The Colorado Buffaloes were not a lock to make the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday, but their odds were decent, given that they won two games at the Pac-12 Tournament and beat an NCAA Tournament team from Washington State in the semifinals. Their loss to Oregon — which gave the Ducks the automatic bid from the Pac-12 — did create some bubble drama. A lot of bubble teams’ dreams were crushed by the parade of unexpected autobids which emerged over the weekend. Colorado did have reason to sweat. However, most bracketologists did have the Buffaloes in the field on Sunday.
All the team could do was wait.
The waiting was worth it. Colorado reached the First Four in Dayton and will face Boise State on Wednesday night at 9:10 p.m. Eastern time, 6:10 p.m. Pacific, on TruTV.
Buffaloes Wire had more on the story:
“One day after falling to Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game on Saturday, the Buffaloes received a First Four bid for the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Colorado will battle Boise State in Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday with the winner earning the right to face No. 7 seed Florida on Friday in the round of 64.
“Head coach Tad Boyle and the Buffs, who enter the First Four as a No. 10 seed, finished their regular season on a six-game winning streak before reaching the final Pac-12 title game.”
Colorado needed every last one of those six straight wins to sneak into the field. The Buffs saved their season just in time.
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