INDIANAPOLIS — During Colorado’s open practice session on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Javon Ruffin playfully knocked down three consecutive 3-pointers left-handed.
LAS VEGAS — Even with Cody Williams coming off the bench in his return from injury, the Colorado men’s basketball squad isn’t one that leans heavily on its reserves.
Javon Ruffin had been waiting for a wide-open look. Keeping calm and focused long enough to knock it down was a different challenge. Ruffin shook off a
Javon Ruffin had gotten to the point where he was confident his comeback was a matter of when, and not if. When it ultimately did happen, Ruffin was nearly as surprised as everyone else.
The uncertain status of injured redshirt freshman RJ Smith has trimmed the backcourt depth of the Colorado men’s basketball team. A possible reinforcement might be on the way from an unexpected source.
The loss of Javon Ruffin for the entire 2023-24 season might have sent some shockwaves through Buff Nation. Yet within the Colorado men’s basketball program, Ruffin’s fate has been common knowledge since not long after his continuing knee issues kept him sidelined for the season’s final seven games.
The Buffs will lose the promising junior for another season. When Javon Ruffin has taken the court, he has been a tremendous player for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Javon Ruffin’s uncooperative knee is going to cost him a second college basketball season. Colorado’s highly touted 2021 recruiting class has suffered another setback as Ruffin will miss the entire 2023-24 season due to a knee issue that has plagued him since his arrival in Boulder two years ago.
The Colorado men’s basketball team is not yet done trying to make something positive out of its up-and-down 2022-23 season. However, the Buffaloes already have suffered a significant setback for their upcoming offseason workouts ahead of what should be a promising 2023-24 campaign.
TEMPE, Ariz. — Javon Ruffin isn’t quite ready to ditch the knee brace. Yet if his performance at Arizona State is any indication, that time may arrive soon.
TEMPE, Ariz. — The road drought is over. The Colorado men’s basketball team made the plays down the stretch on Thursday night, outlasting Arizona State for a 67-59 victory at Desert Financial Arena.
The Colorado men’s basketball team welcomed back a key piece to its rotation on Thursday night. Yet the Buffaloes may have lost a key player as well. CU
Jalen Gabbidon is getting closer to returning to the rotation. Yet the Colorado men’s basketball team also was forced to operate on Thursday night without a player who has been one of the more consistent bench threats in recent weeks in guard Javon Ruffin.
LOS ANGELES — The Batman look was perhaps appropriate, because Javon Ruffin swooped in and almost saved the day for the Colorado Buffaloes. Ruffin’s rescue attempt didn’t come to fruition on Thursday night, as a turnover-filled effort by the Buffs led to a 68-61 defeat at USC.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Chances are Javon Ruffin still will experience some growing pains on the court this season. Still, he hardly looks like a person who has played just five college basketball games.
Javon Ruffin, Tad Boyle and the rest of the Colorado men’s basketball team could be excused if they held their collective breath for a moment during Saturday’s Black and Gold exhibition.
There might not be another player on the Colorado men’s basketball team enjoying summer workouts more than Javon Ruffin. For the first time since he arrived on campus a year ago, Ruffin is completely healthy.
If he has his way, Javon Ruffin still will make meaningful contributions for the Colorado men’s basketball team at some point during the 2021-22 season.
LOS ANGELES — Amid these huge top-15 showdowns this week for the Colorado men’s basketball team, head coach Tad Boyle plans to have a deep conversation with freshman combo guard Javon Ruffin.
Despite a second procedure recently on his ailing right knee, the status of freshman Javon Ruffin remains up in the air as the Colorado men’s basketball team tips off the 2021-22 campaign.
It already has been a rough transition physically for the highly touted freshman class of the Colorado men’s basketball team. As the Buffaloes embarked
While one member of the vaunted freshman class of the Colorado men’s basketball team deals with having his season come to an abrupt end in September, the Buffaloes hope to get another one of their rookies up to speed soon.
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