2025–26 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2025–26 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
2025–26 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Head coach	Tad Boyle (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Rhon; Bill Grier; Danny Manning;
Home arena	CU Events Center

2025–26 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Baylor	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
BYU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
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	–
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of August 18, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team will represent the University of Colorado Boulder in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will be led by head coach Tad Boyle in his sixteenth season at Colorado.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Julian Hammond III	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Denver, CO	Transfer portal.^[1]
Assane Diop	C	6'8"	210	Sophomore	Dakar, Senegal	Transfer portal.^[2]
RJ Smith	G	6'3"	190	RS Sophomore	Chino, CA	Transferred to DePaul.^[3]^[2]
Javon Ruffin	G	6'5"	185	RS Junior	New Orleans, LA	Transferred to Bowling Green.^[4]^[5]
Harrison Carrington	G/F	6'7"	207	RS Sophomore	Menlo Park, CA	Transfer portal.^[6]
Courtney Anderson Jr.	G	6'5"	192	RS Freshman	Vallejo, CA	Transfer portal.^[6]^[7]
Greg Gerhardt	F/C	6'10"	215	RS Sophomore	Superior, CO	Transfer portal.^[8]
Trevor Baskin	F	6'9"	200	Graduate student	Superior, CO	Graduated.^[9]

2025 Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Josiah Sanders G	Denver, CO	Colorado Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 7, 2024
Josiah Sanders G	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jalin Holland G	Los Lunas, NM	Dream City Christian School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 27, 2024
Jalin Holland G	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Fawaz "Tacko" Ifaola C	Glendale, AZ	Dream City Christian School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Oct 25, 2024
Fawaz "Tacko" Ifaola C	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports:
Isaiah Johnson G	Valley Village, CA	Campbell Hall School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 18, 2024
Isaiah Johnson G	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports:
Ian Inman G	The Woodlands, TX	The Woodlands College Park High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 18, 2024
Ian Inman G	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports:
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Colorado Commits". Rivals. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

2025–26 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown

Head coach

Tad Boyle (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Rohn (McPherson)
Bill Grier (Oregon)
Rick Ray (Grand View College)
Bill Cartun (Bates College)
Zach Ruebesam (Colorado)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 19, 2025* TBA	Grace College	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* TBA	Montana State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 8, 2025* TBA	Eastern Washington	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 14, 2025* TBA	Providence	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 17, 2025* TBA	Alabama State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 21, 2025* TBA	UC Davis	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 27, 2025* 12:00 p.m., CBSSN	vs. San Francisco Acrisure Holiday Classic	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palm, CA
November 28, 2025* 12:00 p.m./2:30 p.m., TruTV	vs. Washington/Nevada Acrisure Holiday Classic	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
December 1, 2025* TBA	California Baptist	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
December 6, 2025* TBA	at Colorado State	Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO
December 13, 2025* TBA	UTSA	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
December 17, 2025* TBA	Portland State	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
December 20, 2025* TBA	vs. Stanford	PHX Arena Phoenix, AZ
December 28, 2025* TBA	Northern Colorado	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Big 12 regular season

Big 12 Tournament
March 10–14, 2026	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

^ Strella, Charlie (April 21, 2025). "Colorado's leading scorer entering transfer portal after four seasons with Buffaloes". Buffaloes Wire. USA Today.
^ ^a ^b Metivier, Sam (April 4, 2025). "Assane Diop, RJ Smith enter transfer portal". Ralphie Report. SB Nation. Vox Media.
^ "Blue Demons Add RJ Smith for 2025-26". DePaul University Athletics. April 14, 2025.
^ Strella, Charlie (April 3, 2025). "Colorado guard Javon Ruffin enters NCAA transfer portal". Ralphie Report. USA Today.
^ Edmond, Kyle (May 2, 2025). "Falcons Add Colorado Transfer Guard Javon Ruffin". Bowling Green State University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b Carlough, Jack (March 27, 2025). "Colorado Buffaloes Lose Two Bench Players To College Basketball Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated.
^ "Anderson Jr. signs with Montana". University of Montana Athletics. April 17, 2025.
^ Miele, Angela (April 4, 2025). "Colorado Buffaloes Transfer Portal: Assane Diop, RJ Smith Enter". Sports Illustrated.
^ "Colorado Athletics Spring 2025 Graduates". University of Colorado Athletics. May 8, 2025.

[1] Strella, Charlie (April 21, 2025). "Colorado's leading scorer entering transfer portal after four seasons with Buffaloes". Buffaloes Wire. USA Today.

[Metivier-2] Metivier, Sam (April 4, 2025). "Assane Diop, RJ Smith enter transfer portal". Ralphie Report. SB Nation. Vox Media.

[3] "Blue Demons Add RJ Smith for 2025-26". DePaul University Athletics. April 14, 2025.

[4] Strella, Charlie (April 3, 2025). "Colorado guard Javon Ruffin enters NCAA transfer portal". Ralphie Report. USA Today.

[5] Edmond, Kyle (May 2, 2025). "Falcons Add Colorado Transfer Guard Javon Ruffin". Bowling Green State University Athletics.

[Carlough-6] Carlough, Jack (March 27, 2025). "Colorado Buffaloes Lose Two Bench Players To College Basketball Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated.

[7] "Anderson Jr. signs with Montana". University of Montana Athletics. April 17, 2025.

[8] Miele, Angela (April 4, 2025). "Colorado Buffaloes Transfer Portal: Assane Diop, RJ Smith Enter". Sports Illustrated.

[9] "Colorado Athletics Spring 2025 Graduates". University of Colorado Athletics. May 8, 2025.

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Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
Venues	Carlson Gymnasium (1924–1937) Balch Fieldhouse (1937–1979) CU Events Center (1979–present)
Culture & lore	"CU Fight Song" Ralphie the Buffalo CU Pep Band
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics