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What number will Trevor Baskin wear at Colorado?
Earlier this week, the Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team announced new numbers for the upcoming season. Usually this isn’t a big deal, but the team will have three big transfers plus three incoming freshmen and this is our first chance to see them in uniform.
Trevor Baskin is the headliner of the transfer class and he will wear #6 this season. He was #22 at Colorado Mesa, where he was maybe the best player in Division II basketball, but that number is retired at CU in honor of the late Burdette “Birdie” Haldorson. He’s going to be Colorado’s main playmaker as a point forward, so maybe this blog will call him LeBaskin.
The other transfers, Elijah Malone (#50) and Andrei Jakimovski (#23), will keep the numbers they wore at Grace College and Washington State, respectively. Both shoulder be expected to start. Malone is an athletic, do-it-all center who will thrive in the five-out offense. Jakimovski is a versatile forward who will hit threes, talk **** and play smart team defense.
As for the freshmen, Andrew Crawford will debut in #42, Sebastian Rancik will wear #7 and Felix Kossaras will don #15. It’s unclear how these freshmen figure into Tad Boyle’s immediate plans, but don’t be surprised if Kossaras gets the preseason hype even if he wasn’t that highly rated out of high school.
Finally, we have Bangot Dak switching from #12 to #8. The lanky forward from Nebraska was a surprise addition to last season’s rotation and more will be expected from him this season. He’s still developing as a ball handler and shooter, but he has a tremendous feel for the ball and showed all kinds of promise on the defensive end.
Everyone else on the roster will keep the same numbers they had last season.
by Sam Metivier
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