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Onetime Syracuse commit Moustapha Diagne will declare for the NBA Draft without hiring an agent, Northwest Florida State coach Steve DeMeo told SNY.tv.
“Tapha has decided to explore the NBA Draft process,” DeMeo said. “The rules are designed to allow college players to find out where they stand today. He is one of the most talented and skilled big men in the country and has extremely high character and grades.”
The 6-foot-9 Diagne, 20. enrolled at Northwest Florida State after he was deemed ineligible at Syracuse entering the 2015-16 season. Since then, he had been recruited heavily by then-Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon and Cincinnati, among others.
He averaged 10.2 points and 7.3 rebounds this past season.
Ranked the No. 7 power forward in the Class of 2015 by 247Sports.com, Diagne helped lead Sparta (N.J.) Pope John XXIII to the New Jersey Tournament of Champions final in March 2015, where they lost to current Kentucky point guard Isaiah Briscoe and Roselle (N.J.) Catholic. He averaged 14.7 points and 12.0 rebounds that season.
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