The St. John’s Red Storm may not have any 2017 commits locked up, but on Monday, head coach Chris Mullin was able to score a verbal commit from a highly touted forward in the Class of 2018.
Just shy of high noon on the east coast, Andrew Slater of 247Sports reported that Boubacar Diakite, a four-star hooper from New York who currently plays for the PSA Cardinals, has verbally committed to Mullin and the Johnnies.
As noted by Slater, Diakite is a rising prospect in New York and should benefit the Johnnies in a number of ways.