The Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team plays its first home game of the 2015-16 season on Friday, fresh off one of the most challenging two-game starts in recent memory.
The Buffaloes return to Coors Event Center after beginning the season with two games away from the Coors Events Center for the first time since 2003-04. In those two games, Colorado went 1-1, falling in the opener to AP No. 7 and back-to-back Big 12 champ Iowa State, then rallying for a 91-84 win at Auburn after trailing by as much as 15.
The start, says Jimmy Wood, a CU contributor for Rivals, has raised expectations for a Buffs team that finished a disappointing 16-18 on the year and ninth in the Pac-12.