Colorado Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Colorado Buffaloes

Pac-12 (22-8, 14-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/31 at USC (72-62), 1/7 Oregon (79-72), 2/27 UCLA (70-61)
Bad Losses: 1/20 at Washington (80-84), 1/30 Utah (74-77), 2/13 at Cal (62-71)
Coach:  Tad Boyle
 
Probable Starters:
McKinley Wright IV, Senior, Guard, 15.5 ppg, 5.6 apg, 4.3 rpg
D’Shawn Schwartz, Senior, Guard, 8.9 ppg, 1.1 apg, 4.0 rpg
Eli Parquet, Junior, Guard, 5.2 ppg, 1.3 apg
Evan Battey, Junior, Forward, 10.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Dallas Walton, Senior, Forward, 6.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Jabari Walker, Freshman, Forward, 7.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Jeriah Horne, Senior, Forward, 11.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg
Maddox Daniels, Senior, Guard, 5.4 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 73.7 (116th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.0 (23, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.7 (88, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.4 (68, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.5 (142, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.6 (51, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 83.4 (1, 1)
Rebound Margin: 4.0 (59, 4)
Assists Per Game: 13.7 (130, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.2 (40, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NITFirst Round win over Dayton
2019NITSecond Round win over Norfolk State
2019NITQuarterfinal loss to Texas
2017NITFirst Round loss to UCF
2016NCAARound of 64 loss to Connecticut
2015CBIQuarterfinal loss to Seattle
2015CBIFirst Round win over Gardner Webb
2014NCAARound of 64 loss to Pittsburgh
2013NCAARound of 64 loss to Illinois
2012NCAARound of 64 win over UNLV
2012NCAARound of 32 loss to Baylor
2011NITFirst Round win over Texas Southern
2011NITSecond Round win over California
2011NITQuarterfinal win over Kent State
2011NITSemifinal loss to Alabama
2006NITFirst Round loss to Old Dominion
2004NITFirst Round loss to Oregon
2003NCAARound of 64 loss to Michigan State
2000NITFirst Round loss to Southern Illinois
 
*all team stats through 3/7