He transferred from texas a&m in 2022 and received the big east sixth man of the year award in 2024. Hassan diarra #10 of the connecticut huskies dribbles the ball while being guarded by latrell wrightsell jr. Hassan diarra is a senior guard for the uconn huskies men's basketball team.
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26—las vegas — when hassan diarra transferred to the huskies prior to the season, he knew a familiar face would be waiting on him:
Fast forward 10 months and the
Hassan diarra transferred to the uconn men's basketball program after two years with texas a&m and has contributed to two ncaa titles. Suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee in july, 2018, during summer workouts which required surgery to repair. Uconn guard hassan diarra, left and head coach dan hurley watch their team during the second half of an ncaa college basketball game against depaul in chicago, wednesday, jan. Diarra averaged 6 ppg, 3 rpg, and 2.4 apg last season while shooting 48% from the field and 35.7% from three.
Given how hass improved in year two at uconn, you have to like the chances of even Hassan diarra #10 of the connecticut huskies reacts after scoring against the creighton bluejays during the second half of an ncaa basketball game at the harry a. Gampel pavilion on january 18, 2025 in storrs, connecticut. (photo by joe buglewicz/getty images)
It was really as if mamadou had two fulltime jobs, simonoff said.
Queens, new york native and putnam science academy product hassan diarra is transferring to uconn men’s basketball. Diarra, who joins the huskies from texas a&m, will have three years of Hassan diarra has emerged as connecticut’s sixth man this season. Uconn’s problem with diarra right now is that they don’t have a capable backup point guard, which makes taking him off the court seem impossible.
It’s a crisis, indeed, but one that hurley Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason. The friars spoiled uconn's first big east home game before fans in eight years in hartford in 2021. Diarra is the younger brother of former uconn player mamadou diarra, who is now the huskies’ director of player development.
Another brother, cherif diarra, just completed his sophomore season as a forward on the southern connecticut men’s basketball team.
Creighton's jamiya neal (5) dunks the ball in front of uconn's liam mcneeley (30) and hassan diarra (10) as teammate ryan kalkbrenner (11) watches during the second half of an ncaa college basketball game in the semifinals of the big east tournament friday, march 14, 2025, in new york. Uconn's hassan diarra during a sweet 16 college basketball game against san diego state in the men's ncaa tournament, thursday, march 28, 2024, in boston.
