LAS VEGAS — Tad Boyle has attempted to divide the 2017-18 basketball season into four portions for his youthful Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team.
The first two portions, the nonconference and league schedules, already are in the books. Yet in order to reach the fourth section, which would be an invitation to a postseason tournament, the Buffs must first make some noise in the season's third section, which begins Wednesday afternoon in the Pac-12 Conference at T-Mobile Arena as the eighth-seeded Buffs take on Arizona State (1 p.m. MT, Pac-12 Network).
"I broke it down for them (this week) where we are," Boyle said.