After meeting with Kentucky coach John Calipari Sunday night, Cheick Diallo appears to have finished his in-home visits and should be approaching a decision soon although no announcement date has been made public.
As of this writing, Calipari is the last coach to meet with the 6-foot-9 Diallo, who is also being courted by Kentucky-bound big man and fellow French speaker Skal Labissiere, among others.
After winning the MVP of the Jordan Brand Classic Friday night on the heels of taking MVP honors at the McDonald’s All-American Game, Diallo also met this weekend with Kansas coach Bill Self and St. John’s coach Chris Mullin.
It’s been a long 3 years. Just wanted to thanks all the coaches who recruited me and stopped by my school appreciated pic.twitter.com/3S059mIvIu
— _cd13 (@cheick_diallo13) April 21, 2015
Diallo has previously said he hoped to announce on or after the Jordan Game.
“Nobody knows” where he is going to college, he said Friday night after the game.
Wherever he lands, Jordan Classic East and Chicago St. Rita’s coach Gary DeCesare, a guest Monday on SNY’s The 4 Quarters Podcast, says that school is getting a stud.
“Man, he’s got a high motor man, he’s like the Energizer Bunny, he just keeps going and going and going and going,” said DeCesare, who watched Diallo go for 26 points and 11 rebounds Friday in a 118-116 lost to the West, which was led by Allonzo Trier’s 28 points.
“He’s a great kid, he just plays. I tell you what, he’d be an unbelievable get for St. John’s or whoever tries to get him. I love that kid, man. He just plays, goes out and does whatever you need him to do, man. When you got a 6-9 guy who’s the first guy down the court in transition, wow, that’s scary.”
