Before 2011 comes to a close, the Colorado Buffaloes, Denver Pioneers and Northern Colorado Bears all play one final time on Saturday, December 31st. The Buffaloes take on a struggling Utah Utes team that lost eight games in a row earlier in the season, but has rebounded to take two of their last three heading into Saturday's game. As for the Pioneers, they coming off a conference victory over Troy and are set to take on an Arkansas-Little Rock team that has lost 9 of their last 11 games overall. Finally, the Northern Colorado Bears kick off Big Sky conference play against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks in a men's and women's doubleheader series between the schools.
Utah Utes (3-9) vs. Colorado Buffaloes (8-4)
Game date, time: 4:00 p.m. MT, Saturday, Dec. 31st, 2011
Location: Coors Events Center, Boulder, CO
Radio: AM 760
TV: Root Sports
Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans (4-10) vs. Denver Pioneers (11-2)
Game date, time: 4:00 p.m. MT, Saturday, Dec. 31st, 2011
Location: Magness Arena, Denver, CO
Radio: AM 1510 and FM 93.7
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (5-8) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (3-8)
Game date, time: 7:35 p.m. MT, Saturday, Dec. 31st, 2011
Location: Butler-Hancock Hall, Greeley, CO
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