Lost opportunities adding up for CU Buffs basketball

Colorado head coach Tad Boyle, middle, talks with his team during a time out during against the University of Portland in November at CU Events Center. (Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer)

A week ago, after the Colorado men's basketball team was routed at Utah, optimism still permeated the next meeting between head coach Tad Boyle and his staff.

Sure, it was ugly in Salt Lake City, a trip that ended with a 78-69 loss in a game that wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated. But point guard McKinley Wright, who missed the Utah game due to a shoulder injury, was on the comeback trail. And even though the Buffaloes still were another two-game road trip away from a turn in the schedule that…