EUGENE, Ore. — As the Colorado men’s basketball team prepared this week for Thursday night’s showdown at Oregon, the Buffaloes naturally popped in the film of last year’s win in Eugene.
It was only three weeks ago when the Colorado men’s basketball team delivered a historic thumping upon the Oregon Ducks. In a matchup of perhaps the two most beguiling teams in the Pac-12 Conference, it will be a much different Ducks team the Buffaloes encounter in the rematch.
View the original article to see embedded media. The week is off to a good start for Dana Altman and the Oregon Men's Basketball team. Colorado transfer guard Keeshawn Barthelemy has announced his commitment to Oregon. Barthelemy spent the last three seasons in Boulder playing for the Buffss.
By the new standards of the transfer portal era, the sudden gap on the Colorado men’s basketball roster is relatively small. Yet it’s nonetheless a significant loss of production the Buffaloes will be tasked with replacing.
Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Colorado will lose two veteran guards. The Colorado Buffaloes will reportedly lose two veteran players to the transfer portal, according to various sources including Pat Rooney of Buffzone.com.
It was news no basketball player wants to hear. And when the information hit the ears of Keeshawn Barthelemy, Colorado’s point guard immediately realized there were two ways he could process the information.
Even with plenty of college eligibility remaining, Keeshawn Barthelemy nonetheless has played basketball long enough to know facing adversity is a matter of when, not if.
Keeshawn Barthelemy entered the season knowing he had huge shoes to fill as Colorado’s primary point guard. He posted a very solid assist-to-turnover rate in limited minutes off the bench this year.
At this rate, Keeshawn Barthelemy is going to post a career-best scoring effort that tops 50 points by the end of the 2021-22 college basketball season.
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Keeshawn Barthelemy led the team with 20 points. After a thrilling OT win against Montana State in the regular season opener last week, the Buffaloes were significantly more comfortable in a 87-76 win over New Mexico on Saturday afternoon.
There still may be a time or two this season when Colorado basketball fans pine for just one more game with former star point guard McKinley Wright IV running the show.
Head coach Tad Boyle says Keeshawn Barthelemy is “wired to score.” That, of course, is an asset for any young basketball player. However, Barthelemy is in the midst of attempting to cement his role as Colorado’s primary point guard.
Colorado had the luxury of giving the ball to McKinley Wright IV and letting him run the show as a big-minute point guard for four seasons. Last year, during the rare occasions Wright wasn’t on the floor, Keeshawn Barthelemy could step in and capably run the offense.
Heading into a season in which he expects to play a bigger, far more crucial role, Keeshawn Barthelemy decided he wanted a clean slate. A new season, fresh approach, and the expectation of more meaningful contributions inspired Barthelemy into a dramatic hairstyle change this summer.
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