The Buffs lose two impact players. Just days after Colorado’s loss to Villanova in the College Basketball Crown, Assane Diop and RJ Smith have entered their names into the transfer portal.
The Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team struggled in the regular season, ending last in the Big 12 conference. Now that the season is over, the Buffaloes are dealing with transfer portal losses, as forward Assane Diop and guard RJ Smith are both entering the NCAA transfer portal.
It certainly wasn’t a flawless run through nonconference play for the offense of the Colorado men’s basketball team. But the Buffaloes, for the most part, haven’t been guilty of hoisting an overload of bad shots.
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Assane Diop scored a career-high 15 points, RJ Smith tied his career best with 11 points, and the Colorado Buffaloes beat the Bellarmine Knights 79-55 in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday.
Assane Diop isn’t necessarily filling up the box scores for the Colorado men’s basketball team. But he’s finding his niche providing steady, all-around minutes for the Buffaloes.
More likely than not, Assane Diop will enjoy a few solid scoring outings this season. Right now, though, he’s morphed into the sort of player Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle dreams about.
Assane Diop didn’t score a point. He didn’t even take a shot. Nevertheless, Diop made a monumental impact in his first career start. Named to the starting