BOULDER — It's nitty-gritty time in the college basketball world.
Conference play is in full swing, and over the next seven weeks, championship contenders will begin to separate themselves from the pack.
The 23rd-ranked Colorado Buffaloes would like to be one of those teams when the dust settles and conference tournament play begins.
The Buffs — who dropped to No. 23 in Monday's latest Associated Press poll but maintained the No. 21 spot in the NET rankings — are coming off a 1-1 road trip that included a win at Arizona State and a loss at Arizona.