STORRS, Conn. — Former Texas A&M guard Hassan Diarra introduced Wednesday that he’s transferring to the UConn males’s basketball group.
Diarra made the choice public on Twitter and later confirmed it in an interview with Hearst Connecticut Media.
Diarra, a 6-foot-2 rising junior performed 18 video games for the Aggies final season, averaging 6.2 factors and 1.4 assists.
Diarra’s older brother, Mamadou, performed for UConn, earlier than accidents compelled him to surrender basketball. He was a pupil assistant and later graduate assistant coach for the previous three years, receiving a grasp’s diploma from the varsity final weekend. It is not clear if he’ll return to this system.
Hassan Diarra turns into the third guard to affix UConn from the switch portal, becoming a member of Tristen Newton, a switch from East Carolina, and Nahiem Alleyn, a switch from Virginia Tech.
The Huskies, who went 23-10 this previous season and fell within the first spherical of the NCAA Event to New Mexico State, misplaced guards, Corey Floyd Jr., Rahsool Diggins, and Jalen Gaffney to the portal, together with ahead Akok Akok.
Floyd transferred to Windfall; Diggins plans to play subsequent season at UMass; Gaffney ended up at Florida Atlantic and Akok signed with Georgetown.
