Five years ago, George King and his fellow freshmen with the Colorado men's basketball team often daydreamed about the future.
Given their array of skills — three taller, long-armed guards along with a thick-bodied big man — it was easy to envision all the big wins they were certain to collect together in the near future. Pac-12 Conference titles. Cutting down nets. Even victories in the NCAA Tournament, a feat that eluded the Buffaloes for a third consecutive year at the end of King's 2013-14 freshman season.
Certainly there have been big wins in King's CU career, yet most of them have occurred without the three players he arrived in Boulder alongside — Jaron Hopkins, Dustin Thomas, and Tre'Shaun Fletcher.