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Rooney: Though he's longshot to win, Tad Boyle deserving of Pac-12 Coach of the Year

I admit it. I committed a journalistic faux pas earlier this season.

The crime in question occurred at the end of a miserable night for the Colorado Buffaloes in Tempe, Ariz., on Jan. 5.

Coach Tad Boyle's Buffs had just been run out of the gym by Arizona State. Less alarming than a bad loss on a random night on the road was the state of affairs surrounding the Buffs. CU's lone senior, Namon Wright, missed the game due to a foot injury after playing 20 minutes two nights earlier at Arizona. Wright's senior season included just five more minutes before he underwent season-ending surgery.