Below are the five Big 12 contests that were moved to Friday nights this week:

Arizona at Kansas State – Sept. 13
Houston at TCU – Oct. 4
Utah at Arizona State – Oct. 11
Oklahoma State at BYU – Oct. 18
Houston at Arizona – Nov. 15

Four games involving Big 12 teams in 2024 were previously set for Fridays and are listed below:

TCU at Stanford – Aug. 30
BYU at SMU – Sept. 6
Oklahoma State at Colorado – Nov. 29
Utah at UCF – Nov. 29

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Not breaking news, but Rothstein confirms the assumption that Hammond will likely still be out against Boise State. Tad said yesterday that Cody Williams is "getting better and feeling good"

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Alberts Reups with NU for 8 years in November - and now he's ready to jump to Alabama. A move, if it happens, that will probably make NU and Alabama's Head Coaches both nervous.

Lots of great insight from the new assistants and players on how they've been adjusting and their objectives for spring ball.

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The NewsStand will be late today as I have a number of medical appointments today.

The 2026 class ranking has been expanded from 100 players to a full Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2026

Ten highest debuts: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-highest-ranked-debuts-in-the-rivals250

Adam Gorney goes position-by-position: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2026-rivals250-released

BZ: MBB - It’s a date in Big Dance’s First Four, matchup with Boise State for CU Buffs

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: CU Buffs land No. 5 seed for NCAA Tournament, to face Drake in opening round

BZ: WBB - Notes: CU Buffs eager for new challenge in facing Drake

CU AD: MBB - Boyle's Buffs To Open NCAA Vs. Boise State

CU AD: WBB - Buffs earn a No. 5 seed and will head to Manhattan, Kan.

Ralphie Report: MBB - Colorado makes NCAA Tournament, will play First Four game vs Boise State

Buffs Wire: FB - Projecting Colorado's 2024 spring football depth chart

Buffs Wire: FB - Social media reacts to Colorado sneaking into the men's NCAA Tournament field

Cheers!

Tonight's the night! Pac-12 Title game for the Buffs against Oregon. CU in its third Pac-12 championship, won it in 2012 in their first year in the league and lost in 2021 against Oregon State. Ducks have won 3 title games and lost 2 since CU joined the league. Oregon looking for an NCAA Tournament berth that they would not otherwise get, Buffs appear to be safe but would love to lock things up (and stay out of Dayton), especially after the FAU loss and the New Mexico win shrunk the bubble by 2 spots earlier today. Buffs swept the season series, blowing out the Ducks at home and picking up that close win in Eugene just 9 days ago.

Still no Julian Hammond, Cody Williams off the bench again for CU.
Starters:
KJ Simpson
J'Vonne Hadley
Tristan da Silva
Luke O'Brien
Eddie Lampkin Jr.

For Oregon:
Jackson Shelstead (13.0 PPG)
Jermaine Couisnard (15.5 PPG)
Kwame Evans Jr.
Jadrian Tracey
N'Faly Dante (Leading scorer: 15.7 PPG)

Confirmation? Saw the article in the Newstand

Five takeaways from the Buffs’ first media availability of spring ball on Monday⬇️

Story on the Colorado receiver room, including who is impressing new coach Jason Phillips early in spring practice⬇️

These are my three biggest questions as CU kicks off spring football practice today ⬇️

CU WBB comes up just short of a host spot as Kansas State takes the No. 4 seed in the Albany 2 region. The Buffs will be heading to Manhattan, Kansas as the No. 5 seed to take on the No. 12 seed Drake Bulldogs. Buffs going dancing for the third straight season.

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Quick write up on Colorado WBB's selection, seeding and location. Will have deeper previews of both the men's and women's matchups coming this week!

Started in 2011

Team - round they lost - the team they lost to

UCLA - Final Four - Gonzaga
VCU - Final Four - Butler

La Salle - Sweet 16 - Wichita State
Syracuse - Sweet 16 - Duke
Tennessee - Sweet 16 - Michigan

Dayton - Round of 32 Oklahoma
Kansas State - Round of 32 Baylor
Notre Dame - Round of 32 Texas Tech
Pittsburgh - Round of 32 Xavier
South Florida - Round of 32 Ohio
Wichita State - Round of 32 Miami (FL)

Arizona State - Round of 64 - Buffalo
Arizona State - Round of 64 - TCU
Belmont - Round of 64 - Maryland
BYU - Round of 64 - Marquette
Clemson - Round of 64 - West Virginia
Drake - Round of 64 - USC
Indiana - Round of 64 - Saint Mary's
Michigan - Round of 64 - Notre Dame
NC State - Round of 64 - Saint Louis
Ole Miss - Round of 64 - Xavier
Saint Mary's - Round of 64 - Memphis
St. Bonaventure - Round of 64 - Florida
USC - Round of 64 - Cincinnati

I will bump this tomorrow mid-afternoon tomorrow. I am just listing the first airing of the breakdowns, they will be repeated later on ESPN networks and CBS Sports Network. All times mountain.

Selection shows:
The official Men's selection show
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM on CBS

The official Women's selection show
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM on ESPN and ESPNU

The official NIT selection show
7:30 PM to 8:00 PM ESPN2

Breakdown shows:
Sports Center - Bracket Reactions
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM on ESPN

Bracketology
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM on ESPN and ESPNU

Bracketology
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on ESPN - this is listed for 2 hours where the one above was just one hour, so I think this is a new show not a replay of the one above.

March Madness Bracket Breakdown
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on CBS Sports Network

Anyone know much about them and how we match up?

Thoughts

All games championship games. All times MT:
American Athletic (Fort Worth, Tx)
1:15 PM - 4 UAB/11 Temple - ESPN

Atlantic 10 (Brooklyn, NY)
11:00 AM - 5 VCU/6 Duquesne - CBS

Big Ten (Minneapolis, MN)
1:30 PM - 2 Illinois/5 Wisconsin - CBS

Ivy League (New York, NY)
10:00 AM - 2. Yale/4. Brown - ESPN2

SEC (Nashville, TN)
11:00 AM - 4 Auburn/6 Florida - ESPN

Here are the final numbers as of today on CU's tournament resume along with some other teams around the cutline:

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Colorado's eight-game win streak game to a difficult end Saturday night as Colorado fell to fourth-seeded Oregon. After the game, Buffs head coach Tad Boyle and players Tristan da Silva and KJ Simpson discussed the game and much more.

Check out the media availability below:

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Story on Colorado WBB's host chances, and their mentality heading into Selection Sunday ⬇️