Diarra Shout Out

[Chin Diesel]

Well deserved bump.

Just a ball of energy since he arrived at Storrs and now he is stuffing the box score.

 

[superjohn]

Well deserved bump.

Just a ball of energy since he arrived at Storrs and now he is stuffing the box score.

He destroyed Kolek and he was great on offense.

 

[Huskybass]

Same energy as the Tristen Newton is a top 3 PG in UConn history comment from earlier in the year or the Karaban is one of the most clutch players.

My comments stand. Diarra continues to have a great year. 14 points and 7 assists today and always plays tough D.

 

[3rdbass]

We needed him to step up with Castle and Karaban off offensively. He still gave us great defense on helping shutting Kolek down. i loved that bounce pass to Clingan for the dunk.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Diarra has been amazing… Many of us thought he was basically a scrub we recruited to fill out the bench. Wow, how we were all so wrong. Very happy that his hard work is paying off, and I’m thrilled he’ll potentially be back for next year.

 

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My comments stand. Diarra continues to have a great year. 14 points and 7 assists today and always plays tough D.

I think we can appreciate how great these guys are without putting them in the all time category. Diarra has been phenomenal this year. But my profile pic was pretty elite off the bench himself.

 

[Poe]

What a luxury coming off the bench. He was everywhere today, awesome game.

 

[Gutter King]

They put 2 on Castle and the replacement is THAT?! What a roster Danny has constructed. The great thing with Hass is that he's really worked to be much more consistent this year. He had moments last year, but this year another level. High IQ, winning basketball player. Buy those head bands!

 

[pj]

I never expected him to become this good. What a gift to have a top point guard coming off the bench.

 

[Chin Diesel]

He destroyed Kolek and he was great on offense.

This was almost a Bazz and Boat level dismembering of the Harrison twins and that guard from Florida who was never heard from again.

 

[Waquoit]

Diarra is a starter on other Top 25 teams.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

He puts that headband on and it’s a different level

 

[gars44]

Diarra is a starter on other Top 25 teams.

So thankful to have him!

 

[uconnever]

he’s our speedy guard eliminator.

 

[freshler40]

A joy to watch eating ice cream.

 

[Jaydumo20]

My favorite Husky since Boat

 

[Captbluefin]

Excellent example of the staff developing a player!!!!

 

[NEforceUConn]

Haas was great!

 

[sledog]

LOve his game. Always a +++ when he is in.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Well deserved bump.

Just a ball of energy since he arrived at Storrs and now he is stuffing the box score.

He was a total junkyard dog in the best possible way.

 

[microfich]

A couple of quick 3s today were almost comedic but his decision making has really improved and he is dimin'.

 

[Chin Diesel]

A couple of quick 3s today were almost comedic but his decision making has really improved and he is dimin'.

He had that one pull up 3 in the first half on a fast break that was a horrible decision.

Safe to say everything else he did waaayyyyy made up for it.

 

[jibsey]

He was vital in last years run but he has improved in many ways. Difference maker and a big piece for us.

 

[UConn Dan]

 

[Spaceman213J]

His hustle and defense are enough to earn him praise. But he's worked hard so teams can't just play 5 on 4 on the UConn's offensive end. He's also playing fast & hard, but most importantly, under control.

One of the knock's I had on Ollie (and I liked Ollie and don't mean to bash him), was that players didn't really develop that much under him. I look at guys like Diarra, Karaban, Cam (on the defensive end), and a few others is a big thing for Hurley and his staff. We've talked about Calhoun was great at developing guys. I know NIL has changed things, but I think a recruit has to seriously look at UConn now and think "there I can be compensated pretty well, develop and know I'm going to be on a good team".

 

[metsfan2323]

Excellent example of the staff developing a player!!!!

The entire roster is an example of that. It's been going on since Vital. We easily have the best coaching staff in the game and the best head coach.

 

[HCCForever]

Diarra entering the game started the UConn run in the first half. Fantastic game.

 

[Huskybass]

My favorite Husky since Boat

I think we can appreciate how great these guys are without putting them in the all time category. Diarra has been phenomenal this year. But my profile pic was pretty elite off the bench himself.

Diarra is certainly in the all time role player category with his play this year. How many role players have we had that come off the bench to have 7 assists in addition to 14 points, while playing great D. Rashad was great, as a scorer, but he never distributed or played D like Diarra does.

 

[HCCForever]

Diarra is certainly in the all time role player category with his play this year. How many role players have we had that come off the bench to have 7 assists in addition to 14 points, while playing great D. Rashad was great, as a scorer, but he never distributed or played D like Diarra does.

John Gwynn comes to mind as a scorer but I don’t remember much about his D.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Not sure if it's been mentioned but one of my favorite heads up plays of the season was him tossing the ball to the ref - the play that drew the warning - after a made bucket at the end of the first half to burn enough clock to make sure we'd be able to run out the game clock on our next possession.