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UConn still has four open scholarships for next season but likely won’t fill all of them.

Glastonhusky said:
They appear to be focused on Diarra.
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No idea if this is actually true or not, but would make a ton of sense. We need another kid that can play PG...we only have one guy on the roster to do that right now, and who knows if Castle is coming or not. Obvious ties to UConn, local kid, tough player who wouldn't demand a ton of minutes.
 
Mooch82 said:
No idea if this is actually true or not, but would make a ton of sense. We need another kid that can play PG...we only have one guy on the roster to do that right now, and who knows if Castle is coming or not. Obvious ties to UConn, local kid, tough player who wouldn't demand a ton of minutes.
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Agree. He's a really good fit, and likely wouldn't expect starter's minutes. Two years + covid year I believe. Looking at his stats, his A to TO ratio is awful (far worse than Gaffney) and his shooting is nothing to write home about. But maybe Taliek can help him.
 
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Glastonhusky said:
They appear to be focused on Diarra.
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I wouldn’t mind him to be honest, but there are other players I like too. I would be happy with 2 outta these 3 (Femi, Diarra, Walton), but I doubt 2 would commit. I don’t see Ramey coming but I’d love to have him.

Checked out Tex AM board

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Diarra Potential Destinations discussion on the TexAgs Texas A&M Men's Basketball forum.
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JonnyRI said:
Doesn’t Scheffer still have a year of eligibility left? International Point guard with experience…..
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He is pushing 50
But I’ll take a young clone in a heartbeat he was very underrated .
UConn fans historically look at the team that lost to MSS as underachieving,
But a closer look and they might have overachieved , other than Ray and Doron the talent level drops and the bench players were decent but not superstar plus freshman
Ray 23.5. 6.5 3.3
Doron 16 4.8 6.1
Kirk King 9.9 6.3 1
Travis Knight 9.1 9.3 2.1
Rudy Johnson 7.5 2.7 1.7
Ray shot .445 from the three .515 from the two which is mind boggling when you consider teams were set up to stop him.
They had Lost Donny , KO, and Brian Fair from the previous year that lost to UCLA a much better and deeper team.

The freshman bench was
Rash Jones
Ricky Moore
They won the Big East , only preseason 16 they actually reached number 1 but still
finished in the top 10 and won 28 games losing 5
Villanova and Kittles crushed them twice , Kansas* crushed them also and pesky PC.

*We were number 1 going into that game which was out there , and the chants of overrated gave me nightmares that night .
 
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AZHuskiePop said:
He is pushing 50
But I’ll take a young clone in a heartbeat he was very underrated .
UConn fans historically look at the team that lost to MSS as underachieving,
But a closer look and they might have overachieved , other than Ray and Doron the talent level drops and the bench players were decent but not superstar plus freshman
Ray 23.5. 6.5 3.3
Doron 16 4.8 6.1
Kirk King 9.9 6.3 1
Travis Knight 9.1 9.3 2.1
Rudy Johnson 7.5 2.7 1.7
Ray shot .445 from the three .515 from the two which is mind boggling when you consider teams were set up to stop him.
They had Lost Donny , KO, and Brian Fair from the previous year that lost to UCLA a much better and deeper team.

The freshman bench was
Rash Jones
Ricky Moore
They won the Big East , only preseason 16 they actually reached number 1 but still
finished in the top 10 and won 28 games losing 5
Villanova and Kittles crushed them twice , Kansas* crushed them also and pesky PC.

*We were number 1 going into that game which was out there , and the chants of overrated gave me nightmares that night .
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Doron had a bad hammy and the late blooming Ricky Moore hurt his ankle against Colgate hence missing the Bulldog Sweet 16 game. Wilson or Bullard would’ve been shut down by Ricky changing that game but things happen!!

But agree with your assessment they had nice players but really overachieved with that roster. Great coach, superstar, international star and good, solid role players. Almost made a run to the FF and more anyway.
 
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Know nothing before about Diarra except what the BY says.

Checked his 2 year stats and just a mid 30% shooter in limited playing time and not a lot of assists.

The good news is that in the NIT, his shooting % and points scored, showed dramatic improvement. So judging by his most recent performance, he might be someone to consider.

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Improviser said:
Know nothing before about Diarra except what the BY says.

Checked his 2 year stats and just a mid 30% shooter in limited playing time and not a lot of assists.

The good news is that in the NIT, his shooting % and points scored, showed dramatic improvement. So judging by his most recent performance, he might be someone to consider.

