David R. Jennings / Staff Photographer)
Head coach Tad Boyle dubbed last week "separation time" for the Colorado Buffaloes in the crowded race for the top of the Pac-12 Conference pack.
CU certainly held up its end of the bargain, holding serve at home with victories against Stanford and Cal. Yet with the conference slate having officially reached the midway point, separation is proving elusive for the league contenders.
While separation has occurred to a certain extent — the Pac-12 front-runners definitely have surged ahead of the bottom fourth of the league—the war of attrition that is the conference slate has left five teams within two games of league-leading Oregon.