John Henderson / For BuffZone.com)
ROME -— The best recruiting class in Tad Boyle's eight years at Colorado had its public unveiling Thursday night. The fact that it happened 5,500 miles from Colorado didn't matter to Boyle. Entering a season of transition in which he's breaking in five freshmen after losing his leading scorer in Derrick White, Thursday assured him of one thing.
He found himself a point guard.
McKinley Wright, one of the luckiest recruiting grabs of Boyle's career, showed he can quarterback a major college team as a freshman. Whether he can do it in the Pac-12 won't be known for a few months but against a mix of low-level Italian professionals who had already been blown out by Auburn and Kansas, he showed savvy, polish and speed in a 70-56 win.