In many ways, Javon Ruffin’s performance during Colorado’s loss at Kansas State typified the season, for himself and the Buffaloes in general.

The fourth-year guard did whatever he could to keep the CU men’s basketball team in the game. He finished with a career-high-tying five assists. He recorded two blocked shots in a game for the first time in his career. And, after starting guard Julian Hammond III was sidelined by a back injury, Ruffin played nine-plus more minutes than in any of the previous four games.

Still, Ruffin’s 3-point shot, like his teammates’, remained off-target.

Following Sunday’s 65-56 loss at Kansas State, the Buffs have just two more games remaining in a forgettable regular season — Wednesday at No. 9 Texas Tech (6 p.m., ESPN+), and then a matchup against TCU on Saturday in the regular season finale.

The home finale against TCU is expected to be Ruffin’s final appearance at the Events Center in a CU uniform. Although Ruffin has one more year of eligibility after redshirting as a freshman, he is planning to go through the senior day festivities, and if he uses that final season it likely will be elsewhere.

“It feels right. I wanted to do (senior day) when I graduate,” Ruffin said. “Whatever decisions are going to be made will be made once the season is over, but until then we’re still trying to get better so we can win the (Big 12) tournament and move on.

“After Baylor it hit me a little bit. I have a lot of memories (at the Events Center) and just at CU all-around. It’s going to be hard to leave. A lot of people I’ll miss here. My classmates, teachers, coaches, players. It’s been a good four years. There’s a lot of emotions behind it.”After battling a recurring knee issue for the first three seasons of his career, Ruffin planned to be part of a solid group of 3-point shooters for the Buffs this season. However, among the many shortcomings that have secured the Buffs in the last-place spot in the Big 12 Conference, the collective lack of long-range prowess has perhaps been the most surprising.

Ruffin, a .358 3-point shooter in 24 games for CU two years ago, went 1-for-5 from long range at K-State, dropping his season percentage to .329. Forward Andrej Jakimovski, a .343 3-point shooter during a solid four-year career at Washington State, owns a career-low .317 mark after going 1-for-6 at Kansas State. Freshman Sebastian Rancik has gone 0-for-7 from the arc in the past two games, lowering his 3-point percentage to .291.

Hammond, whose status this week is uncertain due to the back issue, has shot a solid .382 from the arc. But while regular rotation players Bangot Dak, Trevor Baskin, Assane Diop and Elijah Malone aren’t high-volume 3-point shooters, they still have combined for a .240 mark (24-for-100).

In the previous 14 seasons under head coach Tad Boyle, the Buffs have posted six of the top 11 3-point marks in team history, including a program-record .391 percentage last season. After losing three players to the NBA draft, Boyle understood this year’s squad would struggle in some areas. But he also believed the Buffs would be sharper from long range than the .320 mark they will pack for Lubbock, Texas.

CU is threatening to fall below the lowest 3-point mark of the Boyle era, with was .318 in 2013-14. That’s the year the Buffs’ best 3-point shooter, Spencer Dinwiddie, missed the final half of the season due to a knee injury.

“I got my degree in business and finance. I didn’t get it in psychology, unfortunately. I certainly would have if I knew I was going to be coaching someday,” Boyle said. “We’ve got guys that are very capable. Coming into the season, I thought 3-point shooting would be a strength of our team, not a weakness. But it’s turned into a weakness.”