Dominique Collier had not envisioned his Colorado basketball career playing out this way, coming off the bench in Pac-12 play his senior season, like he did Thursday night against Washington State. Collier, a graduate of Denver East, once ranked as the state’s top high school prospect. Now he sits in the rotation behind freshman point guard McKinley Wright.
But if Collier is bothered by his role, he hasn’t shown it — especially through the Buffaloes’ first three Pac-12 home games. In a stretch of wins against Arizona State, Arizona and Washington State, Collier combined for 38 points on 13-of-20 shooting (7-of-11 from 3-point range), nine rebounds and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 9:2.