2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
The 2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team will represent the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes will be led by ninth year head coach JR Payne and will play their home games at the CU Events Center. This season will be Colorado's first season as members of the Big 12 Conference since 2011 after they rejoined the conference in August 2024.[1]
2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball | |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Home arena | CU Events Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of October 20, 2024 Rankings from AP poll |
Previous season
editThe Buffaloes finished the season 25–10, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Oregon in the First Round of the Pac-12 women's tournament before losing to Oregon State in the quarterfinals.[2][3] Colorado received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Drake in the First Round and Kansas State in the Second Round before losing to Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen.[4][5]
Offseason
editDepartures
editName | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Incoming
editName | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Recruiting
editUS college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits | ||||||
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Tabitha Betson F |
Melbourne, Australia | DME Academy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94 | ||||||
Grace Oliver F |
Norwell, MA | Noble and Greenough School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 27, 2024* TBD |
Colorado Mines | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* TBD |
at Wyoming | Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY | |||||||||
November 7, 2024* TBD |
Northern Colorado | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
November 10, 2024* TBD |
at Boise State | ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID | |||||||||
November 12, 2024* TBD |
at Nevada | Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV | |||||||||
November 17, 2024* TBD |
Southern | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
November 19, 2024* TBD |
Utah State | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
November 27, 2024* TBD |
at Utah Tech | Burns Arena St. George, UT | |||||||||
November 30, 2024* TBD |
Louisville | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
December 3, 2024* TBD |
Tennessee Tech | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
December 7, 2024* TBD |
Southern Utah | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
December 10, 2024* TBD |
Denver | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
December 21, 2024 TBD |
West Virginia | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
January 1, 2025 TBD |
TCU | Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 TBD |
at Baylor | Ferrell Center Waco, TX | |||||||||
January 8, 2025 TBD |
UCF | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 TBD |
Kansas | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
January 15, 2025 TBD |
at West Virginia | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 TBD |
Cincinnati | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 TBD |
Kansas State | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
January 29, 2025 TBD |
at BYU | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 TBD |
Texas Tech | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
February 5, 2025 TBD |
Arizona | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
February 8, 2025 TBD |
at Iowa State | Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA | |||||||||
February 12, 2025 TBD |
at Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 TBD |
Houston | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
February 19, 2025 TBD |
Baylor | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
February 22, 2025 TBD |
at Oklahoma State | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK | |||||||||
February 26, 2025 TBD |
Arizona State | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 TBD |
at Texas Tech | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
Big 12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
March 5–10, 2025 |
vs. | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. |
References
edit- ^ Woelk, Neill (August 2, 2024). "It's Official: Buffs Complete Switch To Big 12". University of Colorado Athletics.
- ^ Wagner, Colin (March 6, 2024). "Buffs' Defense Shuts Down Oregon to Advance to Quarterfinals". University of Colorado Athletics.
- ^ Wagner, Colin (March 7, 2024). "Colorado Falls to Oregon State in Double Overtime Thriller". University of Colorado Athletics.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (March 24, 2024). "What to know about No. 5 Colorado ahead of Albany Regional 2". Times Union. Hearst Communications.
- ^ Snyder, Curtis (March 30, 2024). "Colorado's Sweet 16 Run Ends With Loss To Iowa". University of Colorado Athletics.