'10 WV PF Gorgui Dieng (Verbal to Louisville)

[Buffnik]

Rivals
Scout
ESPN


Huntington Prep (Huntington, WV)

Ht: 6-foot-10
Wt: 210 lbs

Rivals rating: 3* PF
Scout rating: 3* C
ESPN rating: 91 grade; #14 C

Reported Offers: Colorado, Louisville, Marquette, Marshall, Maryland, Memphis

[Buffnik]

Currently a heavy lean toward Louisville or Marshall, but he wants to look around. Received a CU offer and is coming for a visit if he gets his SAT score

More info at Rivals:

http://colorado.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1067324

[Buffnik]

Louisville fans thought he was a lock in late February.

Found out some interesting stuff about Dieng on the message board for a sports talk radio station down in Kentucky (those are some passionate fans, so big props to them). Here are a few of the more interesting bits of info and another photo:



- Speaks 5 languages
- Arrived in US only 3 months before the 2010 season but still ended up ranked in Top 100.
- May be one of the biggest sleepers in the 2010 class. He's a Top 20 talent.
- Thought he would commit to Louisville on March 15th. [Since that didn't happen and the CU offer popped up 10 days later, my guess is that there's probably more to this story and he's opened up his recruiting.]

[Buffnik]

Still a bit raw, but this guy is a player. Touch on his jumper, very good feet, very smooth for his size, very good passer (check out around the 34 second mark on the video in the below link), aggressive rebounder and good shot blocker with ridiculously long arms.

http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs...y%20Dieng.html

[BuffLuKe]

He has an impressive offer list. Id take two of him and a center and id be happy lol.

[Hawkmustgo!]

yes please!

[Buffnik]

Dieng visited Marquette over the weekend and they weren't able to sway him off of Louisville. Dieng gave a commitment to the Cardinals.

http://colorado.scout.com/2/965811.html