Colorado Buffaloes NCAA Basketball News

Colorado was lucky to have such an inferior opponent as they struggled for a majority of the game, but they were able to hold on and win against the Sun Devils 63-49. Colorado allowed Arizona State to take countless open shots and Arizona State just didn't make them.

CU Buffs guard Askia Booker drives between Arizona State Sun Devils defenders Ruslan Pateev, left, and Carrick Felix during the Buffs victory Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.

With one month to go before Selection Sunday, a first look at how the field is shaping up for the NCAA tournament: Miami : Beating Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium last Sunday was a huge boost to the Hurricanes, who have now won five of their last six.

Four teams in the Centennial State currently possess a winning record coming down the stretch of this 2011-12 season, and three could potentially go dancing in little more than a month.

Not after Colorado received a favorable last-second call to escape with a 72-71 victory over Oregon last Saturday at the Coors Events Center.

Jessie Perry scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half, Solomon Hill had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and Arizona grinded out a 71-57 win over Colorado on Thursday night.

Jessie Perry scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half, Solomon Hill had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and Arizona grinded out a 71-57 win over Colorado on Thursday night.

Colorado definitely came out better than their previous road losses, but still couldn't get its first crucial road win as they lost to Arizona 71-57. The Buffaloes kept up with the Wildcats till the latter part of the second half, when Arizona was able to pull away.

The Colorado Buffaloes and second year head coach Tad Boyle sit at a crossroads heading into tonight's game against the Wildcats in Tucson, Arizona.

Colorado coaches didn't plan on talking to their team about potential long-range implications of tonight's game at Arizona relative to the Pac-12 Conference men's basketball race or what a CU victory might do for the program.

Thursday vs. Washington, Saturday vs. Washington State. 6/4 UCLA - UCLA still has five conference home games remaining.

Arizona's Kyle Fogg has been chosen as the StatSheet Pac 12 Player of the Week for the week ending February 6th.

Oregon's Carlos Emery goes to the basket against Carlon Brown of Colorado during the first half of the Ducks' 72-71 loss Saturday in Boulder, Colo.

The CU Independent's James Bradbury took the court Saturday with the CU men's basketball team when they went up against the Oregon Ducks at Coors Event Center.

And the University of Colorado Board of Regents' decision to approve a two-year contract extension for Tad Boyle on Wednesday couldn't have been timed any better.

Nate Tomlinson was fouled with one second remaining by E.J. Singler and sank the first free throw before deliberately missing the second to give Colorado a 72-71 win over Oregon Saturday night.

Oregon's Olu Ashaolu drives past Colorado's Shane Harris-Tunks and Carlon Brown on Saturday during the Ducks' 72-71 road loss.

Oregon head coach Dana Altman shouts instructions to his players during the second half Thursday's game at Utah.

The last time the Oregon State Beavers faced the Colorado Buffaloes was in last year's Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series.

Having reached the halfway point of the Pac-12 Conference schedule, it's time to digest what we've seen and project what's to come.