Diallo came to Lexington as a mid-year enrollee during the 2016-17 season, then opted to declare for the NBA Draft that offseason, despite never logging a minute at UK.
The Queens native went through through the pre-draft process, performed well at the NBA Combine and appeared likely to stay in the draft.
But on the final day to withdraw, Diallo tweeted that he was returning to UK.
However, Diallo didn’t submit the necessary paperwork to withdraw from the draft until after the midnight deadline, he revealed in an interview with KSR.
Diallo actually submitted the paperwork minutes after the deadline, but because he tweeted the news out prior to the deadline, he was allowed to turn in his paperwork a few minutes late.