{"id":1749,"date":"2026-06-18T20:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:02:47","slug":"colorado-basketball-a-fitting-entry-for-bill-walton-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1749","title":{"rendered":"Colorado basketball a fitting entry for Bill Walton Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Tad Boyle never claimed to be close friends with Hall of Fame hoopster Bill Walton.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1747\">\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 comes to theaters in Denver, making Casa Amor a bigger twist than ever before<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, Walton was one of college basketball\u2019s all-time greats at UCLA, and then a two-time NBA champion, while Boyle was turning a standout prep career in Greeley into a scholarship at Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>If you played ball, you were well aware of Walton.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, Walton used his original and outspoken voice to become one of the game\u2019s unique broadcasters, frequently calling Pac-12 games during Colorado\u2019s 13 years in the league. Add in the fact Walton was an avowed Deadhead, and a regular attendee of the Dead and Company\u2019s summer shows at Folsom Field, and in many ways it\u2019s fitting Boyle\u2019s Buffaloes will take part in the first Bill Walton Classic.<\/p>\n<p>CU and the showcase organizers announced the matchup last week, as the Buffs will take on San Diego State at Pechanga Arena on Nov. 7 \u2014 the first Saturday of the regular season. CU, matching up with SDSU for the first time since Jan. 5, 1976, will be the only team in the men-women doubleheader not from San Diego, Walton\u2019s hometown. The women\u2019s game will feature UC San Diego against the University of San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously being an ex-member of the Pac-12, he was such a voice for that league in the 13 years we were in it,\u201d Boyle said of Walton, who passed away in 2024. \u201cCertainly I got to know him personally. He did a lot of our games. I had great, great respect for him as a player. And I had a lot of respect for him as an announcer. He did his homework. He was at shoot-around. He was engaged. He was a special guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1745\">Don\u2019t touch the bat! Jefferson County officials warn of rabies exposure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boyle said the matchup in the Bill Walton Classic likely completes the road portion of CU\u2019s nonconference schedule. Like last season, the Buffs will play a pair of neutral-floor games in Palm Desert, California, as part of the Acrisure Series the week of Thanksgiving. CU also will travel to Providence for the first time to complete a home-and-home series that began with a Buffs victory at the Events Center last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Big 12 doesn\u2019t typically release the full conference schedule until September, but the matchups for the 18-game league slate were announced last week. CU will play home-and-home sets against Baylor, Houston and Utah, and will host matchups against Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Texas Tech and West Virginia. The Buffs will play road dates at Arizona, Central Florida, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and TCU.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The NCAA is increasing the maximum number of regular season games to 32 this year, up from 31, leaving the Buffs with eight of 14 nonconference dates to fill, likely all of them at home. The Acrisure Series will include a still-to-be-determined home date, and the Buffs also will complete the latest three-game agreement with Colorado State at home. Beyond that, though, Boyle said he and assistant coach Nate Tomlinson are still working to fill the nonconference home dates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a couple more to get,\u201d Boyle said. \u201cI haven\u2019t talked to (Tomlinson) about it since the middle of last week, so that\u2019s something I\u2019m going to look into (this week).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1743\">2 Larimer County Sheriff deputies killed in Idaho crash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado men&#8217;s basketball team will compete in the inaugural Bill Walton Classic against San Diego State. 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