BOULDER — The latest Colorado men’s basketball team is one loss from infamy.
After the Buffaloes (9-9, 0-7 Big 12) suffered a 83-67 loss to BYU (12-6, 3-4) late Tuesday night at the CU Events Center, Tad Boyle’s team tied the program’s worst start to conference play.
The other 0-7 start was in the Pac-12 during the 2016-17 season.
“I just want to start by apologizing to our fan base, to every former player that’s worn the Colorado uniform,” Boyle said. “We’re not living up to our end of the bargain as coaching staff or as players.”
For a CU team that led by 10 in the first half, things quickly got out of hand.
The Cougars, who led by two at halftime, opened the second half on a 23-2 run to open up a 23-point lead from which they never looked back.
“(I) obviously got to throw that halftime …