There is no hiding from expectations, not now and not later. The Colorado Buffaloes are expected to contend for the Pac-12 in 2019-20 and that might just be the beginning.
The Buffs’ success will be inevitably tied to the 2017 recruiting class, which might be the best recruiting class in program history. The crown jewel of that class at the time was D’Shawn Schwartz, the four-star recruit from Colorado Springs who has ironically been the least valuable member of that squad, although he’s poised to break out in 2019-20. After him, Evan Battey and Tyler Bey committed to CU on the same day, and though they’re polar opposites of how power forwards can look and play, they might be the best frontcourt combo in the Pac-12.