Given his lengthy NBA career and a coaching career that has kept him busy traveling the world over the 20-plus years since his playing days ended, Jay Humphries has had few opportunities to return to the University of Colorado.
That has changed of late.
Most prominently, the point guard who helped so many Buffaloes teammates net easy baskets during his playing days at the CU Events Center had his selflessness rewarded last fall with his induction into the CU athletics Hall of Fame. Now, for the second consecutive season, Humphries is serving as an assistant coach for Team Colorado as the group of CU basketball alums prepares for another run at the $2 million, winner-take-all The Basketball Tournament.