2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight champions
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record21–11 (10–8 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCU Events Center
Seasons
2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Oregon 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
UCLA 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
USC 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Arizona State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Arizona 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Colorado 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Stanford 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 18 – 13   .581
Utah 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
California 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Washington State 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .500
Washington 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Tad Boyle in his tenth season at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Washington State.

Previous season

The Buffaloes finished the 2018–19 season 23–13, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 3-way tie for fourth place. They defeated California and Oregon State in the first round and quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the semifinals to Washington. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round, Norfolk State in the second round before losing to Texas in the quarterfinals.[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Namon Wright 13 G 6'5" 197 RS Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated
Deleon Brown 14 G 6'4" 165 Junior Grand Rapids, MI Transferred to Grand Valley State

Incoming transfers

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Maddox Daniels 3 G/F 6'6" 200 Junior Suwanee, GA Junior college transferred from Florida SouthWestern State

2019 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Keeshawn Barthelemy
PG 		Montreal, QC Thornhill Secondary School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Aug 30, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2019 Colorado Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2020 Recruiting class

College recruiting information (2020)
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Dominique Clifford
SG 		Colorado Springs, CO Thomas B. Doherty High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) N/A Sep 20, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Luke O'Brien
SG 		Littleton, CO Columbine High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Nov 10, 2018 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

