The college basketball season is around the corner and several Colorado players are getting some preseason love.
CBS Sports’ Kyle Boone, Matt Norlander and Gary Parish named four players with Colorado ties to their in college basketball entering the 2019-20 season.
Here’s a look at where they landed on the list:
No. 16 — Colorado Buffaloes guard McKinley Wright IV
“This is one tough cat. Wright suffered a torn labrum last December and still managed to maneuver the rest of the Pac-12 slate with the bum shoulder, waiting until April to fix it with surgery. Now that he’s healed up he’s going to be expected to shoulder big expectations as the Buffaloes look to win the Pac-12 for the first time ever,” Boone writes.
No. 39 — Providence forward Alpha Diallo (Denver West)
“Diallo is the best PC player on a roster filled with top 150-type players. Truth is, we could come to find we ranked him 20 spots too low. Last season, the 6-7 small forward averaged 16.0 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.6 steals. Fifty-four percent of his shots were foul shots, which ranked top-100 in college hoops,” Norlander writes.
No. 59 — Colorado Buffaloes forward Tyler Bey
“With teammate McKinley Wright IV nursing a shoulder injury for most of Pac-12 play, Bey emerged as one of the best talents in the league, averaging 13.6 points and a whopping 9.9 rebounds per game. Among Pac-12 players, he ranked top 10 in usage, offensive and defensive rebounding percentage, and fouls drawn per 40 minutes, according to KenPom.com,” Boone writes.
No. 95 — Colorado State center Nico Carvacho
“Already Colorado State’s all-time leading rebounder and the second-leading rebounder in Mountain West Conference history, Carvacho’s 35 career double-doubles are also a school record. The 6-11 forward averaged 16.1 points and 12.9 rebounds in 31.6 minutes per game last season. If he averages the same amount of points this season, and stays healthy, Carvacho will finish in the top five of the Rams’ all-time scoring list,” Parish writes.
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