Colorado Buffaloes will face the Stanford Cardinal in the Hall of Fame Series on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The game is scheduled to start at 6:05 p.m. Mountain Time and will be broadcast on ESPNU with Roxy Bernstein and Corey Williams providing commentary. Radio coverage will be available on KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM with Mark Johnson and Scott Wilke.
The Buffaloes come into the matchup with a 10-1 record, marking their best start through 11 games since the 2015-16 season. They recently secured an 84-73 win over Portland State. Colorado’s offense has performed well during nonconference play, ranking among national leaders in several categories. The team is currently shooting 39.7 percent from three-point range, which ranks them 17th nationally, while attempting only 18.1 threes per game—26th fewest in the country.
Overall field goal percentage stands at 51.5 percent for Colorado, placing them third in the Big 12 Conference and 18th nationwide. The Buffaloes average 88 points per game, ranking fifth in their conference and 32nd nationally.
Much of Colorado’s scoring comes from strong second-half performances; they are averaging nearly 47.5 points after halftime on over 55 percent shooting from the field and more than 43 percent from beyond the arc.
Turnover management has been a key factor for Colorado this season—they rank among the top teams nationally by averaging just under ten turnovers per game and have achieved single-digit turnovers in four games so far.
Scoring contributions have been balanced across the roster: at least four players reached double figures in ten of eleven games played this season, including five players hitting that mark on four occasions. Freshman Isaiah Johnson leads all Power Four conference players with an average of 15.2 points per game off the bench and has led Colorado in scoring four times this year.
Junior Barrington Hargress tops Colorado’s assist (53) and steal (13) charts while also being third-best scorer for his team at nearly thirteen points per contest. Sophomore Sebastian Rancik is second in both scoring (13.1 ppg) and rebounding (5.3 rpg), while junior forward Bangot Dak leads with an average of just over seven rebounds per game.
Freshman Alon Michaeli has contributed double-digit points in seven out of ten games played off the bench.
According to recent NET rankings through December 19, Colorado sits at No.49 nationally; their highest ranking this season was No.39 earlier in December.
Stanford enters Saturday’s contest with a record of nine wins and two losses after defeating UT Arlington at home. The Cardinal average almost eighty-two points per game while shooting just under forty-five percent from the field and lead their conference in free throw attempts per game.
Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie leads Stanford’s offense with twenty-one points per outing—second most in the ACC—and is supported by Chisom Okpara, Benny Gealer, and AJ Rohosy who each average double figures as well.
This meeting marks the thirty-second between these programs; Colorado holds a twenty-to-eleven advantage overall after dominating much of their shared history within Pac-12 competition.
