Two West Virginia freshmen got a quiet but meaningful boost in the latest recruiting updates this summer.
Aliou Dioum and Keonte Greybear both moved from an 88 to an 89, a bump that came after the final top-150 update for the class of 2026 and the follow-up changes that landed about a week or two later. For WVU, it meant a little more recognition for two incoming pieces who had already been on the radar, even if the noise around the rankings mostly centered elsewhere.
Dioum, a 6-foot-10, 200-pound center from CIA Bella Vista in Arizona, spent most of his high school career as a 3-star prospect with that 88 rating from 247Sports. Early last month, he finally got the upgrade to an 89, which pushed him back into 4-star status in the industry composite after he had slipped out of it during the 2025 campaign.
He finished as the No. 23 center in the 2026 class and the No. 27 center according to 247Sports. Dioum was also the teammate of Miles Sadler and Amadou Seini this past season.
Greybear’s rise followed a different path, but it ended in the same place. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound combo guard from Lewisville, Texas, and iSchool Entrepreneurial Academy climbed from an 88 to an 89 after a strong season in Grind Session’s Power Conference, where he was one of the league’s top scorers.
He had once been viewed much higher. In mid-2025, 247Sports had Greybear inside the top 75 with a 91 rating, and his explosive athleticism had drawn attention from scouts and high-major programs.
But his stock cooled after he settled into a reserve role at Link Academy, and he eventually transferred in search of more minutes. That move paid off.
After his bounceback season, Greybear finished as the 11th-best player in Texas per 247Sports, with the composite ranking him 12th. He’s listed as a top-25 combo guard and a 3-star recruit by both measures.
Both players are already on campus and practicing with the team.
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