Jaron Hopkins and Dustin Thomas will not be returning to Colorado basketball next season. Writers Tommy Wood and Cannon Casey debate who will be a bigger loss for Colorado basketball.
Cannon: Colorado basketball lost two role players in sophomore guards, Jaron Hopkins and Dustin Thomas. The question is, who are the Buffs going to miss more? I think that Hopkins’ play will be missed more.
Tommy: As weird as it may sound, Cannon, I don’t think that Colorado will feel either of their losses particularly hard. Thomas and Hopkins had their moments — remember this dunk? — but neither of them improved between their freshman and sophomore years, and this season they would have found themselves squeezed out of a deep wing rotation.