The goals, according to Tyler Bey are simple. And they are numbers any player — from an up-and-coming talent like Bey to a wily old veteran — would take in a heartbeat.
“Twenty and 10,” Bey said with a smile, half-jokingly referring to the double-double he hopes to produce every night this season for the Colorado men’s basketball team.
It is a lofty standard, no doubt, and obviously one Bey is unlikely to reach every game. Yet those figures nonetheless are statistics Bey figures to approach far more frequently as a sophomore in 2018-19. As the Buffaloes met local reporters on Wednesday during the program’s annual media day at the CU Events Center, they did so with an air of confidence as a young team eager, and expecting, to take the next step — even as the players came to grips with the news of Dallas Walton’s season-ending knee injury.
Among the cast of sophomores attempting to make significant improvements over their freshman seasons, the hyper-athletic Bey has perhaps the best opportunity to impact every game for the Buffs at both ends of the floor.
“Whatever I’ve got to do for this team to win, that’s what I’m going to do,” Bey said. “Whether that’s rebounding, playing defense, and that’s without scoring. I don’t need to score to help this team win.”
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