Another week, another Monday, and more Buffs news.

First, our Buff of the Week this week is CU Nordic skier Maria Grevsgaard. The senior from Norway is the defending NCAA champion in both women’s Nordic events, and has a good chance to bring the title(s?) home again this year. The NCAA Championship gets underway this weekend, we’ll have a preview later in the week.

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams play in the Big 12 Tournament this week – the women take on Kansas State, while the men will face Texas in the first round. Both Buffs teams are the 12 seed in the respective tournaments, which both will take place in Oklahoma City.

Starting up the coverage of spring football for the Daily Camera, Kyle Ringo takes a look at quarterback Matt Ballenger, who Ringo says can be a contender for CU’s starting job if he becomes more assertive.

Along with the health of the team, the big question – and the one it looks like the Camera sports staff will be covering – is the quarterback position. Cody Hawkins, Tyler Hansen, and Ballenger all have a shot. Clark Evans, the incoming freshman, may also impact things once fall camp begins. How it shakes out will be interesting.

In club sports news, the lacrosse teams were at home over the weekend – and while the women lost their first game of the season, an 8-5 loss to Colorado State, the men have now won three games to open their season. CU dispatched Montana 13-6 on Friday night, and then the top-10 Buffs rolled through #14 Texas A&M 17-4.

We’re less than two weeks to Colorado Rapids opening day. FEEL THE EXCITEMENT!

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Also, in completely unrelated news and opinion, here’s a soccer goal I really wish I could find in high definition. It’s Arsenal versus Burnley from the English FA Cup, and Arsenal striker Eduardo hits one of the highest degree-of-difficulty goals I’ve seen in ages:

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-He has to stay onside
-He hits it first time – on the volley, as they say
-To boot: He hits it off the outside of his left heel. Intentionally. When I heard about it this morning, my brain nearly melted.

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