BOULDER — Before the No. 24 Colorado Buffaloes took on the Northern Iowa Panthers at the CU Events Center Tuesday night, Buffs head coach Tad Boyle laid out the defensive gameplan.
The most important point Boyle tried to make was that Colorado had to take away Northern Iowa’s 3-point attempts. The next most important point was to take away offensive rebounds.
Those were the keys to victory.
Then, in the first six-and-a-half minutes of the game, Panthers forward Austin Phyfe pulled in four offensive rebounds.
“That’s hard to do,” Boyle said after the game. “That might be an NCAA record.”