For many basketball recruits, the first year of college often proves to be a dizzying array of new challenges, from tackling a demanding new level of play to getting adjusted to life away from home.
For Javon Ruffin, chances are his first year in Boulder will amount to just another year in a well-traveled life.
The latest addition for what is shaping up to be a solid 2021 recruiting class for coach Tad Boyle’s CU program already has led the life of a basketball nomad, living in Spain, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., New Orleans and, most recently, Phoenix.