CU Buffs could be "Final Four" good next season, KJ Simpson says. Especially if KJ Simpson comes back.

Colorado’s Tristan da Silva, left, looks to pass around Marquette’s Oso Ighodaro (13) during the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 24, 2024 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

By Sean Keeler | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: March 24, 2024 at 5:25 PM MDT | UPDATED: March 24, 2024 at 9:58 PM MDT

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The CU Buffs are hopping from the "Conference of Champions" to a Conference of Chainsaws. They could really use grinders such as Eddie Lampkin Jr., J'Vonne Hadley and KJ Simpson in exotic, hoops-mad locales such as Ames, Lawrence and Stillwater.

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Keeler: CU Buffs could be “Final Four” good next season, KJ Simpson says. Especially if KJ Simpson comes back.

CU Buffs’ wild NCAA Tournament week started in Dayton and ended six days later with a loss to Marquette in Indianapolis. Here’s why, if the right pieces return, they could make a repeat run in the 2025 Big Dance.

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