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Solid debut balanced by need to improve for CU Buffs basketball

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Unlike the postgame reviews after several nonconference games last year, Colorado head basketball coach Tad Boyle didn't expound on how many games Drake has a chance of winning this year.

With a first-year head coach and a cluster of transfers, the Bulldogs aren't a very good team right now, a point underscored by the Buffaloes' 100-71 win in their season opener Tuesday night. Nevertheless, it was a performance as complete and dominant as anything CU produced during nonconference play a year ago.

As the Buffs start turning the page to Friday's home date against Omaha (7 p.