Colorado: Assane Diop - The Senegalese Seed

Assane Diop compares his journey to play basketball at the University of Colorado as a seed growing in foreign soil. It all started with his father pushing him to play basketball as a pre-teen. So how did this Senegalese seed end up in the Rocky Mountains? In this Big Stories podcast episode, Diop recounts how Greg and Denise Willis made him an offer he could not refuse and how he excelled in the classroom and the basketball court to end up with the Buffaloes Basketball team. Guests: Assane Diop - University of Colorado Basketball player Greg and Denise Willis - Assane's U.S. Legal Guardians Tad Boyle - University of Colorado head basketball coach Steve Englehart - University of Colorado strength coach Grady Whitt - University of Colorado basketball player