Colorado Sets College Basketball Crown Roster
Colorado will ship 12 student-athletes to Las Vegas because the Buffaloes open play on the College Basketball Crown towards Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 1, at 6 pm, on the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The journey roster is as follows:
| No. | participant | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown (High School/Previous School) |
| 0 | Ian Inman | G/F | 6-6 | 200 | Fr. | Houston, Texas (College Park) |
| 1 | ^Jon Mani | g | 6-7 | 190 | SW. | Los Angeles, Calif. (Beverly Hills/Denver) |
| 3 | Alon Michaeli | F | 6-9 | 229 | Fr. | Kfar Saba, Israel (Bnei Hertzeliya) |
| 5 | Josiah Sanders | g | 6-5 | 210 | Fr. | Denver, Colo. (Colorado Prep) |
| 11 | Jalin Holland | g | 6-5 | 200 | Fr. | Los Lunas, NM (Dream City Christian [Ariz.]) |
| 15 | Felix Kossaras | g | 6-5.5 | 192 | SW. | Montreal, Que. (Fort Erie International Academy [Ont.]) |
| 24 | Barrington Hargress | g | 6-0.5 | 190 | Jr. | Inglewood, Calif. (Heritage Christian/UC Riverside) |
| 25 | Fawaz “Tacko” Ifaola | c | 7-0 | 245 | Fr. | Lagos, Nigeria (Dream City Christian [Ariz.]) |
| 33 | ^Leonardo Van Elswyk | c | 7-1 | 245 | Fr. | Milan, Italy (Olimpia EA7 Milano) |
| 41 | Nick Randall | F | 6-8 | 195 | SW. | Fort Collins, Colo. (Fossil Ridge) |
| 42 | Andrew Crawford | g | 6-7.5 | 190 | Fr. | Littleton, Colo. (ThunderRidge) |
| 50 | Elijah Malone | c | 6-10 | 270 | Gr.-2 | LaGrange, Ind. (Prairie Heights/Grace [Ind.] College) |
^-Redshirt for the 2025-26 season
Three Buffaloes are usually not touring to the College Basketball Crown: Freshman guard Isaiah Johnsonsophomore ahead Sebastian Rancik and junior ahead Bangot Dak. Those three have opted out of the event and are meaning to enter the switch portal, which formally opens on April 7.
The winner of the Colorado-Oklahoma recreation will meet both Baylor or Minnesota on Saturday, April 4, at 11:30 am MT at T-Mobile Arena. The College Basketball Crown championship recreation can be held Sunday, April 5, at 3:30 pm MT at T-Mobile Arena. The reverse facet of the bracket options Stanford, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Creighton.
In its second season, the College Basketball Crown options eight groups competing for an NIL prize pool of $500,000. Last 12 months, the Buffaloes had been one in every of 16 groups to play within the preliminary CBC, dropping a first-round recreation to Villanova.
All 4 quarterfinal video games, April 1-2, will air on FS1 whereas the semifinals and championship will air on FOX. Colorado’s video games will even air on the Colorado Radio Network.
Colorado is 17-15 general, tying for 11th place within the Big 12 at 7-11, bettering 5 spots from its league end a 12 months in the past and greater than doubling its convention win complete. The Buffaloes are advancing to postseason play previous the convention event stage for the 14th time in 15 alternatives below head coach Tad Boyle (no postseason in 2020 as a result of pandemic). During that point, Colorado has performed in six NCAA Tournaments, 5 NIT occasions, and one CBI, in addition to its back-to-back College Basketball Crown appearances.
Tickets will be bought solely by way of Vivid Seatsthe Official Ticketing Provider and Founding Partner of the College Basketball Crown.
