Handling pressure, expectations the challenge for CU Buffs basketball in 2019-20

It wasn’t so long ago, nine months, really, that the Colorado men’s basketball team remained firmly entrenched in its familiar middling status in the Pac-12 Conference.

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    McKinley Wright IV attracts a crowd during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Evan Battey during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    McKinley Wright IV attracts a crowd during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    BOULDER, CO - OCTOBER 16, 2019: Assistant coach, Bill Grier, right, works with Dallas Walton, during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on October 16, 2019. (photo by Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

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    Evan Battey talks to the media during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Jakub Dombek during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    McKinley Wright IV during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Maddox Daniels during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Tyler Bey during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Shane Gatling talks to the media during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Maddox Daniels talks Mark Johnson during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Dallas Walton talks to the media during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Head MBB coach,Tad Boyle, talks at the press conference during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    BOULDER, CO - OCTOBER 16, 2019: Head coach, Tad Boyle, right, talks to the team after the University of Colorado basketball practice on October 16, 2019. (photo by Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

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    Dallas Walton talks to the media during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Head coach, Tad Boyle, talks to Keeshawn Barthelemy during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Keeshawn Barthelemy during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Maddox Daniels during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Alexander Strating, left, and Keeshawn Barthelemy during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    McKinley Wright IV during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Alexander Strating during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Lucas Siewert during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Tyler Bey during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Lucas Siewert, left, Alexander Strating, and Frank Ryder, during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    McKinley Wright IV attracts a crowd during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Daylen Kountz during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Lucas Siewert during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Assistant coach, Bill Grier, during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Eli Parquet during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Jakub Dombek during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    McKinley Wright IV during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Keeshawn Barthelemy looks to pass over D'Shawn Schwartz during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    Eli Parquet during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on Oct. 16, 2019.

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    BOULDER, CO - OCTOBER 16, 2019: during the University of Colorado basketball media day and practice on October 16, 2019. (photo by Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

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