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.
It doesn’t fix the shitty sports marketing agreements our university/conference have used to sell out (black out) its fans, but I use a VPN to avoid being blacked out of ESPN3.
Private Internet Access VPN has an app that can be installed on an amazon fire stick that enables me to watch ESPN3 on my tv when it is blacked out in my area.
Not plugging a particular VPN, just trying to be helpful by providing this info.
What good is the ACC Network if you can’t watch ACC games when you live in ACC region?
ACCN is more worthless than tits on a boar hog. The Village idiots that put this deal together had no interest in what was good for fans.
BSN South is in the basic tier of Spectrum and also on Suddenlink/Optimum and I would assume most other cable/satellite providers. It would not be available for cord cutters, but to my knowledge, neither is ESPN.