The Colorado Buffaloes had a Mckinley Wright sized hole in next year’s basketball team. There is no replacing the all-timer, but you do have to replace his minutes. Keeshawn Barthelemy, while exciting, would be facing quite the role jump if he were to solely take over the lead guard position. The Buffs needed a lead guard this offseason, Tad Boyle even said as much publicly.
Enter Mason Faulkner. The Western Carolina Catamount, by way of the Northern Kentucky Norse, will be Tad’s second grad transfer ever and his second in as many years. He will be entering his SIXTH year of college basketball with the Buffs and he has starred in his previous two years:
Tad Boyle and the #CUBuffs have made their first spring acquisition in former Western Carolina guard Mason Faulkner, who joins CU as a grad transfer.