The first piece of the 2017 recruiting class for the University of Colorado men's basketball team already is in place.
As classes began this past week on the Boulder campus, the Buffaloes welcomed Alexander Strating to the fold. The 6-foot-7 native of the Netherlands will practice with the Buffs this upcoming year as a walk-on freshman, and coach Tad Boyle plans to put Strating on scholarship for the 2017-18 year.
That will leave Boyle will three scholarships to use for the remainder of the 2017 class, following the graduations of this year's senior class of Josh Fortune, Derrick White, Wesley Gordon, and Xavier Johnson.