Colorado will face St. Bonaventure in the NIT

BOULDER — The Buffs know their postseason fate.

The Colorado Buffaloes will take on the St. Bonaventure Bonnies on Tuesday at the CU Events Center in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. The game is scheduled to tip off at 9 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2.

The 32-team tournament is broken up into four, eight-team regions. Colorado is the No. 4 seed in its region. If Colorado wins on Tuesday, it’ll take on the winner of one-seed Oklahoma or Mississippi State over the weekend.

NIT Bracket. Rooting for 3 SEC teams to make the final four lol pic.twitter.com/cxFCB25bjt

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This will be Colorado’s 12th appearance in the NIT, and the Buffs hold a 13-10 record in the tournament. They won the title in 1940, finished as a runner-up in 1938, earned third place in 1993 and made a semifinal appearance in 2011.