Julie Bennett / AL.com via AP)
For the better part of the first 20 minutes of the Colorado Buffaloes' road battle Tuesday at Auburn, it looked like the same problems, different year.
Among the myriad pratfalls that plagued the CU men's basketball team in a 2014-15 season that ended with a 16-18 record were turnovers and often porous defense along the 3-point line.
Turnovers reared their ugly head once again during a season-opening loss against No. 7 Iowa State, as 18 CU giveaways led to 16 Cyclones points in what turned out to be a six-point loss.