Colorado rumbles to quarterfinal win over Utah with 72-58 rout in final Pac-12 Tournament

LAS VEGAS — For a four-minute stretch, Colorado was well on its way to blowing the doors open on the game and sending Utah packing with a quarterfinal exit. The Buffaloes reeled off an early 17-2 run to take a 21-7 lead and had the pro-Colorado crowd at T-Mobile Arena looking ahead to a semifinal matchup against Washington State. But Utah locked in on defense and held Colorado scoreless over a five-minute period, and the Utes reeled off their own 16-3 run to erase the deficit and take a 1-point...