The 2023–24 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Tad Boyle in his fourteenth season at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado in their last season as members of the Pac-12 Conference before they rejoined the Big 12 Conference in the 2024–25 season.
Following their victory over Oregon State on March 9, 2024, the Buffaloes finished the regular season with 22 wins, the most regular-season wins in program history. They defeated Utah in the quarterfinals and Washington State in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament before falling to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game. Colorado returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2021 where they defeated Boise State, 60–53, in the First Four and Florida, 102–100, in the first round before losing to Marquette, 81–77, in the second round. The Buffaloes' defeat of Boise State and Florida gave Colorado their most victories in program history.
Previous season The Buffaloes finished the season 18–17, 8–12 in Pac-12 play. They defeated Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to Utah Valley in the second round.
Off-season Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departureJalen Gabbidon3G6' 5"195Graduate studentHarrisburg, PAGraduatedQuincy Allen5G/F6' 8"190SophomoreSilver Spring, MDTransferred to James MadisonEthan Wright14G6' 3"190Graduate studentNewton Centre, MAGraduatedAmondo Miller Jr.15G/F6' 6"181RS FreshmanLittleton, COTransferred to Fort Lewis CollegeNique Clifford32G6' 6"191JuniorColorado Springs, COTransferred to Colorado StateLawson Lovering34C7' 1"225SophomoreCheyenne, WYTransferred to UtahCody Mains41F6' 8"215SeniorFairfax, VAGraduatedEthan Johnson44G6' 0"150FreshmanHolyoke, COLeft the program
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Eddie Lampkin Jr. 44 C 6' 11" 265 Senior Houston, TX TCU
2023 Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Game summaries MSU Denver (exhibition)
Towson
Grambling State
Milwaukee
vs Richmond
vs Florida State
Iona
at No. 20 Colorado State
Pepperdine
vs No. 15 Miami (FL)
Northern Colorado
Utah Tech
Washington
Washington State
at No. 10 Arizona
at Arizona State
at California
USC
Oregon
Oregon State
at Washington
at Washington State
at Utah
Arizona State
No. 8 Arizona
at UCLA
at USC
Utah
California
Stanford
at Oregon
at Oregon State
vs Utah (Pac-12 quarterfinal)
vs No. 22 Washington State (Pac-12 semifinal)
vs Oregon (Pac-12 championship)
vs Boise State (First Four)
vs Florida (first round)
vs No. 8 Marquette (second round)
Rankings
References