Q & A With Hamady N’Diaye; Madness Stirs Controversy

Entering tonight’s MidKnight Madness event at Rutgers, SNY’s Adam Zagoria conducted a question and answer session with Rutgers 6-foot-11, 235-pound junior center Hamady N’Diaye, a native of Senegal. N’Diaye was named the regular season MVP of the Star-Ledger Summer League at Rutgers, where he averaged 11.7 points, 12 rebounds and 7.4 blocks.

DO YOU FEEL YOU IMPROVED PLAYING IN THE SUMMER LEAGUE?

I was trying to get as much better as possible every year. This summer I just got more confident in my movement and everything that I did, from offense to defense to rebounding to everything that can help out. Every part of my game got better and got more disciplined.

Read the full interview here.

**Check out the story I wrote on the history of Midnight Madness and the events at St. John’s and Kentucky stirring controversy.

**Jerry Carino also has an in-depth Q&A with RU head coach Fred Hill.

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.