Despite being on a three-game losing streak, the Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team is still expected to land its best NCAA Tournament seed in program history, according to national experts.
CU (21-9) has fallen to UCLA, Cal and Stanford in its last three contests and fell out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since Week 10. But the latest bracketologies have the Buffs receiving a seed better than the No. 8 they attained in 2014 and 2016. Here’s a look:
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Colorado , facing off against No. 12 LIberty.
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm places CU at the against No. 10 Virginia.
SB Nation’s Chris Dobbertean has the Buffs — dropping from a No. 4 seed — in the West region. They will face the winner of the No. 11 battle between Rutgers and Cincinnati.
USA Today’s Shelby Mast and Scott Gleeson have CU as a . The Buffs’ opponent is No. 10 Indiana, featuring former Overland High School standout De’Ron Davis.
Sports Illustrated’s Ky McKeon has Colorado as a against the winner of No. 11 NC State and Rhode Island. SI’s Jim Root also has CU as a No. 6 seed, but in the South with a first-round matchup against No. 11 Xavier.
No other team from Colorado is expected to make the NCAA Tournament unless they win their respective league tournaments for a guaranteed bid.
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