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It will be an uphill climb, to say the least, for the Colorado men's basketball team to eventually battle its way into the top half of the Pac-12 Conference.
Yet a nearly-identical uphill climb was almost pulled off by a CU team that endured an even worse start in league play just two years ago. It's a history lesson head coach Tad Boyle has revisited this week as his club looks to start gaining ground with a Thursday night home date against Oregon State (7 p.m., Pac-12 Network).