On Saturday, Kevin Young and the BYU Cougars made their first addition through the transfer portal with an international prospect in his freshman season with Washington.
6-foot-8 forward Dominique Diomande, a native of Tours, France, spent his freshman season with Washington, where he elected to redshirt.
As noted above, Diomande did not see the court in his freshman season at Washington, electing to redshirt after walking onto the team. He is believed to have some serious upside, however, as he averaged 16 points, six rebounds, two assists, and 1.8 steals per game in the France ProA U21 league over a stretch of 26 games.
Last season, Washington head coach Danny Sprinkle was on the fence about playing Diomande and commented on the situation, saying, “I know everybody wants to see him and all that, but I got to be fair to him and fair to the team, too. At the end of the day, he’s got to earn it. I don’t care who it is. I don’t care if LeBron James is here, you got to come and earn it, then you’re going to play.”
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, March 24, 2025. According to NCAA data, 1,296 FBS basketball players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 864 (66.7%) undergraduates and 432 (33.3%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 70% reported that they enrolled in another school, 6% withdrew their names from the portal, and 23% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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