The 10th overall pick in the NBA Draft this past summer didn’t do it. Neither did anyone in the 2021 recruiting class, ranked as the highest in the history of Colorado men’s basketball. Same with three of the freshmen to make their Buffaloes debut in the opener of the 2017-18 season, all of whom went on to become 1,000-point scorers at CU. No, to find the most recent true freshman who scored as many points in a season opener as the Buffs’ Sebastian Rancik did during Monday’s win against Eastern Washington, Buffs fans have to go back a dozen years. Rancik’s impressive debut was one of several key factors in the Buffs’ second half rally, turning Eastern Washington’s upset bid into a 76-56 victory, the ninth consecutive opening-game win for CU.