Colorado beat TCU and Arizona State recently, but also suffered three of their worst losses of the season during that same stretch.
Colorado suffered two crushing defeats in a 13-day span. The first was a 30-point loss to Iowa State on Jan. 29 and a 34-point loss to Texas Tech on Wednesday night.
The Buffaloes took a tough 19-point beating from Baylor on the Bears' home court in Waco as well on Feb. 4th.
Texas Tech loss didn’t sit well with head coach Tad Boyle
"I mean that was just a good old-fashioned a**-whooping, there’s just no other way to say it,” Boyle began his post-game press conference with. “I mean, you guys are from West Texas, you probably know what that is. We took one tonight. So credit Texas Tech. They have a model with their program that the toughest team wins and there wasn’t any question who the tougher team was tonight. That was Texas Tech, and we weren’t"Bryan Logan, Clutch Points
There's a reason Boyle and his staff have been hammering home rebounding throughout Big 12 play. Colorado has been downright soft on the glass, giving up far too many boards and paying the price for it.
Red Raiders forward JT Toppin grabbed 18 rebounds (four offensive) in the win. Texas Tech dominated the boards 45-27, outrebounding the Buffs by 18.
In the postgame presser, Boyle said he was embarrassed—a word he rarely uses.
"We deserve to be on a 6 a.m. flight out of Lubbock, commercial, Southwest, whatever airline you choose. We don’t deserve a charter flight back to Boulder tonight. We got one. We paid for it. But we wasted our money. We wasted our university’s money. That’s on me. So I’ll take the ownership of this, because I’m the head coach. The buck stops with me. But I’m embarrassed. I’ve not said I’m embarrassed very often, but I’m embarrassed tonight,” Boyle finished with."Bryan Logan, Clutch Points
Boyle's struggling Buffs face No. 22 BYU Saturday in Provo before returning home for winnable games against Oklahoma State and Kansas State.
Colorado has already topped last season's conference win total (3) at 4-8 in Big 12 play. Their final three games present a brutal stretch: No. 3 Houston, Utah, and No. 1 Arizona.
At best, we can probably see this Colorado team finishing the season with a 7-11 conference record, which would be a major win for Boyle.