That could’ve been bad. Your Colorado Buffaloes (11-7, 2-4) came into tonight’s game against the California Golden Bears (5-14, 0-7) expecting nothing less than a win. They got the win, but it was after nearly blowing an 18-point lead to the worst team in major college basketball.
The Buffs started fairly well. Shane Gatling came out aggressive and scored 9 points in the first five minutes. Lucas Siewert joined him with 8 first half points. There was also McKinley Wright back from his injury — a dislocated shoulder and partially torn labor — who was running the offense and playing hard-nosed defense.