Welcome to the board, DenverBuff.
You can find a lot of the info you're looking for in the
2011 MBB Recruit Profile Index. There's also a pinned thread in this forum that contains the links to the Indexes for different years.
Also pinned in the general CU Basketball Forum is the current roster:
http://www.allbuffs.com/showthread.php/51498-2010-11-University-of-Colorado-Basketball-Rosters.
Really good topic and I'll summarize here:
- Men's basketball has a scholarship limit of 13. The Buffs are free of NCAA penalties, so we will have 13 players under scholarship for 2011-12.
- Current roster projected to 2011-12, by class, is as follows:
Seniors:
PG Nate Tomlinson
SG Carlon Brown (redshirting this year; transferred from Utah)
SF Austin Dufault
PF Trey Eckloff
Juniors:
SG Sabatino Chen (redshirting this year; transferred from Denver)
SG Alec Burks
Sophomores:
PG Shannon Sharpe
SG Jeremy Adams (incoming recruit)
SF Andre Roberson
C Shane Harris-Tunks (redshirting this year due to injury)
C Ben Mills (will possibly redshirt next year to aid his long-term development)
Freshmen:
PG Spencer Dinwiddie (incoming recruit)
SG Askia Booker (incoming recruit)
PF Damiene Cain (incoming recruit)
That adds up to 14, which puts us 1 over. It's very likely that this is Alec Burks' last year in Boulder. Assuming he leaves for the NBA, that puts us at the 13 scholarship limit.
However, Boyle has always said since the early signing period ended that he is looking for "1 or 2" more. I have always assumed that Burks was the "or 2" and that we were always going to take 1 more regardless of the decision that Burks made on the NBA vs coming back for his junior year. That leads me to believe (totally spit ballin' here without any inside info) that either Chen's scholarship was only for this year to ease the transition or that Eckloff has decided to transfer somewhere he will get playing time for his senior year.
If we do end up with another scholarship to offer, my expectation is that it will be a frontcourt player. I could see a scenario where Boyle wanted to replace all that offense and went with a wing player such as Luckett or Talley, but my guess is that's the less likely scenario. Adams fills that need.
Guys I'm keeping my eye on:
Rodrigo Silva - JC transfer who is originally from Brazil. He'd be a sophomore and could give us a triple-double the hard way (points, rebounds and blocked shots).
DeAndre Daniels - Postgraduate who played with Spencer Dinwiddie at Taft. He's a natural "3" with a pure jumper who would likely be an instant star at CU. Unfortunately, I expect him to sign with Duke or Kansas.
Anthony Norris - SF who has bounced around from school to school. Don't know if that's a red flag or not. Played this year for Christian Life Academy in Humble, TX, and there hasn't been any info in a while. I'm not even sure that we're still recruiting him.
Here are some others that we haven't profiled on AllBuffs but I'm keeping an eye on:
Kevin Johnson - huge guy who would play PF or C at 6'9". He's on Dinwiddie's Taft team. Doesn't show a CU offer and Rivals says it's Illinois or USC. But he's uncommitted, so it bears watching.
Daouda Soumaoro - another huge guy who would play PF or C at 6'9". A bit more raw. He's originally from Mali, Africa. Book on him is that he's a high motor guy who attacks the glass and plays hard on defense. CU definitely showing interest but no offer reported.