The Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big 12 Conference (Pacific-12 Conference South starting in July of 2011).The Buffaloes have competed in ten NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Final Four twice (1942), and (1955). Colorado has played in nine National Invitation Tournaments, winning the tournament in 1940 and making the semi-finals in 1991 and 2011.