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 i…
Colorado’s Tristan da Silva, left, looks to pass around Marquette’s Oso Ighodaro during the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 24, 2024 in Indianapolis. “How good could this CU roster be next year,” I asked Simpson after his season ended with an 81-77 loss to Marquette in the second round of the Big Dance, “if everybody’s back? Or just about everybody?”“I’m serious, too,” Simpson countered. “Like I said, nobody was excited to play us.
The Big Ten poached teams the last 28 months with an eye on the College Football Playoff in December. Big 12 commish Brett Yormark, meanwhile, renovated his league with an eye toward March and April. When Simpson’s trey in transition pulled the Buffs to within 47-44, Eagles coach Shaka Smart called timeout. Lampkin responded as only Lampkin could, of course, running over to the gaggle of CU fans in the Fieldhouse’s southwest corner and releasing an imaginary arrow from a pretend bow, Jamal Murray style.
And make no mistake: These Buffs had Smart edgy from the start. Shaka was a trip to watch on the sidelines whenever CU had the ball, pounding the floor, crouching into a defensive stance, or waving his arms maniacally as if trying to hail a taxi from about six blocks away. CU’s going to see more of those types of teams in the Big 12 going forward. Mind you, a Buffs core of Simpson, Hadley and Lampkin would be a pretty nice weapon to bring into those exotic, hoops-mad locales such as Ames, Lawrence and Stillwater.
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