If the Colorado women’s basketball team is going to achieve its goal of returning to the Sweet 16 – or going even further – it will have to get there on the road.
Colorado guard Maddie Nolan, left, and Colorado guard Frida Formann, right, celebrate after an NCAA college basketball game against Southern California, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, in Boulder, Colo.
The 18th-ranked Buffaloes are the No. 5 seed in the Albany Regional 2 and they’ll face 12th-seeded Drake in Manhattan, Kan. Fourth-seeded Kansas State will host the sub-region and face 13th-seeded Portland. The winners will meet in the second round. Senior point guard Jaylyn Sherrod said the Buffs aim to take the positive approach about what is in front of them.Jaylyn Sherrod rose from under-recruited point guard to CU all-timer. Buffs need her spark again in March Madness: “We go as Jaylyn goes.”Keeler: Leave CU Buffs, KJ Simpson, Tad Boyle out of NCAA Tournament? March Madness, indeed!
“I told some people on the team, ‘We go out there and achieve more than we have and get to the Elite Eight or Final Four, which we talked about, nobody’s gonna remember that we lost Oregon State.’ It’ll be talked about, but it won’t be the highlight of the season. I think that’s just kind of the mentality we’re taking into it.”
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