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It's Official - Hassan Diarra wins 6POTY

KemBuckets21 said:
Congrats, Hassan on a great season for the best team in the country.

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Hassan Diarra Wins BIG EAST Sixth Man Award - University of Connecticut Athletics

NEW YORK – UConn men's basketball guard Hassan Diarra has been named the 2024 recipient of the BIG EAST Sixth Man Award, the league announced on Monday (Marc...
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It's really well earned and well deserved. To me it was between him and RJ Luis of St. John's and I wouldn't have a problem with either choice.

Congrats, Hass :)
 
Awesome! Happy for him, great player and great kid.
 
superjohn said:
Hurley to transfers- Look at what Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer, and Hassan Diarra have done.
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Hurley and staff need to put this in their recruiting sales pitch book or PowerPoint. Also, includes Joey California and Naheim Alleyne to say, "they arrived here and left with rings". Lastly, but not least, include Tyrese Martin and RJ Cole, too.
 
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Well deserved. Hassan works hard every second he is out there, on both ends of the floor.
 
Would have been disappointed if Hass didn't get either the Sixth Man or Most Improved award this year. BE got it right. Hard work paying off. Let's do your thing at MSG this week-Hass. Wreak some havoc.
 
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Hass is a difference maker every time he goes into the game. He ambushes sleeping ballhandlers, and exploits opposing defenses who leave an open path to the basket. I have to go back to John Gwynn to find a spark plug like Hass. Congratulations to him on a well-deserved award.
 
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auror said:
Definitely did not expect this preseason. Big props to him for improving.
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Why not ?
I posted back then that other than Newton’s return Diarra’s was the most important returning knowing he would not start . Because he essentially was the only guy with any experience other than the starters in a green second unit. He had to come up large , His developing a shot was a pleasant surprise to me.
I saw him largely facilitating for Sampson , Ball , and Stewart and picking spots to finish . He filled a huge hole I shudder to think where we would be without his return but i thought everyone knew that on day one .,.,
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Why not ?
I posted back then that other than Newton’s return Diarra’s was the most important returning knowing he would not start . Because he essentially was the only guy with any experience other than the starters in a green second unit. He had to come up large , His developing a shot was a pleasant surprise to me.
I saw him largely facilitating for Sampson , Ball , and Stewart and picking spots to finish . He filled a huge hole I shudder to think where we would be without his return but i thought everyone knew that on day one .,.,
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Because he couldn't score from any level (28% career 3pt, 65% career FT%, 45% at the rim) and had a 29% turnover rate last season.

Guys don't generally improve significantly in every area in 1 offseason (38% from 3, 78% FT, 59% rim, 19% TO rate) when playing the same role, especially when they didn't improve at all really the previous 2 offseasons.
 
He could have easily left for more playing time but accepted his role and goes above and beyond.

The guy is the epitome of a blue collar bring your lunchbox to work kind of guy.

Tough as nails, can make his own shit and has made some big time shots when we needed them.

His value goes way beyond the stat sheet. Very happy that he was recognized by the conference.
 
I was really worried about the impact of fasting on Sanogo and others last year during the tournament, but he played exceptional.

For those inclined to learn a little bit more - there are actually exceptions to fasting in Islam, and traveling is one of those exceptions - so potentially if Hass and Johnson wanted to take advantage of this exception, the should be able to. Linking a couple of sites below that speak to this exception.

www.zakat.org

Valid Exemptions for Not Fasting Ramadan

Valid exemptions for not fasting Ramadan fall under five major categories. (This does not include menstrual and postnatal bleeding.)
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islamqa.info

Who Is Exempt from fasting during Ramadan? - Islam Question & Answer

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Henry said:
I was hoping Alex would get Scholar-Athlete at the least. Has that been announced yet?
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Paige Bueckers got it on the woman's side with a 3.9 semester average.
 
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Wow, congrats HD!! Well deserved. You have improved tremendously. Your hard work and dedication has paid off.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Why not ?
I posted back then that other than Newton’s return Diarra’s was the most important returning knowing he would not start . Because he essentially was the only guy with any experience other than the starters in a green second unit. He had to come up large , His developing a shot was a pleasant surprise to me.
I saw him largely facilitating for Sampson , Ball , and Stewart and picking spots to finish . He filled a huge hole I shudder to think where we would be without his return but i thought everyone knew that on day one .,.,
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He was out of the rotation by March. This was not expected by most people, including our staff.
 
Henry said:
I was hoping Alex would get Scholar-Athlete at the least. Has that been announced yet?
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BIG EAST Announces Individual MBB Awards

Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner has been named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year. Desmond Claude of Xavier has been chosen BIG EAST Most Improved Player. Hassan Diarra of Connecticut has been selected for the BIG EAST Sixth Man Award. Creighton’s Steven Ashworth has been tabbed the winner of the BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award.
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The BIG EAST will announce the remaining individual awards: BIG EAST Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete on Wednesday, March 13, at 1:30 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden.
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husky429 said:
The kids I knew would wake up really early have a s---ton of liquid IV, and set alarms every few hours in the night to chug more water.
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Makes sense, but I can't fathom running for an hour and not having any fluid...I've done 3-5 day fasts and nothing felt different for me
 
Don’t want to look ahead, but I will and say Hassan will be all big east next season
 
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Congrats to Hass for this great achievement! The transformation of his game from last to this year was exceptional! His hard work certainly paid off!
 
I remember reading a scouting report from his AAU coach when he transferred here.
He said something along the lines of, “you’re getting a junkyard dog who does all the little things well, plays ferocious defense, but makes a couple mistakes that you’re more than willing to deal with.”

We got all of that, and Hurley helped him remove the mistakes he made the first good chunk of last year.

Congrats Hass, kudos to you for putting in the work!
 
He is the definition of no nonsense, straightforward basketball. There's nothing flashy about him. Hard drilled Queens New York if I've ever seen it. Congralations Hass
 
One of the best surprises of the year. He was all we could hope for and more. Last 2 years have been transfer heaven for us. I don’t love the portal but it sure hasn’t hurt us.
 
Surprised at Ashworth for sportsman of the year. He seems like a pretty unlikeable guy, but I guess that’s just me. I guess this league really loves Creighton as 4 of their 5 starters took home hardware.
 
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