The Colorado Buffaloes won’t be dancing, but they have a chance for a deep run in the National Invitation Tournament. After finishing the season 21-11, the Buffs earned a 4 seed in the historic NIT. They will host the 5th seeded St. Bonaventure in Boulder.
The bracket is set up for the Buffs to potentially make a deep run, as they did the previous times Tad Boyle coached in this tournament in 2011 and 2019. Both of those teams were on the upswing and used the experience of the competition to build on success the following season; the 2012 Buffs won the Pac-12 Tournament and beat UNLV in the NCAA Tournament, while the 2020 team competed for the regular season conference title and would have made the Big Dance if it was not canceled.