College career Gorgui Dieng




1 college career

1.1 recruitment
1.2 louisville career
1.3 college statistics
1.4 college awards , honors





college career
recruitment

dieng recruited marquette, marshall, colorado, , louisville among others came in late. high school coach rob fulford said academics no question, passed sat 6 months after learning english , passed 400 points spare. interest louisville , marshall. on march 30, 2010 head coach donnie jones left marshall become head coach of university of central florida. next day, rick pitino signed contract extension through 2017 louisville. on april 26, 2010 dieng verbally committed louisville. louisville assistant coach walter mccarty, has nba experience, helped rick pitino land dieng in cardinals uniform.


considered four-star recruit rivals.com, dieng listed no. 10 power forward , no. 44 player in nation in 2010.


louisville career

dieng in 2013 louisville


dieng ruled ineligible ncaa when first arrived @ louisville forcing them hold him out of practice , individual workouts. louisville appealed ncaa s decision , on october 26, 2010 announced ncaa reversed original decision , ruled dieng eligible immediately. freshman dieng saw action in 29 games averaging 16 mins game. scored 5.7 points game, pulled down 4.4 rebounds , blocked 1.9 shots game in limited action. cardinals finished 2010–11 season 25–10 record, 12–6 in big east play tied 3rd , lost in championship game of 2011 big east men s basketball tournament connecticut. received at-large bid , #4 seed in 2011 ncaa men s division basketball tournament upset in second round #13 seeded morehead state.


as sophomore, dieng started @ center 2011–12 louisville team reached final 4 of ncaa tournament. in 2011–12 season, dieng led big east conference in blocks, , set all-time school record blocks in season. on march 22, 2012, dieng matched louisville tournament record 7 blocks in game in 57–44 sweet 16 victory on michigan state.


dieng named student representative board of directors of u of l athletic department 2012–13 school year, succeeding graduated teammate kyle kuric.


despite being junior, dieng honored on senior day in 2013, due fact forgo last year @ louisville enter 2013 nba draft.


college statistics

college awards , honors

ncaa champion (2013)
big east defensive player of year (2013)
first team all-big east (2013)
big east all-tournament team (2012)
2nd in time blocks in cardinal history (267 blocks)




^ taylor, grant (april 27, 2010). huntington prep s dieng commits louisville . herald-dispatch.com. archived original on january 25, 2013. retrieved may 19, 2012. 
^ gorgui dieng recruiting profile . rivals.com. retrieved october 5, 2010. 
^ louisville freshman gorgui dieng ruled ineligible . usatoday.com. october 5, 2010. retrieved october 5, 2010. 
^ brown, c.l. (october 26, 2010). louisville s gorgui dieng ruled eligible ncaa after appeal . courier-journal.com. retrieved october 26, 2010. 
^ gorgui dieng stats | college basketball @ . sports-reference.com. archived original on 2013-04-21. retrieved 2013-04-09. 
^ 2010–11 louisville cardinals schedule , results | college basketball @ . sports-reference.com. archived original on 2013-11-05. retrieved 2013-04-09. 
^ louisville-marquette game recap . espn. march 9, 2012. retrieved march 9, 2012. 
^ behanan scores 15, dieng blocks 7 shots in louisville s 57–44 win on michigan state in west . washington post. 
^ crawford, eric (june 5, 2012). $71.5 million u of l athletic budget . wdrb. retrieved june 5, 2012. 
^ brown, c.l. (march 6, 2013). pitino wants junior senior moment . usa today. retrieved march 6, 2013. 






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