Colorado Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 7, 2021 · CSM Staff
 

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:
 
2019 NIT First Round win over Dayton
2019 NIT Second Round win over Norfolk State
2019 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Texas
2017 NIT First Round loss to UCF
2016 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Connecticut
2015 CBI Quarterfinal loss to Seattle
2015 CBI First Round win over Gardner Webb
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Pittsburgh
2013 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Illinois
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over UNLV
2012 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Baylor
2011 NIT First Round win over Texas Southern
2011 NIT Second Round win over California
2011 NIT Quarterfinal win over Kent State
2011 NIT Semifinal loss to Alabama
2006 NIT First Round loss to Old Dominion
2004 NIT First Round loss to Oregon
2003 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Michigan State
2000 NIT First Round loss to Southern Illinois
 
*all team stats through 3/7