The 2022–23 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Tad Boyle in his thirteenth season at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
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NIT, Second Round | |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Record | 18–17 (8–12 Pac-12) |
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| Home arena | CU Events Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 UCLA | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | 31 | – | 6 | .838 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Arizona† | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 3 | – | 29 | .094 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Buffaloes finished the season 21–12, 12–8 in Pac-12 Play to finish in 4th place. They defeated Oregon in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the semifinals to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to St. Bonaventure.[1]
Off-season
Departures
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Evan Battey | F | 6'8" | 259 | RS Senior | Los Angeles, California | Graduated. |
| Benan Ersek | G | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Vienna, Austria | Walk-on; Graduated. |
| Elijah Parquet | G | 6'4" | 195 | Senior | Beaumont, Texas | transferring to UNLV.[2] |
| Keeshawn Barthelemy | G | 6'2" | 171 | RS Sophomore | Montreal, Quebec | transferring to Oregon.[2] |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| Jalen Gabbidon | 3 | G | 6'5" | 190 | GS Senior | Harrisburg, PA | Yale |
| J'Vonne Hadley | 13 | G | 6'6" | 215 | Sophomore | St. Paul, MN | Indian Hills CC |
| Ethan Wright | 14 | G | 6'4" | 190 | GS Senior | Newton Centre, MN | Princeton |
2022 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Joe Hurlburt #19 C | Enderlin, ND | Enderlin High School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Mar 29, 2021 | |
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Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| October 30, 2022* 4:00 p.m. | Nebraska Charity Exhibition | W 72–61 | 17 – Simpson | 8 – Tied | 4 – Hammond III | CU Events Center (3,360) Boulder, CO | |||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 6:30 p.m., P12N | UC Riverside | W 82–66 | 1–0 | 16 – Hadley | 8 – Hadley | 3 – Tied | CU Events Center (5,388) Boulder, CO | ||||
| November 11, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+/P12N | at Grambling State Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | L 74–83 | 1–1 | 16 – Simpson | 8 – Hadley | 4 – Simpson | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (837) Grambling, LA | ||||
| November 13, 2022* 12:00 p.m., ESPN | vs. No. 11 Tennessee | W 78–66 | 2–1 | 23 – Simpson | 10 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Bridgestone Arena (12,482) Nashville, TN | ||||
| November 17, 2022* 11:30 a.m., ESPNU | vs. UMass Myrtle Beach Invitational quarterfinals | L 63–66 | 2–2 | 17 – da Silva | 9 – Hadley | 6 – Simpson | HTC Center (1,256) Conway, SC | ||||
| November 18, 2022* 10:00 a.m., ESPNU | vs. No. 24 Texas A&M Myrtle Beach Invitational consolation round | W 103–75 | 3–2 | 30 – Simpson | 7 – Simpson | 4 – Tied | HTC Center (1,332) Conway, SC | ||||
| November 20, 2022* 5:00 p.m., ESPNews | vs. Boise State Myrtle Beach Invitational 5th-place game | L 55–68 | 3–3 | 14 – Simpson | 6 – Lovering | 4 – Simpson | HTC Center (1,281) Conway, SC | ||||
| November 27, 2022* 1:00 p.m., P12N | Yale | W 65–62 | 4–3 | 20 – da Silva | 6 – da Silva | 3 – Simpson | CU Events Center (5,780) Boulder, CO | ||||
| December 1, 2022 6:30 p.m., FS1 | Arizona State | L 59–60 | 4–4 (0–1) | 13 – Simpson | 8 – da Silva | 3 – 2 tied | CU Events Center (6,917) Boulder, CO | ||||
| December 4, 2022 1:00 p.m., P12N | at Washington | L 63–73 | 4–5 (0–2) | 15 – Hadley | 5 – Clifford | 4 – Hammond | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,261) Seattle, WA | ||||
| December 8, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | Colorado State | W 93–65 | 5–5 | 27 – Simpson | 9 – Hadley | 3 – Tied | CU Events Center (10,033) Boulder, CO | ||||
| December 15, 2022* 6:30 p.m., P12N | North Alabama | W 84–60 | 6–5 | 25 – da Silva | 9 – da Silva | 6 – Simpson | CU Events Center (5,125) Boulder, CO | ||||
| December 18, 2022* 3:00 p.m., P12N | Northern Colorado | W 88–77 | 7–5 | 26 – da Silva | 9 – Hadley | 4 – Simpson | CU Events Center (6,015) Boulder, CO | ||||
