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BOULDER, Colo. -- Colorado coach Tad Boyle made an innocent comment after a sluggish performance at the start the season: Play like that again and Xavier would beat the Buffaloes by 20.His players received the message. They made sure it didnt go down like that.Derrick White scored 23 points and had a crucial block with 13 seconds remaining to help Colorado hold off No. 13 Xavier 68-66 on Wednesday night.Its not like I said they were going to, I said they could, Boyle said when reminded of his comment. If were not ready to play, this team will come in and take your heart.I have a lot of respect for Xavier. Thats why this is a big win for our program, for our league. We talked a lot in film sessions, in practice, in meetings about players having to make plays.White certainly did that. This was just the sort of game Boyle envisioned when White transferred in from Colorado-Colorado Springs (he sat out last season). He made big jumper after big jumper down the stretch and had the key block.Thats the Derrick White Ive been talking about, our fans have been expecting to see, Boyle said. You can have all the plays in the world, all the defensive concepts in the world, but if you dont have the players who can make plays down the stretch, youre not going to win games like this.Xavier Johnson added for 18 points for the Buffaloes (7-2), who posted consecutive wins over ranked teams for the first time since 2013. They knocked off a ranked Texas team at the Legends Classic in New York last month.Colorado was 1-5 against ranked teams last season.Trevon Bluiett scored a career-high 27 points for Xavier (7-2), which has lost two straight.Were not going to pack our tent and quit playing, but weve gotten a reality check the last couple of times, Xavier coach Chris Mack said. Were willing to go on the road and play in games like this. You get penalized too, so our team has got to grow up from these types of experiences because theyre not fun.Spurred on by the shooting of White and Johnson, the Buffaloes went on a 15-0 run midway through the second half. They kept Xavier scoreless for more than 6 minutes during the pivotal stretch.It was a frenzied ending, though, with Xavier getting several good looks. White swatted one of those away -- his only block of the game.It was all about stops, White said. Thats the most important part.BIG PICTUREXavier: The Musketeers had a nine-point lead early in the second half, but struggled from the field. They shot 37.7 percent for the game. ... Xavier outrebounded Colorado 41-36.Colorado: The Buffaloes have won three of their last four over ranked teams. ... Johnsons 3-pointer with 9:19 remaining was the 100th of his career. ... George King finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.POLL IMPLICATIONSXavier fell out of the Top 10 this week after a loss to No. 4 Baylor and figures to take another dip.LINEUP SWITCHMack juggled around his starting lineup, going with RaShid Gaston, who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.I just tried to deliver, Gaston said.NO PLACE LIKE HOMEThe Buffaloes are 93-16 at Coors Events Center under Boyle. They lost last week at home to Colorado State.We wanted to get this one back from the Colorado State loss. So, yeah, this made it up, Wesley Gordon said.SALAAM TRIBUTEThe basketball team held a moment of silence for 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam, who was found dead Monday night in a park in Boulder. The park is less than 2 miles from Folsom Field, where the tailback etched his name into the schools record book from 1992-94. 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The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug.Confidence is building at North Melbourne regarding Jarrad Waites fitness as the key forward ramps up his bid to return in week one of the AFL finals.Waite has played just two games since round 12 because of a troublesome hip injury.The 33-year-old underwent surgery last month in a bid to be cherry ripe for finals.Waite was one of Norths best players in a season-opening win over Adelaide and would boost their hopes of upsetting the Crows in next Saturdays elimination final at Adelaide Oval.The Kangaroos will learn more about Waites fitness at training next week but the early signs are positive.Jarrad is pretty confident that hell be right, North ruckman Todd Goldstein told AAP.If we really needed him to, I think he said he might have been able to get up last week.So thats a good sign.Speedster Jed Anderson also expected Waite would prove his fitness next week.Hes had a good rehab after some minor hip surgery. Hes preparing himself to play, Anderson said.The boys are excited that were getting some boys back.Key defender Scott Thompson is set to return from injury against the Crows, while Ben Jacobs and Sam Wright will be racing the clock to prove their fitness for the elimination final.Waites return looms as the most challenging selection call that coach Brad Scott must make.ddddddddddddIt is unlikely big forwards Waite, Drew Petrie, Ben Brown and Majak Daw will feature in the same forward line.Thats up to the match committee. Theyve got two weeks to make those decisions, Brown said.Wed love to have Jarrad back.Majak has come in and done some really good things for us ... whatever team we go in with, we know weve got good depth.Vice-captain Jack Ziebell noted the pre-finals bye had come at a good time for Waite and plenty of other players at North.Its worked in our favour, Ziebell said.It gives everyone a chance to freshen up. A couple of the guys were a little bit sore.Eighth-placed North are fully expected to exit the finals in week one, having won just three of their past 13 games.Ziebell pointed to their September form in recent years as cause for confidence.Playing pretty deep into the last couple of years will hold us in really good stead, Ziebell said.The last couple of weeks weve shown some pretty good signs, weve improved.A new season starts in September and we understand where were at and where we need to improve. ' ' '