This is going to be a special season at the CU Events Center if the first week of the college basketball season is any indication. The Colorado Buffaloes men and women are both ranked in the latest AP Top 25 — JR Payne’s team is #5 (!) while Tad Boyle’s men just made it at #25.
The CU women leaped 15 spots since the preseason poll. That’s a shocking rise, but not unexpected after they blew out the LSU Tigers, the reigning national champs and the preseason #1. They kept the good play going with a dismantling of Le Moyne, then a comeback win over a strong Oklahoma State team.