It was Isaiah Johnson who left the most indelible mark in the record book with the top-scoring freshman season in team history.
Yet several other Colorado men’s basketball players also put up numbers among the program’s all-time best. Tops among them was Johnson’s running mate in the backcourt, Barrington Hargress.
Hargress squeaked into the top spot among CU’s season 3-point percentage leaders and also set a new team standard for assist-to-turnover ratio.
It wasn’t Hargress’ 3-point mark that made it a close race, as his .485 season landed comfortably ahead of Levi Knutson’s now-former record of .474 in 2010-11. Hargress barely qualified for CU’s all-time list, however, because it requires at least 1.5 made 3-pointers per game. With his 1-for-4 finish during CU’s loss against Oklahoma State, Hargress finished 50-for-103, averaging 1.56 made 3-pointers per game.
Hargress has the fewest number of attempts among CU’s top 13 season 3-point marks. Yet he also put together a program record assist-to-turnover rate of 3.72 (145 assists, 39 turnovers). Hargress far outpaced the former record of 2.81, set by Billy Houston in 1982-83.
In Big 12 games, Hargress led the conference in assist-to-turnover rate at 4.0 and, if his nine-assist, one-turnover performance against OSU is added to the equation, Hargress posted an assist-to-turnover rate of 4.26 against Big 12 foes.
Hargress’ 145 assists ranks 14th among CU’s season leaders.
With three blocked shots against OSU, junior forward Bangot Dak finished with 50 on the season and an even 100 in his career. Dak’s season total ranks 11th all-time, pushing his 2024-25 total of 46 back into a tie for 16th. Dak’s career total also ranks 11th all-time, two behind Tyler Bey for the top 10.
Additionally, sophomore forward Sebastian Rancik finished with an .860 free throw percentage, which ranks as the No. 6 season mark in team history. Rancik finished 111-for-129 and, despite missing the final three games due to injury, he finished strong at the line, going 15-for-17 (.882) in his final four games.
Redshirts no more
As Colorado starts sorting what the 2026-27 will look like, two players who practiced all season with the Buffs could be part of the outlook in guard Jon Mani and center Leonardo Van Elwyk, both of whom redshirted this year.
Barring mass departures, if the 6-foot-7 Mani returns he’ll face the same logjam among CU’s bigger wings that he encountered after transferring from Denver. That cast currently includes Andrew Crawford (6-7), Jalin Holland (6-5), Ian Inman (6-6), Felix Kossaras (6-5) and Josiah Sanders (6-5).
The 7-foot-1 Van Elswyk is a raw prospect but could beyond departing center Elijah Malone, who struggled through the bulk of Big 12 play. Both were late additions last summer and didn’t go through a full offseason training program with the Buffs.
“They’ve gotten better, there’s no doubt,” CU head coach Tad Boyle when asked for a late-season update on the two redshirts. “I’ll have a better feel for that probably next fall. Because I think thatap when you’ll really see, OK, how much have they taken from this year and applied it to next preseason when we start practice and see how much further (they are). So I kind of reserve judgement on that.
“Sometimes they can get lost in the shuffle on that scout team, especially in league play. But I think they’re both are very capable players. They’ve got to continue to work to make impact on this team and this league the rest of the spring and into the summer and next fall. And then we’ll see where we’re at in November.”
Notable
A long-reported move became official on Friday as Providence parted ways with head coach Kim English, a former CU assistant. … Late Thursday night, following the Big 12 quarterfinals, commissioner Brett Yormark announced the tournament would revert to a traditional hardcourt floor for Friday’s semifinals and Saturday’s championship (5 p.m. MT, ESPN). Players were slipping repeatedly through the opening rounds, and Texas Tech guard Christian Anderson left his team’s quarterfinal loss against Iowa State after suffering a leg injury while slipping.
