Colorado made it official with a player hoping to shore up the Buffaloes’ 3-point prowess.
On Wednesday, the CU men’s basketball team announced the signing of Alex Dickeson, an Australian guard who committed to coach Tad Boyle’s program last month. CU still is awaiting the official agreement with another Australian recruit, Goc Malual, .
A 6-foot-4 freshman guard, Dickeson has faced international competition throughout his career, representing Australia in tournaments at the U16 through U19 levels. At the FIBA U19 World Cup last year, Dickeson averaged 4.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists for an Australian team that finished sixth. Dickeson shot .524 (11-for-21) in seven games during the tournament.
“Alex has good size and is an elite passer already,” Boyle said in a news release. “He’s got great court vision. He’s obviously young, going to be in college for the first time, but has played against high-level competition in Australia and we can’t wait to get him on campus and see his skill set.”
Dickeson’s shooting potential will give him an opportunity to crack the rotation along the perimeter alongside returning point guard Barrington Hargress and the 2025-26 freshman trio of Jalin Holland, Ian Inman and Josiah Sanders.
While offense generally wasn’t the main culprit behind the Buffs’ 7-11 finish in conference play, Dickeson could bolster a CU team with room to improve from long range. Colorado finished seventh overall in the Big 12 with a .352 3-point percentage, but finished 10th in conference games with a .340 mark.
CU also lost leading scorer Isaiah Johnson, who posted a .378 3-point mark, and guard Felix Kossaras, who recorded a .380 mark despite a late slump. Dickeson joins Hargress and Inman as the Buffs players most likely to lead the 3-point attack.
Hargress posted a CU season-record mark of .481, but he will be tasked with repeating that number in what surely will be a bigger workload in the Buffs’ offense (Hargress’ 108 attempts are the lowest among the top 13 season marks in team history). Inman finished with a solid .367 3-point percentage and impressed late, going 15-for-34 (.441) over the final nine games. But Holland and Sanders combined to shoot just .231 on 3-pointers (18-for-78).
Dickeson is projected to be part of a freshman class that includes Malual and wing Rider Portela, . Boyle credited his club’s four-game exhibition tour through Australia last summer for laying the groundwork for Dickeson’s recruitment.
“He is, quite frankly, a product of our trip to Australia,” Boyle said. “He got a chance to see us play, so Colorado was on his radar. He can provide some depth for us and certainly impact our team next year. He’s going to be a big-time player at Colorado.”
