For the first time in this rivalry, the Colorado Buffaloes took on the Arizona Wildcats as favorites. The 5.5-line was because CU is the better team, straight up, in addition to the CU Events Center. Offensive struggles be damned, Colorado was the better team tonight, and they even covered the spread with a 67-60 win.
Offensive struggles were set to come, but in the first ten minutes, the Buffaloes were off to a scorching start. With Tyler Bey working inside, Lucas Siewert hitting shots and Evan Battey (now healthy) working in the post, they made their first 10 of 11 shots (plus 5/5 on FTs).