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The Colorado Buffaloes were unable to cement an identity in nonconference play.
Yet given the slate CU faces through the first seven games of the Pac-12 Conference men's basketball schedule, the Buffaloes will learn in a hurry just how they stack up in the overall league picture.
The Buffs were set to reconvene Tuesday night after a holiday hiatus to begin preparations for their league opener at Utah on New Year's Day. That matchup begins a conference-opening three-game run on the road for the Buffs, who then will open the home half of the league schedule against the two teams from Los Angeles who ran the table during the nonconference schedule — No.