Buffaloes debut against Highlanders, 82-66

It was a chilly Monday night, and a sparse crowd showed up to watch a consistently successful CU program, despite strong showings for a football team that is currently 1-9. IT’S NOVEMBER, BABY. The Colorado Buffaloes started the basketball season, the best season, against UC Riverside on November 7. It went well.

The Buffs are debuting a smaller team in 2022, after the departure of mainstay Jabari Walker and GOAT Evan Battey. That means that this team is going to run and score when they can, and that’s what we saw against UC Riverside. KJ Simpson and Julian Hammond pushed the pace when they could, as well as new transfer Jalen Gabbidon, who had a big night off the bench. Tristan Da Silva,…