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