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He’s Mamadou’s brother who is still a grad assistant. Played at PSA. Thought we should’ve gone after him outta h.s. Supposed to be a tough kid and a winner. Hasn’t been great in college but probably the perfect situation to bring in a guy who’s ok without starting right away at a position of need.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Fine I'll do it. As long as I have a legitimate chance to compete for a starting role in the future.
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Improviser said:
Know nothing before about Diarra except what the BY says.

Checked his 2 year stats and just a mid 30% shooter in limited playing time and not a lot of assists.

The good news is that in the NIT, his shooting % and points scored, showed dramatic improvement. So judging by his most recent performance, he might be someone to consider.

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Not as good in the news department is 75 minutes in those games and only 8 rebounds. With the supposed toughness I would expect him to stick his nose in more. But for what is needed and the time available maybe he’s a fit we will see.
 
Mooch82 said:
He’s Mamadou’s brother who is still a grad assistant. Played at PSA. Thought we should’ve gone after him outta h.s. Supposed to be a tough kid and a winner. Hasn’t been great in college but probably the perfect situation to bring in a guy who’s ok without starting right away at a position of need.
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We looked at him many times in HS but I just don’t think it was a fit at the time. I can’t find the exact quote but I could swear that at one point Hurley essentially said that he really liked him and wouldn’t be shocked if not taking him at the time would look stupid in the future.

I know some in here look at his A&M stats and rule him out, which is fair, but I really liked this kid out of HS. As I recall, he is tough as nails and was the guy who wants the ball with the game on the line. If the player is open to it, I’d love to see him come in this year as a rotation guy and then see where it goes.
 
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As I mentioned in another thread we are close with a key player @ A&M, went to multiple games including SEC Tourney & NIT Final and watched most every minute of the last 10-12 games.

Diarra is a shoot first player, but A&M doesn’t have much inside as Coleman does a lot of his damage facing up. Diarra hit the 3 to beat UF in round one and an absolute TON of big shots in the last dozen games. He’s not afraid of anything. I would think he shot far better once their starting pg quit (the team as a whole seeemed to be way better after they sort of just put in in two wings hands and got away from a point guard.

I would think on a better offensive team & more structure he could shoot 35%+ from 3. He can handle better than anyone we had last year not named RJ, but again not a playmaker For others. Would be a terrific backup guard I believe. He’s tough physically and mentally.
 
rip7774 said:
As I mentioned in another thread we are close with a key player @ A&M, went to multiple games including SEC Tourney & NIT Final and watched most every minute of the last 10-12 games.

Diarra is a shoot first player, but A&M doesn’t have much inside as Coleman does a lot of his damage facing up. Diarra hit the 3 to beat UF in round one and an absolute TON of big shots in the last dozen games. He’s not afraid of anything. I would think he shot far better once their starting pg quit (the team as a whole seeemed to be way better after they sort of just put in in two wings hands and got away from a point guard.

I would think on a better offensive team & more structure he could shoot 35%+ from 3. He can handle better than anyone we had last year not named RJ, but again not a playmaker For others. Would be a terrific backup guard I believe. He’s tough physically and mentally.
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Wow that PG certainly was bad. They lost 9 of 10, he steps away, and then they won 11 of 13. And it's not just a schedule quirk, 84 ORTG is incredibly atrocious and they beat Alabama, Auburn, and Arkansas all away from home during the stretch.

Diarra shot 44% from 3 over the 13 games after the guy got hurt. 40% from 2 (which was about the same as rest of the season).
 
Can someone talk me in to Diarra or Femi? As I see it, we have room for 1 more likely starter (assuming Alleyne is the 6th man). I don’t think either of those guys are fit for that role. We need an immediate 25MPG impact guy. I feel like we could do much better than Diarra or Femi if we are offering a starting spot. They would be good bench pieces though. I know Femi started at Pitt, but Pitt stinks so that’s not really saying that much…
 
aburks41 said:
Can someone talk me in to Diarra or Femi? As I see it, we have room for 1 more likely starter (assuming Alleyne is the 6th man). I don’t think either of those guys are fit for that role. We need an immediate 25MPG impact guy.
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would it help if you accepted that alleyne is probably going to start and we need a 20 mpg CG off the bench instead? odds are alleyne is not coming here to be the sixth man after averaging over 30 mpg on a tourney team.

with our last rotation player we just need someone who will contribute more than floyd would have next year. femi definitely will. pretty confident an upperclassman diarra will too. diarra just makes too much sense with his connections.
 
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