Georgia Tech Basketball Team Adds New Face
Posted by: Dom Webber in Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, tags: Bassirou Dieng, GT BasketballThe Georgia Tech men’s basketball team got a piece of good news from the NCAA yesterday as new graduate student, and former St. Francis University basketball player, Bassirou Dieng was given permission to play in the upcoming 2008-09 basketball season.
NCAA rules require student-athletes sit out one year when transferring, but the NCAA can grant a waiver when the student-athlete enrolls at an institution in a graduate program which is not offered by his previous school. Dieng, who received his undergraduate degree from St. Francis in the spring in Political Science and International Studies and will begin his graduate studies at Tech in the fall semester.
Dieng (pronounced BASS-uh-roo dee-ENG), who is 6-9 and 215 pounds, has one year of eligibility at Tech. In two years at St. Francis, he averaged 8.5 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game and shot 46.2 percent from the floor. Dieng also played one year at Norfolk State (2004-05) before moving to St. Francis, where he sat out the 2005-06 season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules.
Dom Webber 
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