Buffzone · Dec 5, 2018
Evan Battey's passing skills adding dimension to CU basketball's attack
Colorado's Evan Battey, left, had four assists in the Buffs' rout of South Dakota on Tuesday. (It wasn't difficult to pick Evan Battey out of the crowd on any court in high school or on the AAU circuit. Even at the Pac-12 Conference level, the 6-foot-8, 264-pound Battey strikes a presence on the floor.
When Colorado men's basketball coach Tad Boyle first settled into the bleachers to watch the prospective Buffalo play years ago, it wasn't Battey's size, soft shooting touch, or even the surprisingly nimble feet on that hulking frame. It was the way Battey was able to deliver pinpoint passes, one after another, to all corners of the floor from the post.