For the first time in Tad Boyle’s tenure with Colorado, men’s basketball reached across the Atlantic Ocean to recruit next year’s incoming freshmen and sophomore ballers. And, from the looks of it, the two Eastern Europeans will add great depth to a struggling herd of Buffalo.
Incoming freshman Thomas Akyazili hails from Antwerp and plays for its professional team, the Giants, and Belgium’s U-18 national team. He played his high school years as a shooting guard and has a lot to offer his new team. According to a scouting report on ESPN Insider, Akyazili excels at shooting while coming off of a screen, which is no doubt an area that CU struggled with this past year.