Boulder, Colo. ? To say that Colorado was impressed with Kansas University’s fast break Wednesday night at Coors Events Center would be an understatement akin to saying Brandon Rush was better in the second half than the first.

“They run the floor better than anyone else in the country,” Buffaloes sophomore forward Richard Roby said. “That’s one of the things Kansas always does, is they run the floor, make or miss, they push it down the court, and that’s how they got a lot of easy layups.”

Colorado coach Ricardo Patton put his finger on why the Jayhawks run so well after watching his team lose, 75-63.

“Kansas did an excellent job of pushing the ball up the floor,” Patton said. “The difference in their break and most other teams’ is that their big guys really run the floor. So we gave up too many fast-break points and were dominated on the glass.”

Another understatement. Kansas held a 50-28 rebounding advantage.

“I think we were playing soft today,” Roby said. “We got pushed around and dominated on the boards.”

Christian Moody (18 points, seven rebounds) and Darnell Jackson (10 points, seven rebounds) were KU’s most effective big men, and they left quite an impression.

“Their big men played well,” said Roby, who didn’t think the Jayhawks showed their youth. “They executed their stuff to a T. They shared the ball and just did everything they needed to do to win. That’s something a veteran team like us should be doing, but a young group like that is doing it.”

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Asked to pinpoint why Rush (all 17 points came in the second half) played so much better in the second half, Roby said: “He was definitely more aggressive going to the basket. He stopped settling for jumpers and was getting to the free-throw line, and that always helps.”

Colorado went 10-1 in nonconference play. The loss, at Colorado State, was by a point, and all 10 victories were by margins of 14 points or greater.

“We came out with a lot of intensity on defense, but that only lasted a little bit,” Roby said.

He then made a reference to a crowd of 10,586, at least 40 percent rooting for KU.

“We’re supposed to be the home team,” Roby said. “We’re supposed to get the majority of the crowd, but they were the home team today.”