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Class of 2025 C Tiefing Diawara (Mali/WI) COMMITTED TO SYRACUSE (5/26/25)

In this environment, it seems normal for a kid, committed or not, to seek out better offers than being the sixth man in a five man rotation at his position. He'll be behind Freeman, Kyle, Souare, and White for sure, and probably Betsey as well... Considering we look like we're going three guard much of the time, Diawara is probably looking at a redshirt or very limited minutes here.

Can't really hold it against him to at least look around.
 
Niastri said:
In this environment, it seems normal for a kid, committed or not, to seek out better offers than being the sixth man in a five man rotation at his position. He'll be behind Freeman, Kyle, Souare, and White for sure, and probably Betsey as well... Considering we look like we're going three guard much of the time, Diawara is probably looking at a redshirt or very limited minutes here.

Can't really hold it against him to at least look around.
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Are we sure that's what he's doing?

Is he maybe just caught in a weird time to come up?
 
OttoinGrotto said:
Are we sure that's what he's doing?

Is he maybe just caught in a weird time to come up?
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Not sure at all... It might be honoring another commitment with Red's full approval.

But why hasn't he signed? Why is he playing in a high school tournament instead of joining his team?

<shrug>
 
Niastri said:
Not sure at all... It might be honoring another commitment with Red's full approval.

But why hasn't he signed? Why is he playing in a high school tournament instead of joining his team?

<shrug>
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The signing period was 4/16-5/21.
 
Odd that he is still playing u17 AAU. Seniors generally don’t play AAU in the spring/summer. Maybe he is younger and/or was a reclass.
 
It’s a strange situation. You would think if he was coming to SU he would already be here working out with the team going against older players and improving his game. What does he gain at this point playing in an AAU tournament if he is coming to SU?
 
AngryOtto said:
It’s a strange situation. You would think if he was coming to SU he would already be here working out with the team going against older players and improving his game. What does he gain at this point playing in an AAU tournament if he is coming to SU?
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I feel that he is an inexperienced player that is still trying to gain experience from high school games although at somewhat higher level. Would not be surprised if he delays College by a year. Hope to get out out the Peach Jam and see him play today or tomorrow.
 
OrangeXtreme said:
As other Syracuse basketball incoming freshmen engage in summer workouts on the Hill, 2025 three-star verbal commit Tiefing Diawara is spending time this week at the famed Peach Jam.

The 6-foot-11, 240-pound center, who is originally from Mali, verbally pledged to the Orange in late May. However, Diawara has yet to officially sign with Syracuse basketball, which is why he isn't currently listed on cuse.com where the Orange's 2025-26 roster is noted.

On Tuesday, I asked a Syracuse basketball spokesperson when Diawara is expected to sign with the program. The spokesperson says that the 'Cuse can't comment on Diawara because he hasn't yet signed with the Orange. Hopefully, that occurs soon.

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Appreciate you sharing, my friend. As I noted, the SU spokesperson couldn't officially comment. Candidly, I do find it a little odd that he hasn't signed yet, although there could be something going on behind the scenes that we don't know about ... I don't think it's an instance of him hunting for other offers. I'll stay on this. :)
 
cuseallday said:
Appreciate you sharing, my friend. As I noted, the SU spokesperson couldn't officially comment. Candidly, I do find it a little odd that he hasn't signed yet, although there could be something going on behind the scenes that we don't know about ... I don't think it's an instance of him hunting for other offers. I'll stay on this. :)
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thanks as always!
 
50YRsofCuse said:
I feel that he is an inexperienced player that is still trying to gain experience from high school games although at somewhat higher level. Would not be surprised if he delays College by a year. Hope to get out out the Peach Jam and see him play today or tomorrow.
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I went to the EYBL Peach Jam today, watched 5 games and saw 6-8 Syracuse recruits including Tiefing Diawara (more about him a little later). I saw Miles Sadler, Aliou Dioum, Rokiem Green, Paul Osaruyi, Luke Barnett and Brandon McCoy. I saw Christian Collins play against the Albany City Rocks and Lucas Morillo. The City Rocks were out matched (the refs hurt them almost as much as the opposing team). Morillo ended up hurt.

I saw Anthony Brown and Baba Oladotun (2027) play for TeamDurant and at the half, they had 36 points to Utah prospects’ 35. Utah prospects came back in the second half to make it close and keeping Brown and Baba to 7 points (all free throws).

I did not see Vaughn Karvala (injured) but he is on Team Herro the same team as Tiefing and Kingston Kneuppel.

