Colorado basketball accepts invite to inaugural College Basketball Crown
Colorado basketball accepts invite to inaugural College Basketball Crown
The Colorado men's basketball team left the Big 12 Tournament last week, perhaps grateful that their miserable 20-loss season finally ended with a lossto Houston in the quarterfinals.
Well, CU basketball fans, your team is back from the dead and will be headed to Las Vegas in hopes of some postseason glory.
On Monday morning, Colorado announced it accepted an invitation to the inaugural College Basketball Crown. The Crown, a third-tier postseason competition developed by Fox, will rival the NIT as the premier secondary competition to the NCAA Tournament. The 16-team tournament will run from March 31 to April 6, with games at the MGM Grand Garden Area and the T Mobile Arena.
The Buffaloes (14-20) will play Villanova in the first round on April 1 at 6:30 p.m. MT. The winner will face Tulane or former Pac-12 rival USC in the second round.
Four other Big 12 teams – Utah, Arizona State, Cincinnati and Central Florida – are in the Crown field.
Colorado will have quite a bit of time between Selection Sunday and the start of the College Basketball Crown. Still, head coach Tad Boyle's acceptance of an invite likely means he expects to field a competitive team with few departures in the transfer portal.
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