Mamadou Diarra is a Husky!

The rising big man out of New York made the call and committed to the University of Connecticut just now over VCU. In the past his high school coach has said UConn is his dream school and that was too much for the new VCU coaching staff to overcome. The 6’8″ 215lbs. will attend Putnam Science Academy next year with fellow UConn recruit Hamidou Diallo then will be on campus the following year.

This past weekend I talked to him about UConn and he had this to say, “It’s always been a school that I watched and liked. The campus is really nice and the location is really good because it isn’t too far, but isn’t too close to New York.” He also talked about his visit to UConn a couple of weeks ago. “I got to see most of the campus and all the facilities that the basketball team uses. I really liked the new practice facility and that they give each player their own key. That means you can go to the gym as much as you want,” he explained.

It’s been clear all throughout his recruitment that he has been very interested in UConn and the past month or so the UConn coaching staff reciprocated the interest. At that point it seemed only like a matter of time before he committed to being a future UConn husky.

Diarra is a solid start to a crucial 2016 recruiting class for Kevin Ollie and his coaching staff. There’s the possibility of more than five scholarships being open so the class with hopefully be relatively big and filled with talent. In addition to Diarra the staff is looking to add at minimum a point guard and a wing. Alterique Gilbert looks to be favoring UConn at this point after his official visit and V.J. King is taking an official visit next weekend.

 

His rankings:
247Sports: 3 star
ESPN: 4 star
Rivals: 3 star
Scout: 3 star

*****Look for an interview article with him shortly.

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