Danny Sanchez was only in his second season at Colorado when the Buffaloes made a spirited postseason run.

That 2013 Colorado soccer team won NCAA Tournament games at Denver and in Florida against Brigham Young, advancing to the Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history.

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Sanchez and the Buffs have accomplished plenty in the decade-plus since, but another trip to the Sweet 16 hasn’t been among them. No. 11 Colorado boasts a team this season that can end that drought, and the postseason challenges begin Monday as the third-seeded Buffs take on Central Florida in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament at TCU (7 p.m. MT, ESPN+).

The winner will face either second-seeded West Virginia or seventh-seeded Kansas in the semifinals Wednesday. The Buffs (1

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