2009-2010 Colorado Buffaloes

2009-2010 Colorado Buffaloes Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
- Trent Beckley RS-Sr F 6-10 250 Jun 3, 1988 Vail (CO) United States Battle Mountain High School
- Alec Burks Fr SG 6-5 214 Jul 20, 1991 Grandview (MO) United States Grandview High School
- Javon Coney Jr G 6-3 210 May 14, 1989 Chicago (IL) United States The Latin School of Chicago
- Casey Crawford Jr F 6-9 225 Oct 30, 1987 Overland Park (KS) United States Blue Valley North High School
- Austin Dufault So PF 6-9 225 Jan 3, 1990 Killdeer (ND) United States Killdeer High School
- Trey Eckloff So PF 6-10 230 Apr 30, 1990 Englewood (CO) United States Cherry Creek High School
- Shane Harris-Tunks Fr C 6-11 250 May 27, 1990 Greenacre Australia Australian Institute of Sport
- Cory Higgins Jr G 6-5 181 Jun 14, 1989 Danville (CA) United States Monte Vista High School
- Rick Higgins Jr G 6-1 175 Mar 18, 1987 Danville (CA) United States N/A
- Keegan Hornbuckle Fr F 6-7 205 Feb 24, 1990 Westlake Village (CA) United States Campbell Hall School
- Levi Knutson Jr G 6-4 200 Nov 15, 1988 Littleton (CO) United States Arapahoe High School
- Marcus Relphorde Jr F 6-7 220 Dec 1, 1988 Chicago (IL) United States American Christian Academy
- Shannon Sharpe RS-Fr PG 6-1 210 Apr 8, 1990 Corona (CA) United States Centennial High School
- Dwight Thorne II Sr G 6-3 185 Sep 23, 1988 Arlington (TX) United States Martin High School
- Nate Tomlinson So PG 6-3 185 Jul 24, 1989 Sydney Australia Lee Academy Prep

Colorado Transfers Sitting Out 2009-2010

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Hassan Safieddine So F 6-7 210 Oct 17, 1989 Denver (CO) United States Flagler

Recent Colorado Buffaloes History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 26-11 (13-7) 3rd (Pac-12) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2022-2023 18-17 (8-12) 8th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2021-2022 21-12 (12-8) 4th (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2020-2021 23-9 (15-6) 2nd (Pac-12) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2019-2020 21-11 (10-8) 5th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 23-13 (10-8) 4th (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2017-2018 17-15 (8-10) 8th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 19-15 (8-10) 7th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 22-12 (10-8) 5th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2014-2015 16-18 (7-11) 8th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2013-2014 23-12 (10-8) 3rd (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2012-2013 21-12 (10-8) 5th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2011-2012 24-12 (11-7) 5th (Pac-12) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 24-14 (8-8) 5th (Big 12) 3rd Rnd NIT 4th Rnd
2009-2010 15-16 (6-10) 8th (Big 12) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 9-22 (1-15) 12th (Big 12) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 12-20 (3-13) 12th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 7-20 (3-13) 12th (Big 12) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 20-10 (9-7) 5th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 14-16 (4-12) 11th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 18-11 (10-6) 4th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2002-2003 20-12 (9-7) 5th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd

2009-2010 Colorado Buffaloes Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Cory Higgins All-Big 12 Third Team
Alec Burks All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Alec Burks Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Alec Burks Big 12 All-Rookie Team
Alec Burks Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Media)

2009-2010 Colorado Buffaloes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters N. Tomlinson C. Higgins A. Burks M. Relphorde A. Dufault
Rotation D. Thorne II L. Knutson K. Hornbuckle C. Crawford S. Harris-Tunks
Lim PT   J. Coney     T. Eckloff
Lim PT         T. Beckley

2009-2010 Colorado Buffaloes Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Cory Higgins 31 33.4 18.9 3.9 2.4 1.9 0.4 2.3
Alec Burks 30 30.2 17.1 5.0 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.9
Marcus Relphorde 30 27.0 11.0 4.1 2.0 1.2 0.2 2.2
Dwight Thorne II 30 21.0 7.5 2.1 1.6 0.8 0.1 1.3
Austin Dufault 31 21.5 5.5 3.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6
Nate Tomlinson 31 27.3 5.3 2.5 4.2 1.1 0.0 2.1
Casey Crawford 26 13.8 4.6 2.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7
Levi Knutson 23 12.7 3.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.4
Keegan Hornbuckle 23 11.9 2.5 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.5
Shane Harris-Tunks 28 11.7 1.8 1.6 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.2
Trent Beckley 2 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Trey Eckloff 15 5.7 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6
Javon Coney 7 1.9 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2009-2010 Colorado Buffaloes Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jeff Bzdelik Head Coach 2007-2008 Head Coach (Air Force, 2005 to 2007)
Linda Sprouse Assistant Director of Sports Information 2005-2006 N/A
Miguel Rueda Head Athletic Trainer 2006-2007 N/A
Dr. Eric McCarty Director of Sports Medicine 2003-2004 N/A