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Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
The Buffs will be rebuilding next season, in all likelihood.
After one magnificent season in Boulder, Eddie Lampkin Jr. is heading to Syracuse as a graduate transfer.
The fifth-year senior will finish his college career playing for Adrian Autry, the up-and-coming Orange coach. ‘Cuse finished 20-12 in Autry’s first season at the helm, as he rebuilds a program that fell off in Jim Boeheim’s final years.
The Orange appear to be on the rise, as underclassmen like Judah Mintz and JJ Starling will be a year older and a season better. Adding a big man like Lampkin should really help, as the 6’11, 300-lbs. center is as good a leader as he is a high post playmaker.
As for the Buffs, Lampkin was the first official departure from a roster that will be overturned before next season. Tristan da Silva and Cody Williams are likely NBA-bound, J’Vonne Hadley and Luke O’Brien have entered the transfer portal, and KJ Simpson could either enter the NBA, transfer to an elite program, or come back to CU.
by Sam Metivier
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