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Pat Rooney

Pat Rooney has worked for Prairie Mountain Publishing since 2011 and has covered the Colorado Buffaloes since 2015.

Pac-12 basketball notes: Finding elusive consistency key to breaking out of early logjam

January 20, 2020 at 8:12 pm

In the end, the Pac-12 Conference regular season champion is likely to be the team that produces the greatest level of consistency between now and early March. So far in...

CU basketball drops to No. 23 but still ties program rankings mark

January 20, 2020 at 7:43 pm

Colorado got back to work on Monday facing twin challenges — preparing for a Washington State club riding a somewhat surprising surge of momentum, while also addressing the rebounding woes...

If it didn’t occur on the plane trip home from Tucson, it will soon. McKinley Wright IV has an idea he wants to run by Colorado basketball coach Tad Boyle.

Practice priority for CU basketball: Recovering edge on the glass

January 19, 2020 at 3:40 pm

If it didn’t occur on the plane trip home from Tucson, it will soon. McKinley Wright IV has an idea he wants to run by Colorado basketball coach Tad Boyle.

CU basketball notes: Once again, Buffs on wrong end of 24-5 run

January 18, 2020 at 5:11 pm

TUCSON, Ariz. — Once again, the Colorado Buffaloes were undone by a 24-5 run. It was almost exactly two weeks earlier that Oregon State blitzed the Buffs over the final...

Glass woes continue for CU Buffs in loss at Arizona

January 18, 2020 at 2:39 pm

The Colorado Buffaloes traveled to Arizona as the top rebounding team in the Pac-12 Conference, at least in terms of average rebounding margin.

Colorado's D'Shawn Schwartz drives past Arizona's ...

Topping UA Wildcats the next challenge for upstart CU basketball

January 17, 2020 at 5:45 pm

A week ago, it was easy to question Colorado’s viability in the Pac-12 Conference race after a deflating late meltdown at home against Oregon State on Jan. 5. Yet in...

CU basketball notes: Buffs’ 3-point defense superb since loss against UNI

January 16, 2020 at 11:03 pm

TEMPE, Ariz. — The home loss against Northern Iowa on Dec. 10 provided a painful lesson for the Colorado Buffaloes. Yet it is one the Buffs seemingly have taken to...

Desert drought over as No. 20 CU Buffs topple Arizona State

January 16, 2020 at 9:11 pm

TEMPE, Ariz. -- If not for a twist of fate, Lucas Siewert might have been on the other side of the battle, knocking down key 3-pointers for the team in...

Chat replay: Pat Rooney discusses CU Buffs basketball (Jan. 16, 2020)

January 16, 2020 at 11:49 am

BuffZone.com beat writer Pat Rooney takes questions and leads a discussion on CU Buffs basketball beginning at noon MT.

Game day notes: Maddox Daniels quietly putting together good minutes for CU Buffs

January 16, 2020 at 11:24 am

After enduring a seven-game rut in December, Colorado reserve guard Maddox Daniels has made the most of his minutes lately. Going into the 20th-ranked Buffaloes’ Pac-12 Conference battle Thursday night...