I’ll start this writeup with a shameless plug for Matt Cox’s Mid Major Reinforcements piece on our website, because the biggest reason for this pick lies at the heart of that article’s premise: Lamine Diane, CSUN’s preternaturally talented forward who sat out the first semester due to “academics” (whatever those are). Diane single-handedly raises the level of this Matadors team. Of course, you might also notice a UC Riverside name in that article (forward Arinze Chidom), so both of these teams are incorporating a significant piece as conference play kicks into high gear.
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