MAAC Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

24. Ousmane Drame

Drame is a 6’9 center from Boston who spent his entire four-year career at Quinnipiac. However, the Bobcats were members of the NEC back in 2011 when he initially arrived on campus. After two seasons in the NEC, Quinnipiac joined the MAAC in 2013 and got some excellent play from Drame as an upperclassman.

As a junior, he averaged 13.7 points and 10.5 rebounds, dynamic numbers for a frontcourt piece in the MAAC. He led the Bobcats to a 20-win season, a trip to the CIT, and had a 21-rebound performance against Monmouth in mid-January. Things were even better the following year, as Drame averaged 14.9 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks a game; impressive numbers across the board. He had a few 7-block games, but the highlight was in his final career game, where he put up 27 points and 23 rebounds in a conference tournament loss to Marist to end the season.

The conference’s top rebounder in each of those years, Drame earned Second Team All-MAAC honors as an upperclassman and was also named MAAC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. He was among the national leaders in both rebounds and blocks in that final campaign and was adamant to Quinnipiac’s success in the latter part of his career.