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CU men's basketball: George King excited to contribute

A recent evening found redshirt sophomore George King hoisting jumpers all by his lonesome on the Coors Events Center floor.

It would be easy to assume it was a habit King picked up last season, when he took his redshirt season at the insistence of head coach Tad Boyle in order to improve both his strength and his skills.

Instead, King says it is a regular exercise he undergoes in order to keep his mind focus and his shot honed.

"I've always done that since I started taking basketball seriously in middle school," King said. "An off day doesn't really mean you're off, at least to me.