The UConn men’s basketball program announced Monday that it signed a pair of international players in Uroš Paunović and ...

Hassan Diarra (10) gets in the face of Jamiya Neal after Neal’s dunk in the closing seconds of Creighton’s Big East semifinal win on March 14, 2025. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST ...

There's a tendency to compare players on the 2025-26 UConn men's basketball team to players of recent Husky championship ...

UConn forward Alex Karaban (11) celebrates after Hassan Diarra, right, made a basket against Gonzaga during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Seattle.

Creighton's Jamiya Neal (5) exchanges words with UConn's Hassan Diarra (10) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Big East tournament Friday, March 14 ...

Throughout most of the season, a nagging knee injury has limited Diarra. In his first 34 games, the 6-foot-2, 195-pounder only averaged 7.8 points per game in 27.7 minutes per game.

UConn basketball’s 2025 Big East Tournament run ended at the hands of Creighton in the semifinals, but Hassan Diarra was not about to let the Huskies get disrespected on their way out.

Hassan Diarra and Jamiya Neal get into it during a UConn–Creighton game on March 14, 2024. / Fox / X / Screensho ...

UConn guard Hassan Diarra took exception. He charged at Neal and immediately shoved him. The two stared each other down and exchanged words before other players got between them.

STORRS – There didn’t need to be an offseason meeting where Dan Hurley handed the keys to the UConn men’s basketball locker room over to Alex Karaban, Hassan Diarra and Samson Johnson. It ...