The fact that Booker, Cain and Dinwiddie all chose Colorado sends a message to other recruits that Colorado is a legitimate destination for top talent. Taft, Harvard-Westlake and Price are all basketball factories that produce 2-3 D1 players every year and all those younger students at those schools will see their senior leaders packing their bags and heading to Colorado.
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