It was always going to be a struggle, but the Colorado Buffaloes improved to 2-0 with a tougher-than-it-shows 71-53 win over the San Diego Toreros.
The Buffs are quite familiar with San Diego, the team formerly coached by CU assistant Bill Grier. The Toreros have beaten the Buffs the past two seasons, both in Boulder and in San Diego. Their style of basketball — slow pace, no mistakes and lockdown defense — is exactly the style that causes upsets. It’s difficult for better teams to get out of the mud and play clean basketball, but unlike in year’s past, the Buffs got clear and proved themselves the better team.