Diarra Shout Out

[Chin Diesel]

He is our x-factor. Big time game for him.

He factored out X tonight.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Never thought I would say this but I was screaming at my tv for Diarra to be in the game and then shouting for him to keep shooting!!!!!

 

[superjohn]

I kept asking in the chat why he wasn't on the court and Solo was. Hurley put him in and the entire game changed. He's improved drastically from last season. Another huge performance from him.

 

[BGesus4]

He did it again tonight. He was lights out on offense and he got physical on defense. He keyed the second half run.

His defense on Claude changed the game… not to mention him harnessing his inner Rashad

 

[Rocktheworld]

Players like him are the reason we are so deep and deadly.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I kept asking in the chat why he wasn't on the court and Solo was. Hurley put him in and the entire game changed. He's improved drastically from last season. Another huge performance from him.

To use a football analogy he's the change of pace scat back you bring in after the starting RB and OLine have been pounding away. He plays Tenacious D and his 3 point shooting has been off the charts.

 

[Bazz2014]

He did it again tonight. He was lights out on offense and he got physical on defense. He keyed the second half run.

He brings the defensive intensity up everytime he comes in the game. We have needed that more than once this year. Such a luxury to have a guy like him coming off our bench.

 

[Kitaman]

Diarra brings experience and championship pedigree off the bench. His confidence is kicking in strong right now.

 

[Scottobot]

Amen, we don’t win this game without his stellar second half.

 

[SugarHillGang]

Announcer kept calling him “Jiarra”. Did that bother anyone else?!

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Announcer kept calling him “Jiarra”. Did that bother anyone else?!

Djarra* lol and oh yes it did

 

[I Bleed Blue]

His YoY improvement is unbelievable. He’s so good now and seems like he’ll be a trustworthy role player for us the rest of the way

 

[Waquoit]

He's at the veteran decision maker stage of his college career.

 

[Deepster]

I always classified him as Good Hass and Bad Hass because of sketchy decision making. This year he’s winning me over big time with his growth and leadership.

 

[Castlevania]

The part where he just gave the ball away at the end of the game was not ideal, but he has came up clutch many times and you love to see it.

 

[upstater]

The announcer pronounces it right. Jara.

I looked it up because I knew the name Diop is pronounced Jop, so I checked to see where the names were from. Both are West African, around Senegal. Diarra is the French spelling/version of the name Jara.

 

[LStudfellow]

With Diarra playing this way, how about we go back now and grade last year's transfer portal class:

Tristen Newton
Nahiem Alleyne
Hassan Diarra
Joey Calcaterra

Best 2022 transfer class in the country, bar none. Wow, what production we have received from all 4 of these guys.

Great, GREAT job by Danny and our entire staff seeing what we needed, zeroing in on the right guys and getting them here. Would not have won the Natty last year, nor been in the position we are this year without them.

 

[superjohn]

The announcer pronounces it right. Jara.

I looked it up because I knew the name Diop is pronounced Jop, so I checked to see where the names were from. Both are West African, around Senegal. Diarra is the French spelling/version of the name Jara.

That's not how Hassan and Mamadou Diarra pronounce their name.

 

[uconnfan68]

The part where he just gave the ball away at the end of the game was not ideal, but he has came up clutch many times and you love to see it.

He wasn’t alone with bad plays at the end.

 

[caw]

He went from literally unplayable in the Final Four (3 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 TO against Miami, 1 trillion in garbage time against SDSU) to a reliable backup who has reduced the dropoff from the starters substantially.

He's a threat to penetrate and either score or dish on offense and a pest on defense. He had one sequence where he had a deflection, stripped a bigger player on help to knock it out of bounds, then deflected the inbounds pass to kill the shot clock.

Didn't he have a stomach muscle issue at the end of the year though?

If my math is correct he is 10/26 from three now this year.

 

[Scrappy3]

Has been incredible x factor bench MVP

 

[TheChamps990411]

HD is seeing things pretty clear this season lol! Hes been absolutely awesome this season. Savage on defense, under control for the most part and hitting shots from 3! He also has been very good going to the basket. He has been fun to watch. Can not describe how happy i am for that kid.

 

[Ricker]

Somebody in the chat referred to him as Hassan California in that second half stretch. A guy deserves his own nickname, but that was a nice compliment that captured his impact.

 

[UCan3]

He's really filled in for what we lost with Alleyne. Last year he was very erratic but he's played very well on both ends of the ball this year. Very happy for him.

Actually I was concerned when we lost Alleyne and didn’t know if Diarra was up to task.

In my eyes he’s better than Alleyne and he is in many ways the difference maker for us. We’ve had a few 5 pt game - wins - that could just as easily be losses minus Diarra.

He is an example of what it it to be a UConn Player. The pressure to play at a certain level brings out the best in players that decide to come here.

 

[HCCForever]

The part where he just gave the ball away at the end of the game was not ideal, but he has came up clutch many times and you love to see it.

That play bothered me as well but fortunately Xavier's shot was blocked by rim and Cam secured the ball. Only bad moment of Diarra's that I recall.