Buffs At Arizona MBB Game Televised On ESPN Feb. 9

BOULDER - The University of Colorado men's basketball team will take on the Arizona Wildcats in front of a national audience as ESPN will televise the Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.  at the McKale Center.

The game was the ESPN wildcard selection, was originally scheduled at 6:30 p.m. (MT) and only televised on FSN-Arizona.

The Buffaloes host Oregon State (14-7, 4-5) and Oregon (15-6, 6-3) this Thursday and Saturday, respectively at the Coors Events Center. CU is 6-3 in conference play this season.

In their first meeting of the season, CU held on and defeated Arizona in the final seconds, 64-63 in Boulder back on Jan. 21.

The ESPN telecast will be the first for CU this season and fourth overall on the ESPN family of networks.

CU is 8-14 all-time on ESPN and last played on the mother network, March 22, 2011 defeating Kent State, 81-74 in the NIT quarterfinals.