Sports Writer

Pat Rooney

Pat Rooney has worked for Prairie Mountain Publishing since 2011 and has covered the Colorado Buffaloes since 2015.

The extended hangover finally has been diffused. Now the Colorado Buffaloes will look to make up for last week’s misstep at home by taking their show on the road.

After getting right against Utah, No. 20 CU basketball hits the road

January 13, 2020 at 2:20 pm

The extended hangover finally has been diffused. Now the Colorado Buffaloes will look to make up for last week’s misstep at home by taking their show on the road.

During a quiet moment this past week, Tad Boyle’s wife, Ann, causally remarked that it seemed as if the week was passing quickly.

CU basketball takes week-long frustrations out on Utah

January 12, 2020 at 6:16 pm

During a quiet moment this past week, Tad Boyle’s wife, Ann, causally remarked that it seemed as if the week was passing quickly.

Nate Tomlinson insists he is 100 percent focused on his job with the Colorado Buffaloes, and anyone who watched the gritty way he once patrolled CU’s backcourt knows that certainly is true.

Australian fires squarely on the mind of CU Buffs’ Nate Tomlinson

January 8, 2020 at 12:09 pm

Nate Tomlinson insists he is 100 percent focused on his job with the Colorado Buffaloes, and anyone who watched the gritty way he once patrolled CU’s backcourt knows that certainly...

For the players, the ache left behind after the sort of late collapse suffered by the Colorado Buffaloes on Sunday often can only be soothed by getting back on the floor and taking it out on the next opponent.

Addressing defensive lapses, attention to detail the focus for CU basketball

January 7, 2020 at 5:27 pm

For the players, the ache left behind after the sort of late collapse suffered by the Colorado Buffaloes on Sunday often can only be soothed by getting back on the...

Evidently, voters for the weekly AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll found Colorado’s win against fourth-ranked Oregon far more impressive than Sunday’s home loss against Oregon State was disconcerting.

Despite Oregon State loss, CU basketball returns to AP Top 25; McKinley Wright IV wins weekly honor

January 6, 2020 at 2:09 pm

Evidently, voters for the weekly AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll found Colorado’s win against fourth-ranked Oregon far more impressive than Sunday’s home loss against Oregon State was disconcerting.

The final eight minutes will be the memories that grate on the nerves of the Colorado Buffaloes as well as their fans. Yet there were other missed opportunities for the Buffs throughout their 76-68 come-from-ahead defeat against Oregon State on Sunday. And those missed opportunities began at the defensive end of the floor. While CU […]

CU basketball notes: Buffs’ defense lagging in loss to Oregon State

January 5, 2020 at 8:20 pm

The final eight minutes will be the memories that grate on the nerves of the Colorado Buffaloes as well as their fans. Yet there were other missed opportunities for the...

It was McKinley Wright’s unrelated basketball brother, former Colorado Buffaloes player Namon Wright, who first took note of the steely nerves coiled within CU’s young point guard.

Rooney: McKinley Wright IV gives CU Buffs a Mr. Clutch

January 4, 2020 at 4:39 pm

It was McKinley Wright’s unrelated basketball brother, former Colorado Buffaloes player Namon Wright, who first took note of the steely nerves coiled within CU’s young point guard.

With a return to the NCAA Tournament squarely within sight for his program following Thursday’s home win against No. 4 Oregon, the perpetual five-year contract for Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle remains intact.

Automatic one-year contract extension invoked for CU basketball’s Tad Boyle

January 3, 2020 at 11:22 am

With a return to the NCAA Tournament squarely within sight for his program following Thursday’s home win against No. 4 Oregon, the perpetual five-year contract for Colorado men’s basketball coach...