With 10 new players, it would seem to be a good idea for the Colorado women’s basketball team to invest in name tags.

The get-to-know-you stage, however, was so successful in the summer that the Buffaloes officially opened practice on Thursday at the CU Events Center feeling like a close group.

“We’ve had so much fun,” senior forward Jade Masogayo, the only returning starter, said. “The chemistry is really there. We’re always hanging out; like, we’re just always together.”

Nevertheless, there’s a lot to do for the Buffs to be ready when the season starts Nov. 6 against New Mexico.

“Obviously, with 10 new people, you’re still kind of drinking out of a fire hydrant in a lot of ways because every single thing we’re doing is new,” said head coach JR Payne, heading into her 10th season at C

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