| 词条 | Tacko Fall |
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|name = Tacko Fall |image = Tacko Fall.jpg |image_size = |caption = Fall in 2014 |position = Center |height_ft = 7 |height_in = 6 |weight_lb = 310[1] |league = American Athletic Conference |team = UCF Knights |number = 24 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|12|10}} |birth_place = Dakar, Senegal |nationality = Senegalese |high_school = Jamie's House Charter School (Houston, Texas) Liberty Christian Prep (Tavares, Florida) |college = UCF (2015–2019) |highlights =
}}Elhadji Tacko Sereigne Diop Fall (born December 10, 1995) is a Senegalese basketball player who currently plays college basketball for the UCF Knights. At {{height|ft=7|in=6}}, he is one of the tallest living people in the world.[2] Early lifeBorn and raised in Dakar, Senegal, Fall moved from Senegal to the United States at age 16. Initially, he played soccer and had no interest in basketball. Fall visited the International Sports Training Institute at Dakar, known as ISTI-Dakar. Fall played his first organized basketball in Houston, Texas and trained with NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon.[3] Fall went to Liberty Christian Prep, in Florida, for his final two years of high school, and now plays college basketball at the University of Central Florida (UCF).[4] Basketball careerGiven his size, he plays the center position. His shoe size is 22 and he has large hands with an armspan of {{height|ft=8|in=4}}[5] and a standing reach of {{height|ft=10|in=5}}.[6] High schoolFall is {{height|ft=7|in=6}} and was still growing around his senior year, making him the tallest high school basketball player in the country while he played for Jamie's House Charter and Liberty Christian Prep.[6] Due to his height and reach, Fall was one of the most highly scouted high school basketball centers in the country.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} Fall first played for Jamie's House Charter School in Houston, where his team won the state championship. Fall played with ISTI all-stars summer travel team. He played in several NCAA certified events.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} Fall then attended with Liberty Christian Preparatory School in Tavares, Florida. With nearly forty different schools expressing interest in him,[6] Fall committed to the University of Central Florida in Orlando, who had officially signed him on October 28, 2014. He would play with the UCF Knights under head coach Donnie Jones.[7] CollegeFall joined the UCF Knights as a center. He faced fellow {{height|ft=7|in=6}} Senegalese center Mamadou N'Diaye in the tallest tip-off and match-up in U.S. college basketball history in a game against the UC Irvine. Both from Dakar, it was N'Diaye's brother, Ibrahim, who persuaded Fall to take up basketball.[8] By his sophomore year, Fall became the tallest player in college basketball after N'Diaye declared for the 2016 NBA draft. During his sophomore season, Fall would make considerable improvements in his playing style.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} In 2017, Fall was named American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year.[9] Fall grew to be an efficient player, ranking second nationally in field goal percentage as of January 2017.[10] On April 5, 2017, Fall declared for the 2017 NBA draft, with the possibility of returning to Central Florida still available to him before the end of the draft lottery that year.[11][12] On May 24, 2017, Fall withdrew his name from consideration for the NBA draft, to return to UCF for his junior year.[13] During his junior year, Fall injured his shoulder,[14] causing him to only play in 16 games, totaling 351 minutes.[17] Coming into his senior season, Fall was named to the Preseason Second Team All-AAC. During his senior season, Fall helped lead the Knights to the NCAA Tournament and secured their first victory in program history with a win over VCU.[15] In his final game Fall recorded 15 points and six rebounds, while the UCF lost to Duke 77–76.[16] College statistics{{NBA player statistics start}}|- | style="text-align:left;"|2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"|UCF | 30 || 26 || 17.6 || .750 || .000 || .558 || 5.9 || .3 || .1 || 2.3 || 7.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"|UCF | 36 || 36 || 26.3 || .715 || .000 || .462 || 9.5 || .6|| .3|| 2.6 || 10.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"|UCF | 16 || 16 || 21.9 || .767 || .000 || .460 || 7.3 || .3 || .3|| 1.9 || 11.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"|UCF | 32|| 32|| 24.9 || .750 || .000 || .363 || 7.7|| .5 || .3|| 2.6 || 11.0 |-{{s-end}} Source:[17] PersonalFall is a devout Muslim.