N’Diaye’s Journey from Senegal to Rutgers

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Hamady N’Diaye is three years removed from his painful tenure at Florida Prep in Port Charlotte, Fla., yet he remembers it well.

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For more on Rutgers hoops:

**Check out our interview with Rutgers head coach Fred Hill from Big East Media Day in which he talks about the plans to add defending national champion Kansas and N.C. State to next year’s schedule, which will also includes games in the Big East-SEC Challenge and the Legends Classic.

**Read the Q&A with junior C Hamady N’Diaye.

**Read the story on SNY.tv on the local teams struggling in the Big East. It includes video interviews with Hill, Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez and St. John’s coach Norm Roberts.

**Rutgers opens Nov. 14 with a men’s and women’s doubleheader at the RAC.

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.