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For Immediate Release November 16, 2020 (Contact Troy Andre)
Buffaloes Unveil Nonconference Basketball Schedule
BOULDER – Regional rivals and a pair of Power 5 opponents highlight the abbreviated University of Colorado men’s basketball nonconference schedule announced on Monday.
Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Omaha will visit the CU Events Center during an eight-day span in December; the Buffaloes’ only home nonconference opponents. Colorado will play three neutral site games and one road contest to round out the preseason slate which was cut to seven games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Buffaloes are set to open, as previously announced, at the Little Apple Classic in Manhattan, Kan. Colorado tips off against South Dakota, which recently replaced South Dakota State, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 6 p.m. The Buffaloes will face former Big Eight/Big 12 rival Kansas State on Friday, Nov. 27, at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since the Buffaloes defeated the Wildcats, 87-75, in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big 12 Tournament.
After opening Pac-12 Conference play at Arizona (Wednesday, Dec. 2) and home against Washington State (Saturday, Dec. 5), Colorado resumes nonconference action by hosting Colorado State on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The following week, the Buffaloes host Northern Colorado (Monday, Dec. 14) and Omaha (Wednesday, Dec. 16) to round out an overall four-game home stand.
Colorado’s three home nonconference games will be its fewest since 1964-65, when Denver, Drake and Wyoming were the only non-Big Eight opponents to visit Boulder. The Buffaloes’ 13 scheduled home regular season games will be their fewest since having that same number for the 1989-90 season.
Colorado wraps up the nonconference schedule with two games at the Far West Classic at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against one familiar opponent and a new one. The Buffaloes will play a “nonconference” game against Washington on Sunday, Dec. 20. Colorado will finish off nonconference play with a first-time match up with Grand Canyon on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
Similar to last year’s Pac-12 China game against Arizona State, the match up with the Huskies will not count toward the league standings. Washington was one of two schools that Colorado was only to face once with the league’s new 20-game schedule. Adding the Huskies during the nonconference schedule leaves Arizona State as the only Pac-12 team the Buffaloes will face once during the regular season – that game taking in place in Boulder, the week of Feb. 3-7, 2021.
The Pac-12 schedule is set to resume the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 3. Times and television for the rest of the nonconference games, as well as dates and times for the remaining Pac-12 contests, will be announced at a later date.
2020-21 COLORADO MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (MT) TV
Wednesday, Nov. 25 ^-vs. South Dakota Manhattan, Kan. 6 p.m. TBA
Friday, Nov. 27 ^-at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 6:30 p.m. ESPNU
Wednesday, Dec. 2 *at Arizona Tuscon, Ariz. TBA TBA
Saturday, Dec. 5 *WASHINGTON STATE BOULDER TBA TBA
Tuesday, Dec. 8 COLORADO STATE BOULDER TBA TBA
Monday, Dec. 14 NORTHERN COLORADO BOULDER TBA TBA
Wednesday, Dec. 16 OMAHA BOULDER TBA TBA
Sunday, Dec. 20 !$-vs. Washington Las Vegas, Nev. TBA TBA
Tuesday, Dec. 22 $-vs. Grand Canyon Las Vegas, Nev. TBA TBA
Weekly Pac-12 Pairings
Dec. 30-Jan. 3 *at UCLA/USC TBA TBA TBA
Jan. 6-10 *OREGON/OREGON STATE BOULDER TBA TBA
Jan. 13-17 *CALIFORNIA/STANFORD BOULDER TBA TBA
Jan. 20-24 *at Washington/Washington State TBA TBA TBA
Jan. 27-31 *UTAH BOULDER TBA TBA
Feb. 3-7 *ARIZONA/ARIZONA STATE BOULDER TBA TBA
Feb. 10-14 *at California/Stanford TBA TBA TBA
Feb. 17-21 *at Oregon/Oregon State TBA TBA TBA
Feb. 24-28 *UCLA/USC TBA TBA TBA
Mar. 6-7 *at Utah Salt Lake City, Utah TBA TBA
March 10-13 Pac-12 Tournament Las Vegas, Nev. TBA
March 16-17 NCAA First Four TBA TBA
March 18-21 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA TBA
March 25-28 NCAA Regional TBA TBA
April 3-5 NCAA Final Four Indianapolis, Ind. TBA
All Home Games In BOLD CAPS
*Pac-12 Conference Game
^-Little Apple Classic (Bramlage Center, Manhattan, Kan.)
$-Far West Classic (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.)
!-Officially a nonconference game, does not count as a league contest
Dates and times are subject to change.
11/16/20
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