One of the primary concerns for Colorado basketball the past few years has been interior play. While they've done well enough with a bevy of athletic swingmen, there hasn't been enough size in the paint to defend the other team's bigs, grab big-time rebounds, or get easy looks at the basket to stop opponent's runs. It's a problem area in desperate need of addressing. Slowly, but surely, Coach Boyle has been doing just that.
Having already signed the 6-7, wide-bodied Damiene Cain to the 2011 class, Coach Boyle has continued to go after post players to round out his roster. As a result, Coach Boyle has received his first commitment to the CU class of 2012 in the form of Josh Scott. A 6-9 Power Forward from Colorado Springs, Scott also marks the first in-state player to commit to play for CU under the Boyle regime (the 3 players in the 2011 class are all from California). Scott has performed well for Lewis-Palmer High, providing 21/11 per game, and had, according to rivals, been receiving interest from schools like Stanford, Wake Forest and CSU.
I'm not sure if transfer guard Sabatino Chen is currently on scholarship or not (my bad), but the Buffs should be able to spend at least 4 total scholarships on players in the 2012 class with Nate Tomlinson, Austin Dufault, Carlon Brown, and Trey Eckloff scheduled to graduate after next season. Spending one of those 4 on a local power forward seems like a great idea. Way to go Coach Boyle, and welcome aboard Josh!
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