Leave CU Buffs, KJ Simpson, Tad Boyle out of NCAA Tournament? March Madness, indeed!

Eddie Lampkin Jr. (44) and KJ Simpson (2) of the Colorado Buffaloes celebrate a jump ball during the second half of CU’s 72-58 win over the Utah Utes at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Buffs advance to the PAC-12 Tournament semifinal with a matchup against Washington State Friday. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

By Sean Keeler | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: March 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM MDT | UPDATED: March 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM MDT

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Beating Utah at the Pac-12 tourney should've put the CU Buffs' Bracketville bona fides to bed. Because if it didn't, the NCAA selection committee's going to have one heck of a tap dance on its hands Sunday explaining why.

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Keeler: Leave CU Buffs, KJ Simpson, Tad Boyle out of NCAA Tournament? March Madness, indeed!

The Bubble is a scary place to be this weekend. But if your job depended on playing either CU or Indiana State in order to keep your job, which team would you rather face? Right now? It ain’t the one with Simpson in the backcourt, I can promise you that.

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