# 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Tad Boyle in his seventh season at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Arizona. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where the lost in the first round to UCF.

## Previous season

The Buffaloes finished the 2015–16 season 22–12, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Arizona in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed in the South region where they lost to No. 9-seed Connecticut in the first round.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Xavier Talton | 3 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Sterling, CO | Graduated |
| Eli Stalzer | 5 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Senior | Brea, CA | Graduated |
| Tre'Shaun Fletcher | 10 | G/F | 6'7" | 205 | Junior | Tacoma, WA | Transferred to Toledo |
| Kenan Guzonjic | 13 | F | 6'8" | 245 | Junior | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Graduate transferred to Barry |
| Brett Brady | 22 | G | 6'1" | 170 | Senior | Highlands Ranch, CO | Graduate transferred to Colorado Christian |
| Josh Scott | 40 | F | 6'10" | 245 | Senior | Monument, CO | Graduated |

### 2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Deleon Brown G | Caledonia, MI | Brewster Academy | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: N/A ||||||
| Bryce Peters G | Long Beach, CA | Damien HS | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Sep 14, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Dallas Walton PF | Arvada, CO | Arvada West HS | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 65 ||||||
| Lucas Siewert PF | Los Angeles, CA | Cathedral HS | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 69 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 3, 2016. ||||||

### 2017 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| D'Shawn Schwartz SF | Colorado Springs, CO | Sand Creek High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 222 lb (101 kg) | Sep 10, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 83 |||||||
| Tyler Bey PF | Los Angeles, CA | Middlebrooks Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 10, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 76 |||||||
| Evan Battey PF | Los Angeles, CA | Villa Park High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 280 lb (130 kg) | Sep 27, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82 |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: |||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016. |||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov. 11, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N | | Sacramento State | W 90–53 | 1–0 | Coors Events Center (8,322) Boulder, CO |
| Nov. 14, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N | | Seattle Legends Classic campus-site game | W 67–55 | 2–0 | Coors Events Center (6,883) Boulder, CO |
| Nov. 17, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N | | Louisiana–Monroe Legends Classic campus-site game | W 89–70 | 3–0 | Coors Events Center (7,329) Boulder, CO |
| Nov. 21, 2016* 5:00 PM, ESPN2 | | vs. Notre Dame Legends Classic semifinal | L 83–89 | 3–1 | Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov. 22, 2016* 1:30 PM, ESPNU | | vs. No. 22 Texas Legends Classic 3rd place game | W 68–54 | 4–1 | Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov. 27, 2016* 12:00 PM, P12N | | Wofford | W 75–60 | 5–1 | Coors Events Center (6,854) Boulder, CO |
| Nov. 30, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N | | Colorado State | L 58–72 | 5–2 | Coors Events Center (8,715) Boulder, CO |
| Dec. 3, 2016* 8:00 PM | | at Portland | W 76–63 | 6–2 | Chiles Center (2,720) Portland, OR |
| Dec. 7, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N | | No. 13 Xavier | W 68–66 | 7–2 | Coors Events Center (7,743) Boulder, CO |
| Dec. 10, 2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN2 | | at BYU | L 71–79 | 7–3 | Marriott Center (13,664) Provo, UT |
| Dec. 17, 2016* 12:00 PM, P12N | | Fort Hays State | W 81–71 | 8–3 | Coors Events Center (7,268) Boulder, CO |
| Dec. 19, 2016* 7:00 PM, CBSSN | | at Air Force | W 75–68 | 9–3 | Clune Arena (3,530) Colorado Springs, CO |
| Dec. 22, 2016* 6:30 PM, P12N | | Eastern Washington | W 76–68 | 10–3 | Coors Events Center (6,958) Boulder, CO |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| Jan. 1, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU | | at Utah | L 60–76 | 10–4 (0–1) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,108) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Jan. 5, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N | | at Arizona State | L 77–78 | 10–5 (0–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (5,147) Tempe, AZ |
| Jan. 7, 2017 7:30 PM, P12N | | at No. 17 Arizona | L 73–82 | 10–6 (0–3) | McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ |
| Jan. 12, 2017 9:00 PM, FS1 | | No. 4 UCLA | L 89–104 | 10–7 (0–4) | Coors Events Center (8,755) Boulder, CO |
| Jan. 15, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU | | No. 25 USC | L 68–71 | 10–8 (0–5) | Coors Events Center (8,036) Boulder, CO |
| Jan. 18, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU | | at Washington | L 83–85 $^{OT}$ | 10–9 (0–6) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,416) Seattle, WA |
| Jan. 21, 2017 2:00 PM, P12N | | at Washington State | L 89–91 $^{OT}$ | 10–10 (0–7) | Beasley Coliseum (2,920) Pullman, WA |
| Jan. 26, 2017 6:30 PM, FS1 | | Oregon State | W 85–78 | 11–10 (1–7) | Coors Events Center (7,341) Boulder, CO |
| Jan. 28, 2017 7:30 PM, P12N | | No. 10 Oregon | W 74–65 | 12–10 (2–7) | Coors Events Center (9,374) Boulder, CO |
| Feb. 2, 2017 9:00 PM, P12N | | at Stanford | W 81–74 | 13–10 (3–7) | Maples Pavilion (3,849) Stanford, CA |
| Feb. 5, 2017 2:30 PM, ESPNU | | at California | L 66–77 | 13–11 (3–8) | Haas Pavilion (9,719) Berkeley, CA |
| Feb. 9, 2017 8:00 PM, FS1 | | Washington | W 81–66 | 14–11 (4–8) | Coors Events Center (7,387) Boulder, CO |
| Feb. 12, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU | | Washington State | W 81–49 | 15–11 (5–8) | Coors Events Center (7,612) Boulder, CO |
| Feb. 16, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N | | at Oregon State | W 60–52 | 16–11 (6–8) | Gill Coliseum (4,281) Corvallis, OR |
| Feb. 19, 2017 1:00 PM, FOX | | at No. 7 Oregon | L 73–101 | 16–12 (6–9) | Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR |
| Feb. 23, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU | | Utah | L 81–86 | 16–13 (6–10) | Coors Events Center (7,142) Boulder, CO |
| Mar. 2, 2017 7:00 PM, ESPN2 | | Stanford | W 91–72 | 17–13 (7–10) | Coors Events Center (8,008) Boulder, CO |
| Mar. 5, 2017 12:00 PM, P12N | | California | W 54–46 | 18–13 (8–10) | Coors Events Center (8,392) Boulder, CO |
| Pac-12 tournament ||||||
| Mar. 8, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N | (7) | vs. (10) Washington State First Round | W 73–63 | 19–13 | T-Mobile Arena (9,978) Paradise, NV |
| Mar. 9, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N | (7) | vs. (2) No. 7 Arizona Quarterfinals | L 78–92 | 19–14 | T-Mobile Arena (18,153) Paradise, NV |
| NIT ||||||
| Mar. 15, 2017* 5:00 PM, ESPN3 | (5) | at (4) UCF First Round – Illinois State Bracket | L 74–79 | 19–15 | CFE Arena (3,675) Orlando, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||