After 10 games, freshman Alec Burks, above, ranked third among CU鈥檚 greats in their freshmen year. Chauncey Billups (Soc ex鈥�99) had 204 points, Emmett Lewis (A&S ex鈥�79) scored 175, and Burks had 161.
The men鈥檚 basketball team went 8-0 at home during the nonconference season, the Buffs鈥� best start at the Coors Events Center in 27 years. On the flip side, though, CU entered the second half of the season without having won a road game against a Division I opponent since December 2007. That includes a 77-62 defeat at Colorado State in December.
One week into January, the Buffs (9-5 in nonconference play) had matched last season鈥檚 overall win total.
贵谤别蝉丑尘补苍听Alec Burks聽gave CU a spark in the first half of the season, starting every game and scoring in double digits in each nonconference contest. He averaged more than 16 points per game going into Big 12 action.
鈥淗is talent is ridiculous,鈥� teammate聽Cory Higgins聽noted.
As for the team overall, coach Jeff Bzdelik says. 鈥淭his year we have more weapons (and) we鈥檙e more athletic. But everything is relative. We鈥檝e gotten better, but the league has, too.鈥�
