Quickies: Hamidou Diallo Resurgence Edition

Hamidou Diallo may have really turned his season around with an efficient 11-point, 3-for-3 performance. The key to that may have been a players-only meeting that Diallo called himself. He apologized to his team for his struggles, and he expressed gratitude that no one gave up on him.

We’ll see if the team meeting, and Diallo’s efficiency against Missouri, helps him be more consistent at the end of the year and into the SEC Tournament.

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