NBA Summer League Schedule (Las Vegas) Golden State Warriors Summer League Roster
IRVINE, Calif. --- Former UC Irvine standout Mamadou Ndiaye begins NBA Summer League play with the Golden State Warriors Saturday (July 9) against the San Antonio Spurs at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Warriors face the Los Angeles Lakers Monday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN3 and NBA TV, and the Philadelphia 76ers Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. That game will be live-streamed on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.
Following the three preliminary-round games, the NBA Summer League features a tournament-style schedule that will culminate in the crowning of an NBA Summer League Champion on Monday, July 18. Each team is guaranteed to play at least five games, with the two teams that reach the Championship Game playing as many as eight contests.
Ndiaye, a 7-6 center who played three seasons at UCI, is one of 16 players on the Golden State Summer League roster.
He averaged 12.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots last season for the Anteaters, who won a school-record 28 games.
Ndiaye was named to the 2016 All-Big West Conference first team and the NABC All-District 9 second team. In addition, he was selected the Big West's Best Defensive Player for the second time in three years.
Ndiaye ranks No. 1 in UCI history with 218 career blocked shots, which is third in the Big West record book. His 554 career rebounds rank 18th all-time at UCI and he shot 67.6 percent from the field in his career.
The Anteaters were 72-35 in his three seasons at UCI, including 37-11 in Big West games, and Ndiaye helped lead the team to the postseason each of those three years, including the program's first appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament in 2015.
ESPN will present all 67 games from Las Vegas across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and WatchESPN. In total, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will broadcast 25 games, including all four quarterfinal games, both semifinal games and the championship game.
Fans can also log on to ESPN3, where all 67 games will be live-streamed. NBA TV will also present a full slate of Samsung NBA Summer League action, televising a total of 30 games. Additionally, all of Golden State's Summer League games can be heard on an audio-only stream on warriors.com and on the Warriors Mobile App.
Tickets for the Samsung NBA Summer League are now on sale. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting NBATickets.com.
The Warriors' Summer League squad, coached by Golden State assistant coach Jarron Collins, is scheduled to hold a three-day mini-camp in Santa Cruz prior to beginning play in the Summer League.
The Warriors. who captured the inaugural Summer League Championship in 2013 and have amassed more wins at the annual event in Las Vegas than any other team, hold an all-time Vegas Summer League record of 34-19 (.642).
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