When you’re tuning in for non-conference November college basketball, all you can really hope for is a watchable game. And for Buffs fans, at the very least, that’s (mostly) what they got during Wednesday night’s 88-83 loss in Fort Collins.
A slow start – a slow first half, really – doomed the Buffs in their first Rocky Mountain Rivalry loss since 2017. After winning the first four games of the year, CU has now dropped two of their last three by a combined 11 points. If it felt to you like the Buffs played from behind for basically the entire game, that’s only because that’s exactly what happened: their 10-9 lead with 13 minutes left in the first half was the last time they were ahead all night.