There will be another Kansas invasion of the Coors Events Center in 2013.

Jayhawks fans might not recognize the place. If they can even get in the house that Tad Boyle has rebuilt.

Colorado and KU, despite the Buffs’ departure from the Big 12 to the Pac-12 last summer, are negotiating a deal to renew a series that dates back to 1931. ESPN.com was the first to report the hardwood reunion.

CU will play in Lawrence during the upcoming 2012-13 season with the Jayhawks returning to Boulder during the 2013-14 season.

Over the previous two seasons under Boyle, CU has compiled a 32-4 (.889) record at the Coors Events Center, a venue that used to only sellout for the KU game.

“The better you get, the harder it is to schedule,” Boyle said in March when asked about trying to beef up the Buffs’ non-conference home slate. “Because people don’t want to come in here.”

Perhaps the fact that Boyle played for the Jayhawks helped heal the wounds from realignment. KU head coach Bill Self has said that he doesn’t plan to play rival Missouri now that the Tigers are leaving for the SEC.

During Boyle’s first season in Boulder he went 0-3 against his alma mater — the Buffs lost 82-78 to KU at the Coors Events Center, 89-63 at Allen Fieldhouse and 90-83 in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals in Kansas City, Mo.

KU leads the all-time series 122-39, including winning the last 18 meetings.

“It was nice being back here in Lawrence; this is a special place to be as a college basketball player and as a coach,” Boyle said after his return to KU as CU’s head coach on Feb. 19, 2011. “The fans here are terrific. Outside of the game, it was nice. What makes it nice is the people here appreciate college basketball and we’re getting to that point in Boulder.”

During the Buffs’ first season in the Pac-12, the program broke the school record for conference total attendance (82,442) that had been set during the final Big 12 season in 2010-11 (78,472). Boyle has guided CU to a record 24 wins in each of his two seasons.

CU’s two highest averages for overall home attendance, 7,804 last year and 7,014 in 2010-11, came on Boyle’s watch.

Athletic director Mike Bohn’s decision to send members of the C-Unit to Los Angeles for the Pac-12 Tournament and Albuquerque, N.M., for the NCAA Tournament also helped the Buffs during their memorable postseason run.

Playing KU will certainly help CU’s RPI in 2012-13 and guarantees a non-conference home sellout in 2013-14.

The Buffs also will play in the Charleston Classic this Nov. 15-18. The field includes Auburn, Baylor, Boston College, College of Charleston, Dayton, Murray State and St. John’s.

Front Range rivals Air Force and Colorado State will visit the Coors Events Center this season. The Buffs will play road games at Fresno State and Wyoming.

“What I’ve figured out is you better win the games that are on your schedule,” Boyle said at his season-ending press conference in March at the Coors Events Center. “You better win them in November, you better win them in December, and you better win them in league play.

“That’s the only thing I’ve figured out. We will continue to try to schedule up.”