Evan Battey has been there. Not too long ago, too. And thinking about what teammate Dallas Walton is going through right now was enough to stir up some powerful emotions.
When the Colorado men's basketball team opens the season Nov. 13 at home against Drake, Battey finally will have a chance to showcase skills that have been idling on the sideline for the past two seasons due to an inconceivable run of bureaucratic and health issues.
One player who won't be there, or at least in uniform, is Dallas Walton, the 7-foot redshirt sophomore who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week.