Oops! Credit NMSU with one more center prospect

We don't know how we missed this -- but we did -- so please add another center prospect to the mix at New Mexico State -- Abdoulaye N’doye. This should be credited to a NMSU fan who posted comments after we put up our NMSU 2008-21009 preview. Thanks for pointing out this error.


From the NMSU athletics web site:

Abdoulaye N’doye is a 7-0 center from Dakar, Senegal. N’doye attends the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dekar.

“I was happy to find that Abdoulaye had not found a home in the United States, when I went to Africa to see him,” Menzies said. “I believe he’s got professional potential but he has a lot of development before he can reach that stage due to the lack of resources and conditioning in the area where we discovered him. He has very good hands, runs the floor well for his size, is an excellent student and is a very good fit for us considering our need at the big man position."

N’doye also competes at the Babacar Sy Basketball School in Dakar.

“He is an athletic, long player that can rebound and block shots,” Sy said. “He’s a great student-athlete, one of the best to come out of the academy.”

Just to make it easy, here are the comments we referenced:

Anonymous said...

Your preview on NMSU is ok, but I guess you did leave out a few things. Menzies is going to start Jonathan Gibson at the point gurad, and Jahmar Young at the shooting guard with Higgins, and Castillo backing them up. Aden will not be available until mid-december, and Joyner might not be available until that time as well. Aden was ranked a top 150 during his sophomore seasons, and I have seen a few sites that had him rated higly. He is a very good shooter, and had a lot of d-1 offers. Just go check out his rivals.com profile. Joyner was also a guy who was rated in the top 150 on rivals.com last summer. UNM wanted him so bad, so he is the future at the point for NMSU. NMSU will have the best SF and PF combination. Herb Pope should win the WAC Player of Year, and should be off to the NBA after this season. He will dominate the WAC this season. He avg about 11 ppg, and 6.8 rpg last season, and he did that after being shot not even a year before. Lumpkins, and either Castillo or Aden(when he becomes eligible) will back up at the SF position. At center NMSU will go with two three-star and top 40 centers. Gabriel is a three-star by rivals.com and was rated the 35th best center in the nation. Rahman was a three-star center by scouts.com, and was rated by rivals.com at 38th at the center position. A lot of people think they are raw, but why did ESPN rank them so high. I expect Gabriel to get the start since he is stronger on the offensive side. NMSU will be young, but very good, and expect to see Nevada, and NMSU at the top of the WAC for the next 2 to 3 years. Gillenwater will be the surprise of the WAC. Don't just give the WAC freshman of Year award to Nevada's Babbitt, because Gillenwater is just as good.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

So expect a starting five like this

PG Gibson 6'2 Jr
SG YOung 6'5 SO
SF Pope 6'9 So
PF Gilenwater 6'8 Fr
C Gabriel 6'11 Fr

PG Joyner 6'2 Fr
PG Higgins 6'2 Fr
SG Castillo 6'4 So
SG Aden 6'4 Fr
SF Lumpkins 6'7 So
C Rahman 7'0 Fr
C N'Doye 7'1 Fr-He is the african center that Menzies signed when we signed Higgins. He is a raw player who might have a great career. He is very athletic.