If I could pick a pure point guard, it would be Miles Sandler.
If I could pick the best player based on the small set of games I saw, it would be Brandon McCoy.
The best shooters would be Anthony Brown, Luke Barnett and Joshua Manchester (Team Herro). Brown actually was unstoppable in the first half of his game and ended missing all his shots in the second half.

I would take Sadler and Baba Oladotun to play on my team any day of the week.
Collins has potential but did not explode in the game I watched due to fouls and limited playing time. Dioum, Green and Osaruyi did not show much due to lack of playing time and getting injured.

Tiefing Diawara plays for Team Herro. Team Herro played in the PIT because it was eliminated by 2 points in its attempt to make the EYBL peach jam. That said, its players were given the option to play in the PIT tournament or go back home. Several players went home including both of their point guards. 3 players from their 15 yr team came up and play on the PIT team. Knueppel is a15 yr old. So the team was slightly handicapped. There was too much of one player (or another) taking the ball full court trying to score. Their defense was also porous. Tiefing has potential (in that he can chew gum and run up the court at the same time). He does not have much experience and has to learn where to move to on the court. He is tall and is muscular and has good weight. If I was him, I would find a good prep school where he can learn defense positioning and how to play in an offense. He is no where ready to contribute on any college team in 2026 or 2027. He does show potential but needs to learn a lot. Can you spell Project!
 
50YRsofCuse said:
I went to the EYBL Peach Jam today, watched 5 games and saw 6-8 Syracuse recruits including Tiefing Diawara (more about him a little later). I saw Miles Sadler, Aliou Dioum, Rokiem Green, Paul Osaruyi, Luke Barnett and Brandon McCoy. I saw Christian Collins play against the Albany City Rocks and Lucas Morillo. The City Rocks were out matched (the refs hurt them almost as much as the opposing team). Morillo ended up hurt.

I saw Anthony Brown and Baba Oladotun (2027) play for TeamDurant and at the half, they had 36 points to Utah prospects’ 35. Utah prospects came back in the second half to make it close and keeping Brown and Baba to 7 points (all free throws).

I did not see Vaughn Karvala (injured) but he is on Team Herro the same team as Tiefing and Kingston Kneuppel.

If I could pick a pure point guard, it would be Miles Sandler.
If I could pick the best player based on the small set of games I saw, it would be Brandon McCoy.
The best shooters would be Anthony Brown, Luke Barnett and Joshua Manchester (Team Herro). Brown actually was unstoppable in the first half of his game and ended missing all his shots in the second half.

I would take Sadler and Baba Oladotun to play on my team any day of the week.
Collins has potential but did not explode in the game I watched due to fouls and limited playing time. Dioum, Green and Osaruyi did not show much due to lack of playing time and getting injured.

Tiefing Diawara plays for Team Herro. Team Herro played in the PIT because it was eliminated by 2 points in its attempt to make the EYBL peach jam. That said, its players were given the option to play in the PIT tournament or go back home. Several players went home including both of their point guards. 3 players from their 15 yr team came up and play on the PIT team. Knueppel is a15 yr old. So the team was slightly handicapped. There was too much of one player (or another) taking the ball full court trying to score. Their defense was also porous. Tiefing has potential (in that he can chew gum and run up the court at the same time). He does not have much experience and has to learn where to move to on the court. He is tall and is muscular and has good weight. If I was him, I would find a good prep school where he can learn defense positioning and how to play in an offense. He is no where ready to contribute on any college team in 2026 or 2027. He does show potential but needs to learn a lot. Can you spell Project!
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Come on now, Syracuse never recruits or signs project Centers.
 
50YRsofCuse said:
I went to the EYBL Peach Jam today, watched 5 games and saw 6-8 Syracuse recruits including Tiefing Diawara (more about him a little later). I saw Miles Sadler, Aliou Dioum, Rokiem Green, Paul Osaruyi, Luke Barnett and Brandon McCoy. I saw Christian Collins play against the Albany City Rocks and Lucas Morillo. The City Rocks were out matched (the refs hurt them almost as much as the opposing team). Morillo ended up hurt.

I saw Anthony Brown and Baba Oladotun (2027) play for TeamDurant and at the half, they had 36 points to Utah prospects’ 35. Utah prospects came back in the second half to make it close and keeping Brown and Baba to 7 points (all free throws).

I did not see Vaughn Karvala (injured) but he is on Team Herro the same team as Tiefing and Kingston Kneuppel.

