While we've known for a while what the first year of Pac-12 play would look like for the CU mens basketball team, the non-conference portion of the schedule had remained a mystery (outside the annual game with CSU and the PR tip-off tournament). That mystery has been mostly solved with the announcement today of the full schedule. Check it out here.
When I said full schedule... it's a little light on the home side. Currently there are only 14 home games. However, as it says at the top of the schedule, there's still additions to come. Just don't expect them to be of the "Duke, UCONN, or Illinois" variety...
Last year CU threw lowly Western New Mexico in as a last minute addition to fill out the home schedule and keep the legs fresh during the build up to Big XII conference play. While WNM stunned the listless Buffs through the first half back in January, they proved to be exactly the tune-up game the squad needed as CU shot past Missouri the following weekend to kick-start the conference campaign. Accordingly, I expect a WNM-esque squad (read: punching bag) will fill out the schedule. I wonder what the Metro State Roadrunners are up to in early January?
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