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DeMatha Catholic (Potomac, MD) shooting guard Mamadi Diane made an unofficial visit to UVa last weekend. The 6-5, 180-pound prospect, who has received an official offer from UVa, visited Charlottesville with his family.

“I took an unofficial visit to UVa on Saturday,” Diane said. “I was pretty impressed. I learned a lot of things that I didn’t know about Virginia. I had a chance to meet the entire coaching staff. I like the coaches and of course the academics are great. My family came with me, and they were pretty impressed.”

Coach Gillen is recruiting Diane as a 2-guard. Diane’s strength right now is his shooting, which is something any team could use a lot of.

“Coach Gillen told me that they see me coming in as a shooting guard and competing for playing time in my first year,” Diane said. “My strength is my shooting. I’ve been working on ball-handling and strength. I want to be able to play the point or shooting guard if I need to.”

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