NC State Forward Mohamed Diarra will not be returning to NC State for his final season of eligibility. Rather, he will give 100% of his focus to pursuing his professional career.
Diarra is declaring for the NBA Draft, and will explore that possibility as far as it goes, but the likelihood of him playing professionally in his home country of France are high.
Diarra was a significant player for NC State all season long, averaging 6.3 points and 7.8 rebounds (team high), but his impact in March was tremendous, recording 10+ rebounds in 7 of the Wolfpack’s 10 postseason games, and five of those performances were double-doubles.
Wolfpack fans will always remember the grit and mental toughness that Diarra put on display in the NCAA Tournament, playing game-after-game while fasting for Ramadan.
The Wolfpack’s frontcourt just got a little bit thinner. In the past two weeks, NC State has lost Diarra and Ernest Ross. Ben Middlebrooks is returning, and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield transferred in from Louisville. Dontrez Styles transferred in from Georgetown, and while he is more of a Small Forward, in certain lineups, he could play the Small 4 position. With all that being said, I fully expect NC State to try to find another post player in the Transfer Portal with Diarra’s exodus now official.
With Diarra not returning in 2024, NC State now has 2 scholarships available for next season.
wolfpack74 I think Gott needs to have a frank convo with him. Kyle should have been in there in the second half more. Especially once we saw how he affected the game in the first half. Gott needs to tell Kyle just improve on your defense and you’ll get a lot more playing time next year. We need Kyle he bust zones wide open and boy is it good to have depth with the big men. So I really really hope Kyle stays.
Texas just fired coach Barnes. They have recruited 2 four stars players that might become available if they wish to leave and Texas grant them their release. One is Eric Davis whom we were after. The other is a pg rated higher than Davis. Someone tell Gott.
wormncsu The top guys are not coming to NC State in 2015. Maybe we can get some good recruits for 2016.
The author is correct about the mistakes that Gott made last night. Kyle should have been in there for offense. The small amount of time that he played was much more productive than Turner, Abu, Anya or Freeman. He needs to have a frank conversion with Gott or get the hell out of Raleigh.
We beat UNC, duke, Louisville, Syracuse, make the sweet sixteen by beating a #1 seed. I think this team did way more than anyone thought they would. Yes the loss and the way we lost is disappointing but come on people this is the best 4 year stretch we have had in ages. Also for those who said when Gottfried was hired that in four years sendeck would have a better program than State well look where he is now. I agree Gottfried does some questionable things but where he has brought this program should be applauded. I think the… Read more »