2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Washington	15	–	3	.833	27	–	9	.750
Arizona State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Utah	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Oregon State	10	–	8	.556	18	–	13	.581
Colorado	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
Oregon †	10	–	8	.556	25	–	13	.658
UCLA	9	–	9	.500	17	–	16	.515
USC	8	–	10	.444	16	–	17	.485
Arizona	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Stanford	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	21	.344
California	3	–	15	.167	8	–	23	.258

† Pac-12 Conference tournament winner

The 2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represents the University of Colorado in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by head coach Tad Boyle in his ninth season at Colorado. The Buffaloes play their home games at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The Buffaloes finished the 2017–18 season 17–15, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Arizona.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Lazar Nikolic	11	G	6'7"	205	Freshman	Belgrade, Sebia	Playing professional overseas^[1]
Tony Miller-Stewart	14	F	6'9"	246	Senior	Lee's Summit, MO	Graduated
Dominique Collier	15	G	6'2"	176	Senior	Denver, CO	Graduated
George King	24	G	6'6"	225	RS Senior	Joinville, Brazil	Graduated/2018 NBA draft
Josh Repine	33	G	6'3"	195	Senior	Englewood, CO	Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Shane Gatling	0	G	6'2"	170	Junior	Baldwin, NY	Junior college transferred from Indian Hills CC
Frank Ryder	30	F	6'10"	230	Sophomore	Boulder, CO	Transferred from San Diego. Under NCAA transfer rules, Rider will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Will join the team as a preferred walk-on.

2018 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daylen Kountz SG	Denver, CO	East High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 8, 2017
Daylen Kountz SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Elijah Parquet SG	Beaumont, TX	West Brook High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 9, 2017
Elijah Parquet SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
Jakub Dombek PF	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Get Better Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Apr 3, 2018
Jakub Dombek PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
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: "2018 Colorado Commits". Rivals.com. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Shane Gatling	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Indian Hills CC	Baldwin, NY
G/F	1	Tyler Bey	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	So	Middlebrooks Academy	Las Vegas, NV
G	2	Daylen Kountz	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	East HS	Denver, CO
G/F	5	D'Shawn Schwartz	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	So	Sand Creek HS	Colorado Springs, CO
F	10	Alexander Strating	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	American School of The Hague	Wassenaars, Netherlands
G	12	AJ Martinka (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Stanwood HS	Stanwood, WA
G	13	Namon Wright	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Missouri	Los Angeles, CA
G	14	Deleon Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Brewster Academy	Grand Rapids, MI
F	15	Jakub Dombek	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Get Better Academy	Ostrava, Czech Republic
F	21	Evan Battey	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	283 lb (128 kg)	RS Fr	Villa Park HS	View Park, CA
F	23	Lucas Siewert	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Brennan HS	San Antonio, TX
G	24	Eli Parquet	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	West Brook HS	Beaumont, TX
G	25	McKinley Wright IV	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Champlin Park HS	North Robbinsdale, MN
F	30	Frank Ryder (W)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Fairview San Diego	Boulder, CO
G	33	Aidan McQuade (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Loveland HS	Loveland, CO
G	34	Benan Ersek	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Kent Denver School	Vienna, Austria
F/C	35	Dallas Walton	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS So	Arvada West HS	Arvada, CO

Head coach

Tad Boyle (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018* 4:00 pm	Colorado Mines	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N	Drake	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N	Omaha	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Nov 20, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	at San Diego	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
Nov 24, 2018* 4:00 pm, ATTSNRM	at Air Force	Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N	Portland	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm, P12N	Colorado State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Dec 4, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N	South Dakota	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Dec 8, 2018* 4:00 pm, P12N	UIC	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Dec 11, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	at New Mexico	Dreamstyle Arena Albuquerque, NM
Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. Indiana State Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Dec 23, 2018* 2:30 pm/5:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN2	vs. UNLV or Hawaii Diamond Head Classic	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Dec 25, 2018*	vs. TBA Diamond Head Classic	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Pac-12 regular season
Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1	at Arizona	McKale Center Tuscon, AZ
Jan 5, 2019 4:00 pm, P12N	at Arizona State	Wells Fargo Arena Temple, AZ
Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, P12N	Washington State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Jan 12, 2019 8:00 pm, P12N	Washington	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Jan 20, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPNU	at Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 24, 2019 9:00 pm, P12N	at California	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
Jan 26, 2019 6:00 pm, FS1	at Stanford	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm, P12N	Oregon State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb 2, 2019 7:30 pm, P12N	Oregon	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, P12N	at UCLA	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Feb 8, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU	at USC	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
Feb 13, 2019 8:30 pm, FS1	Arizona State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb 17, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPNU	Arizona	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb 23, 2019 8:30 pm, P12N	at Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
Feb 20, 2019 8:00 pm, P12N	at Washington State	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
Mar 2, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPNU	Utah	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU	UCLA	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Mar 9, 2019 3:00 pm, P12N	USC	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Pac-12 Tournament
Mar 13–16, 2019* P12N/ESPN	vs.	T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ "Lazar Nikolic leaving CU men's basketball to pursue pro opportunities". buffzone.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

[1] "Lazar Nikolic leaving CU men's basketball to pursue pro opportunities". buffzone.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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