Basketball

Sports news from the fall 2017 issue.

CU coaching changes, an NCAA sweep and basketball updates.

Josh Scott (Soc'16) takes his role as a leader seriously.

Tim Chartier shines during the NCAA Division I College Basketball Tournament, AKA March Madness: He's one of the nation's top bracketologists. And also a mime.

Athletic administrator Ceal Barry, the winningest women’s basketball coach in school history, completed her 30th year at CU-Boulder. Last summer she served as interim athletic director after the departure of Mike Bohn and before the hiring of Rick George.

The CU men’s and women’s basketball teams had stellar nonconference seasons, both cracking the top 25 rankings nationally.

André Roberson, a junior forward, set the CU’s single-season record for rebounds with 401 and ranked fifth nationally with 20 double-doubles last season.

CU’s basketball teams were predicted to finish tied for 10th and 11th in their first seasons in the Pac-12. But the Buffs weren’t falling into line at the beginning of conference play.

Billy Lewis, the school’s first African-American varsity basketball player, passed away in his Sarasota, Fla., home on June 14. He was 72.

The basketball and volleyball teams moved into their $10.8 million practice facility attached to the north end of the Coors Events Center this summer.