If I could pick a pure point guard, it would be Miles Sandler.
If I could pick the best player based on the small set of games I saw, it would be Brandon McCoy.
The best shooters would be Anthony Brown, Luke Barnett and Joshua Manchester (Team Herro). Brown actually was unstoppable in the first half of his game and ended missing all his shots in the second half.

I would take Sadler and Baba Oladotun to play on my team any day of the week.
Collins has potential but did not explode in the game I watched due to fouls and limited playing time. Dioum, Green and Osaruyi did not show much due to lack of playing time and getting injured.

Tiefing Diawara plays for Team Herro. Team Herro played in the PIT because it was eliminated by 2 points in its attempt to make the EYBL peach jam. That said, its players were given the option to play in the PIT tournament or go back home. Several players went home including both of their point guards. 3 players from their 15 yr team came up and play on the PIT team. Knueppel is a15 yr old. So the team was slightly handicapped. There was too much of one player (or another) taking the ball full court trying to score. Their defense was also porous. Tiefing has potential (in that he can chew gum and run up the court at the same time). He does not have much experience and has to learn where to move to on the court. He is tall and is muscular and has good weight. If I was him, I would find a good prep school where he can learn defense positioning and how to play in an offense. He is no where ready to contribute on any college team in 2026 or 2027. He does show potential but needs to learn a lot. Can you spell Project!
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Good stuff. Our frontcourt is jam packed and not a bunch of beanpoles anymore so this kid was always going to be end of the bench. I know some were a bit over eager to toss him into the rotation on paper but never really seemed that realistic anyways.
 
50YRsofCuse said:
I went to the EYBL Peach Jam today, watched 5 games and saw 6-8 Syracuse recruits including Tiefing Diawara (more about him a little later). I saw Miles Sadler, Aliou Dioum, Rokiem Green, Paul Osaruyi, Luke Barnett and Brandon McCoy. I saw Christian Collins play against the Albany City Rocks and Lucas Morillo. The City Rocks were out matched (the refs hurt them almost as much as the opposing team). Morillo ended up hurt.

I saw Anthony Brown and Baba Oladotun (2027) play for TeamDurant and at the half, they had 36 points to Utah prospects’ 35. Utah prospects came back in the second half to make it close and keeping Brown and Baba to 7 points (all free throws).

I did not see Vaughn Karvala (injured) but he is on Team Herro the same team as Tiefing and Kingston Kneuppel.

If I could pick a pure point guard, it would be Miles Sandler.
If I could pick the best player based on the small set of games I saw, it would be Brandon McCoy.
The best shooters would be Anthony Brown, Luke Barnett and Joshua Manchester (Team Herro). Brown actually was unstoppable in the first half of his game and ended missing all his shots in the second half.

I would take Sadler and Baba Oladotun to play on my team any day of the week.
Collins has potential but did not explode in the game I watched due to fouls and limited playing time. Dioum, Green and Osaruyi did not show much due to lack of playing time and getting injured.

Tiefing Diawara plays for Team Herro. Team Herro played in the PIT because it was eliminated by 2 points in its attempt to make the EYBL peach jam. That said, its players were given the option to play in the PIT tournament or go back home. Several players went home including both of their point guards. 3 players from their 15 yr team came up and play on the PIT team. Knueppel is a15 yr old. So the team was slightly handicapped. There was too much of one player (or another) taking the ball full court trying to score. Their defense was also porous. Tiefing has potential (in that he can chew gum and run up the court at the same time). He does not have much experience and has to learn where to move to on the court. He is tall and is muscular and has good weight. If I was him, I would find a good prep school where he can learn defense positioning and how to play in an offense. He is no where ready to contribute on any college team in 2026 or 2027. He does show potential but needs to learn a lot. Can you spell Project!
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Well played and scouted. Posts like this are important because inevitably some fool will post Diawara didn't end up commiting to Syracuse because he knew he was too good to play for us.
 
Considering how little time Diawara has been playing, but also considering his natural talents,being on the bench for a season,collecting a decent salary in NIL and taking a redshirt is probably his best route.

If they pay him $100k, that's a lot of money in the real world, but a tiny amount for the program. It gives us a chance to re-recruit him after the season before anybody else gets a look.

Hopefully he still comes. He could develop into a really good player really quickly.
 
Niastri said:
Considering how little time Diawara has been playing, but also considering his natural talents,being on the bench for a season,collecting a decent salary in NIL and taking a redshirt is probably his best route.

If they pay him $100k, that's a lot of money in the real world, but a tiny amount for the program. It gives us a chance to re-recruit him after the season before anybody else gets a look.

Hopefully he still comes. He could develop into a really good player really quickly.
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