CU athletic director Mike Bohn has admonished students who used profanity during Tuesday night’s men’s basketball game against Kansas at the Coors Events Center.
Bohn sent a letter to the editor of the Colorado Daily newspaper that was directed at CU students, and also emailed students the letter.
After thanking the students for their “tremendous support and enthusiasm” in making “a significant difference in our home-game environment,” Bohn wrote that he was “deeply disappointed” in the chanting of expletives at the opposing team that spewed from a packed CU student section.
The student section at the Coors Events Center is located behind the south-end goal and adjacent to the visiting team’s bench.
“We know that you know better and YOU should expect better behavior from your fellow students,” Bohn wrote. “A national television audience witnessed our team playing a great game but was not left with the overall impression of our institution that we aspire to convey.”
Tuesday night’s game, an 82-78 loss to the sixth-ranked Jayhawks, drew a standing-room-only crowd of 11,203. The student contingent for that game was the largest in many years.
CU coach Tad Boyle told the school’s website that he did not hear the profanity but received complaints later in the week. Boyle said had he been aware of the chant he would have used the public address system during the game to ask fans to show better sportsmanship.
Tom Kensler: 303-954-1280 or tkensler@denverpost.com
