This 2019-20 team is Tad Boyle’s dream. They have all kinds of experience, everyone knows the rotations, and everyone knows to defend the paint and box out. They have multi-year starters at every position, starter-caliber depth on the bench, and clear cut emotional leaders. They even have the star point guard who can create for himself and his teammates in Boyle’s extremely player-centric offense.
For all their strengths — and this defense is elite, save for three-point defense — the Buffs have struggled mightily on offense during non-conference play. Defense will win them lots of games, but as we learned against Kansas is that defense alone cannot contend with great teams.