In the past two games, Thomas Akyazili has shown the ankle injury that limited his effectiveness on the road last week is a problem clearly in his past.
He also provided a moment of youthful indiscretion that will provide head coach Tad Boyle with a big coaching point moving forward.
Two days after posting a career-best 10 points in a double-overtime win against Washington State, Akyazili once again provided a scoring spark against Washington, at one point recording nine consecutive CU points during a 24-10 second-half surge that turned a one-point advantage into a 15-point lead.
Yet Akyazili also let his emotions get the best of him at a critical juncture, getting called for technical foul with 56 seconds remaining and the Buffs clinging to a three-point lead.