#115 Colorado Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Colorado Buffaloes
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #115
 
Conference Rank: #14 Big 12
 
 
2023-24 Record: 26-11, 13-7 (Pac-12)
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Tad Boyle
Coach Record: 298-183 at Colorado, 354-249 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
KJ Simpson, Guard, 19.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.6 spg
Tristan da Silva, Forward, 16.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.4 apg
Cody Williams, Forward, 11.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.6 apg
J’Vonne Hadley, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.4 apg
Eddie Lampkin Jr., Center, 10.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.2 apg
Luke O’Brien, Guard, 6.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.3 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Julian Hammond III, Senior, Guard, 7.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.8 apg
RJ Smith, Sophomore, Guard, 2.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Javon Ruffin, Junior, Guard, 2.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg
Bangot Dak, Sophomore, Forward, 1.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg
Assane Diop, Sophomore, Forward, 1.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Courtney Anderson Jr., Freshman, Guard
Trevor Baskin, Senior, Forward, Transfer from DII
Andrew Crawford, Freshman, Guard
Andrej Jakimovski, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Washington State
Felix Kossaras, Freshman, Guard
Elijah Malone, Senior, Center, Transfer from NAIA
Sebastian Rancik, Freshman, Forward
Nick Randall, Freshman, Forward
Grady Whitt, Freshman, Guard
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: CBC/CBI
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.3 (46th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.7 (164, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.5 (7, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.0 (199, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.9 (229, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 39.1 (6, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 78.4 (10, 1)
Rebound Margin: 6.8 (19, 2)
Assists Per Game: 16.2 (26, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.6 (260, 10)