BOULDER — Minutes after Colorado had absorbed a 75-54 loss to Arizona on Saturday, Tad Boyle's message to his Buffaloes was clear:
The teams that improve down the stretch — the teams that get better each week — will be the teams who are contending for the Pac-12 title in late February and early March.
In order for the Buffs to be one of those teams, they will need to take care of business at home. They will have two chances to do that this week when they play host to Washington State on Thursday (8 p.