In one of the most physical games of basketball you will ever see, the Colorado Buffaloes fell just short of knocking off the 4th-ranked UCLA Bruins.
The Buffs raced out to an early 21-11 lead after the first 12 minutes. The Bruins are a gritty team loaded with seniors, but early on they looked rattled with the Buffs playing hard with a rocking home crowd behind them. The early star was Lawson Lovering, whose defensive presence hung over UCLA like a 7’1 babadook. He shut down the paint, blocked a couple shots and fought like hell on the boards.