2021 Recruiting class

College recruiting information (2021)
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Lawson Lovering
C 		Laramie, WY Central High School 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) N/A Oct 28, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Shane Gatling 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Sr Indian Hills CC Baldwin, NY
G/F 1 Tyler Bey (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jr Middlebrooks Academy Las Vegas, NV
G 2 Daylen Kountz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 191 lb (87 kg) So East HS Denver, CO
G/F 3 Maddox Daniels 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Jr Beverly Hills HS
Florida SouthWestern State 		Suwanee, GA
G/F 5 D'Shawn Schwartz 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Jr Sand Creek HS Colorado Springs, CO
F 10 Alexander Strating 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Jr American School of The Hague Wassenaars, Netherlands
G 11 Keeshawn Barthelemy Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Fr Thornlea Secondary School Montreal, QC
G 12 AJ Martinka (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Stanwood HS Stanwood, WA
F 15 Jakub Dombek 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Get Better Academy Ostrava, Czech Republic
F 21 Evan Battey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 262 lb (119 kg) RS So Villa Park HS Los Angeles, CA
F 23 Lucas Siewert 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 232 lb (105 kg) RS Sr Brennan HS Joinville, Brazil
G 24 Elijah Parquet 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So West Brook HS Beaumont, TX
G 25 McKinley Wright IV (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Champlin Park HS North Robbinsdale, MN
F 30 Frank Ryder (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Jr Fairview
San Diego 		Boulder, CO
G 33 Aidan McQuade (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Loveland HS Loveland, CO
G 34 Benan Ersek (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Kent Denver School Vienna, Austria
F/C 35 Dallas Walton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Jr Arvada West HS Arvada, CO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2019*
5:00 pm 		Pomona-Pitzer W 87–56  –
 CU Events Center (1,372)
Boulder, CO
November 6, 2019*
1:00 am 		vs. Tsinghua W 109–42  –
 Suzhou Sports Center 
Suzhou, China
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2019*
8:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Arizona State
Pac-12 China Game 		W 81–71  1–0
 Baoshan Sports Centre (4,328)
Shanghai, China
November 16, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		No. 25 San Diego W 71–53  2–0
 CU Events Center (7,713)
Boulder, CO
November 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 23 UC Irvine
MGM Resorts Main Event Campus Site Game 		W 69–53  3–0
 CU Events Center (5,904)
Boulder, CO
November 24, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 23 vs. Wyoming
MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight semifinal 		W 56–41  4–0
 T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 26, 2019*
9:30 pm, ESPN2 		No. 21 vs. Clemson
MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight championship 		W 71–67  5–0
 T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 30, 2019*
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 21 Sacramento State W 59–45  6–0
 CU Events Center (6,170)
Boulder, CO
December 4, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		No. 20 Loyola Marymount W 76–64  7–0
 CU Events Center (6,169)
Boulder, CO
December 7, 2019*
5:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 20 at No. 2 Kansas L 58–72  7–1
 Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
Lawrence, KS
December 10, 2019*
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 24 Northern Iowa L 76–79  7–2
 CU Events Center (6,570)
Boulder, CO
December 13, 2019*
6:00 pm, CBSSN 		No. 24 at Colorado State W 56–48  8–2
 Moby Arena (6,629)
Fort Collins, CO
December 19, 2019*
6:30 pm, P12N 		Prairie View A&M W 83–64  9–2
 CU Events Center (6,082)
Boulder, CO
December 21, 2019*
4:30 pm, CBSSN 		vs. No. 13 Dayton
Chicago Legends 		W 78–76 OT 10–2
 United Center 
Chicago, IL
December 29, 2019*
6:00 pm, P12N 		Iona W 99–54  11–2
 CU Events Center (6,753)
Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
January 2, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 4 Oregon W 74–65  12–2
(1–0) 		CU Events Center (10,770)
Boulder, CO
January 5, 2020
4:00 pm, ESPNU 		Oregon State L 68–76  12–3
(1–1) 		CU Events Center (7,309)
Boulder, CO
January 12, 2020
4:00 pm, ESPNU 		No. 25 Utah W 91–52  13–3
(2–1) 		CU Events Center (8,017)
Boulder, CO
January 16, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 20 at Arizona State W 68–61  14–3
(3–1) 		Desert Financial Arena (9,479)
Tempe, AZ
January 18, 2020
12:30 pm, FOX 		No. 20 at Arizona L 54–75  14–4
(3–2) 		McKale Center (14,279)
Tucson, AZ
January 23, 2020
8:00 pm, P12N 		No. 23 Washington State W 78–56  15–4
(4–2) 		CU Events Center (7,864)
Boulder, CO
January 25, 2020
7:00 pm, FS1 		No. 23 Washington W 76–62  16–4
(5–2) 		CU Events Center (9,521)
Boulder, CO
January 30, 2020
9:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 20 at UCLA L 68–72  16–5
(5–3) 		Pauley Pavilion (5,566)
Los Angeles, CA
February 1, 2020
8:30 pm, FS1 		No. 20 at USC W 78–57  17–5
(6–3) 		Galen Center (5,736)
Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 2020
6:00 pm, P12N 		No. 24 California W 71–65  18–5
(7–3) 		CU Events Center (6,656)
Boulder, CO
February 8, 2020
4:00 pm, P12N 		No. 24 Stanford W 81–74  19–5
(8–3) 		CU Events Center (10,930)
Boulder, CO
February 13, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 16 at No. 17 Oregon L 60–68  19–6
(8–4) 		Matthew Knight Arena (9,275)
Eugene, OR
February 15, 2020
8:00 pm, FS1 		No. 16 at Oregon State W 69–47  20–6
(9–4) 		Gill Coliseum (4,953)
Corvallis, OR
February 20, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 18 USC W 70–66  21–6
(10–4) 		CU Events Center (10,027)
Boulder, CO
February 22, 2020
2:00 pm, CBS 		No. 18 UCLA L 63–70  21–7
(10–5) 		CU Events Center (11,214)
Boulder, CO
February 27, 2020
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 21 at California L 62–76  21–8
(10–6) 		Haas Pavilion (5,134)
Berkeley, CA
March 1, 2020
4:00 pm, P12N 		No. 21 at Stanford L 64–72  21–9
(10–7) 		Maples Pavilion (7,123)
Stanford, CA
March 7, 2020
12:30 pm, P12N 		at Utah L 72–74 OT 21–10
(10–8) 		Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,886)
Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 tournament
March 12, 2020
9:30 pm, P12N 		(6) vs. (11) Washington State
First round 		L 68–82  21–11
 T-Mobile Arena (7,452)
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Ranking movement

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
APRV2523212024RVRVRV2520232024161821RV—Not released
CoachesRV—25242123RVRVRVRV21RV2124151720RVRVRV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References

  1. ^ "Colorado Basketball: Buffaloes Team Preview and Season Prediction 2019-20". AthlonSports.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019–2020 Schedule". cubuffs.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.