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The Parquet file
The lowdown: 6-3 freshman guard, Beaumont, Texas
Key stats: Ten blocked shots (fourth on team) while averaging just 8.4 minutes in 26 games.
Strengths: Defense, athleticism.
Weaknesses: Shooting — .268 overall field goal percentage and 5-for-21 on 3-pointers.
(This is the second in a series of nine BuffZone.com profiles reviewing the rotation players for the 2018-19 Colorado men's basketball team.)
Eli Parquet narrowly averted disaster.
As the Buffs prepared for a critical three-game homestand to close the regular season, Parquet's left knee bent awkwardly at practice on Feb.