It was only the first impression. Yet one aspect of it surely drew some ire from head coach Tad Boyle in the film room.

The defense for the Colorado men’s basketball team was a long way from midseason form during a season-opening win against Montana State. Not only did the Bobcats shoot at least 50% in both halves — .540 in the first, .500 in the second and .518 overall — but the new-look Buffs took too many fouls as well.

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CU committed 18 fouls but was able to offset some of those miscues by drawing 27 fouls from the Bobcats. That allowed the Buffs to finish with 39 free throw attempts against just 17 for the Bobcats.

Still, that total exceeded the average (16.5) of last year’s CU team that finished last in the Big 12, and it led to a little foul trouble in the front c

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