call

CU's Miller out for spring
3/10/2010 - BOULDER — Ryan Miller’s spring football drills are over before they had much chance to start.

Big 12 honors go to CU’s Smith, Spears
3/9/2010 - Colorado’s Bianca Smith won the Big 12 women’s basketball sixth man award for 2009-10 on Monday.

Burks’ big honor
3/8/2010 - BOULDER — Colorado men’s basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik has more tangible evidence of his program’s progress. CU’s Alec Burks was named the Big 12’s freshman of the year on Sunday. Conference coaches vote on the award, and they cannot vote for their own players.

CU's Burks named Big 12's top freshman
3/7/2010 - The Big 12 announced Sunday that Colorado's Alec Burks is its 2009-10 rookie of the year.

Colorado Daily

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Announcements

Men's Basketball Schedule

Date Time Opponent TV
Jan 27 8:00 pm Nebraska FSN
Jan 30 7:00 pm at Iowa State
Feb 3 7:00 pm Kansas ESPN 2
Feb 6 2:00 pm Missouri Big 12
Feb 13 4:00 pm at Kansas State Big 12

March Madness

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Blogs

Read buffs6236's post game thoughts on the Nebraska game from his Buffs Report Blog.

 

Announcements updated: 16:07:41 01/25/10

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