| December 21, 2022* 5:00 p.m., P12N | Southern Utah | W 86–78 | 8–5 | 21 – Simpson | 10 – da Silva | 4 – Simpson | CU Events Center (5,108) Boulder, CO | ||||
| December 29, 2022 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | at Stanford | W 73–70 | 9–5 (1–2) | 31 – Simpson | 7 – Simpson | 4 – Simpson | Maples Pavilion (2,640) Stanford, CA | ||||
| December 31, 2022 4:00 p.m., P12N | at California | L 76–80 | 9–6 (1–3) | 25 – Simpson | 4 – Tied | 5 – Simpson | Haas Pavilion (1,253) Berkeley, CA | ||||
| January 5, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | Oregon | W 68–41 | 10–6 (2–3) | 30 – da Silva | 11 – O'Brien | 3 – Hammond | CU Events Center (6,325) Boulder, CO | ||||
| January 7, 2023 7:30 p.m., P12N | Oregon State | W 62–42 | 11–6 (3–3) | 17 – da Silva | 9 – O’Brien | 6 – Simpson | CU Events Center (6,203) Boulder, CO | ||||
| January 12, 2023 7:00 p.m., P12N | at USC | L 61–68 | 11–7 (3–4) | 17 – Simpson | 14 – Lovering | 4 – Hadley | Galen Center (3,178) Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| January 14, 2023 6:00 p.m., FOX | at No. 7 UCLA | L 54–68 | 11–8 (3–5) | 17 – Simpson | 10 – Hadley | 3 – Simpson | Pauley Pavilion (8,106) Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| January 19, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | Washington | L 72–75 | 11–9 (3–6) | 18 – Hammond | 7 – da Silva | 3 – Hammond | CU Events Center (6,974) Boulder, CO | ||||
| January 22, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPNU | Washington State | W 58–55 | 12–9 (4–6) | 27 – da Silva | 6 – O'Brien | 3 – Simpson | CU Events Center (–) Boulder, CO | ||||
| January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., P12N | at Oregon | L 69–75 | 12–10 (4–7) | 23 – da Silva | 7 – O'Brien | 4 – Simpson | Matthew Knight Arena (5,680) Eugene, OR | ||||
| January 28, 2023 8:30 p.m., P12N | at Oregon State | L 52–60 | 12–11 (4–8) | 22 – da Silva | 15 – da Silva | 2 – da Silva | Gill Coliseum (3,789) Corvallis, OR | ||||
| February 2, 2023 8:00 p.m., P12N | California | W 59–46 | 13–11 (5–8) | 20 – da Silva | 7 – O’Brien | 4 – Simpson | CU Events Center (6,712) Boulder, CO | ||||
| February 5, 2023 5:00 p.m., FS1 | Stanford | W 84–62 | 14–11 (6–8) | 21 – Simpson | 8 – Lovering | 4 – Simpson | CU Events Center (6,974) Boulder, CO | ||||
| February 11, 2023 8:00 p.m., FS1 | at Utah | L 62–73 | 14–12 (6–9) | 14 – Simpson | 6 – O'Brien | 5 – Simpson | Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,133) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||
| February 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., P12N | at Arizona State | W 67–59 | 15–12 (7–9) | 23 – da Silva | 10 – O’Brien | 3 – Tied | Desert Financial Arena (7,501) Tempe, AZ | ||||
| February 18, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | at No. 8 Arizona | L 68–78 | 15–13 (7–10) | 18 – da Silva | 9 – O'Brien | 7 – Simpson | McKale Center (14,688) Tucson, AZ | ||||
| February 23, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | USC | L 65–84 | 15–14 (7–11) | 18 – Simpson | 7 – Lovering | 5 – Simpson | CU Events Center (6,638) Boulder, CO | ||||
| February 26, 2023 2:00 p.m., CBS | No. 4 UCLA | L 56–60 | 15–15 (7–12) | 14 – Simpson | 10 – O'Brien | 3 – Wright | CU Events Center (8,680) Boulder, CO | ||||
| March 4, 2023 3:30 p.m., P12N | Utah | W 69–60 | 16–15 (8–12) | 15 – Hammond | 11 – Clifford | 5 – Hammond | CU Events Center (8,432) Boulder, CO | ||||
| Pac-12 Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 8, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N | (9) | vs. (8) Washington First Round | W 74–68 | 17–15 | 21 – Hammond | 10 – O’Brien | 5 – da Silva | T-Mobile Arena (7,469) Paradise, NV | |||
| March 9, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N | (9) | vs. (1) No. 2 UCLA Quarterfinals | L 69–80 | 17–16 | 17 – da Silva | 7 – O'Brien | 6 – Hammond | T-Mobile Arena (10,406) Paradise, NV | |||
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| March 14, 2023 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (3) | Seton Hall First Round – Rutgers Bracket | W 65–64 | 18–16 | 18 – Wright | 14 – O'Brien | 5 – Hammond | CU Events Center (2,363) Boulder, CO | |||
| March 19, 2023 7:30 p.m., ESPNU | (3) | Utah Valley Second Round – Rutgers Bracket | L 69–81 | 18–17 | 21 – Lovering | 7 – Lovering | 4 – O'Brien | CU Events Center (3,964) Boulder, CO | |||
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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