[2] He maintained a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) in high school[18], while taking advanced mathematics and science classes. He became fluent in English within 8 months and scored in the 95th percentile on the SAT. A computer science major at UCF[10], Fall has aspirations of becoming an engineer for electronic companies such as Siemens or Microsoft, which currently makes a future in professional basketball unclear.[2] Fall is not the only tall member of his family; his younger brother was reportedly {{height|ft=5|in=9}} at age 7, while two of his uncles are {{height|ft=6|in=8}}, but his extreme height stands apart even among them.[19] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Tacko Fall Bio - 2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster - UCFKnights.com {{!}} (M) Basketball|url=http://www.ucfknights.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3764|website=UCF Knights|accessdate=November 30, 2018|language=en}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-rise-of-7-foot-6--and-growing--tacko-fall-170003305.html|title=The rise of 7-6 (and growing) Tacko Fall|date=December 16, 2014|work=Yahoo Sports}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/mastering-the-rebound/|title=Mastering the Rebound - Pegasus Magazine|newspaper=Pegasus Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-18}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ucfknights.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=210|title=Tacko Fall - 2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster - UCFKnights.com {{!}} (M) Basketball|website=ucfknights.com|access-date=2016-11-18}} 5. ^{{cite news |last = Auerbach |first = Nicole |title = Tacko Fall finds his footing for UCF, with room to grow as a player |newspaper = USA Today |date = January 11, 2017 |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/aac/2017/01/11/tacko-fall-central-florida-7-foot-6-center-from-senegal/96448724/ }} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/blog/os-hs-ucf-signs-americas-tallest-high-school-basketball-player-20141112-post.html|title=UCF signs 9-foot-8 Tacko Fall, America's tallest grandpa|author=|date=November 12, 2014|work=Orlando Sentinel}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/198276/tacko-fall|title=Tacko Fall|work=ESPN}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/19/tacko-fall-and-mamadou-ndiaye-both-7-foot-6-faced-off-wednesday-for-the-tallest-head-to-head-matchup-in-college-basketball-history/|title=Tacko Fall and Mamadou N’Diaye faced off Wednesday for the tallest head-to-head matchup in college basketball history|website=Washington Post}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/knights-notepad/os-sp-tacko-fall-aac-award-0309-story.html|title=Tacko Fall wins AAC defensive player of year|first=Shannon|last=Green|publisher=Orlando Sentinel}} 10. ^1 2 {{cite news |last = Borzello |first = Jeff |title = There's more to UCF's Tacko Fall than his 7-foot-6 frame |newspaper = ABC News |date = January 18, 2017 |url = https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/ucfs-tacko-fall-foot-frame/story?id=44853377 }} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Romero|first1=Iliana Limón|title=Tacko Fall to test NBA Draft waters with option to return to UCF|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/os-sp-tacko-fall-nba-draft-ucf-20170405-story.html|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=OrlandoSentinel.com}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=UCF 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall to explore NBA draft options|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/ucf-7-foot-6-center-tacko-fall-to-explore-nba-draft-options/2017/04/05/c176e24a-1a42-11e7-8598-9a99da559f9e_story.html|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=Washington Post|agency=Associated Press}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=Tacko Fall to Return to UCF for Junior Season|url=http://ucfknights.com/news/2017/5/24/-m-basketball-tacko-is-back.aspx|accessdate=August 7, 2017|work=UCFKnights.com}} 14. ^{{cite news|last1=Green|first1=Shannon|title=Tacko Fall is out for rest of UCF basketball season|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/os-sp-tacko-fall-injury-ucf-basketball-20180120-story.html|accessdate=March 14, 2018|work=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=January 20, 2018}} 15. ^{{cite web |last1=Groeschen |first1=Tom |title=Cincinnati Bearcats edged out for 1st place in AAC men's basketball Media Day poll |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2018/10/15/see-where-uc-bearccats-landed-aac-media-day-basketball-poll/1644202002/ |website=Cincinnati.com |accessdate=October 15, 2018}} 16. ^{{cite web|last1=Bernstein |first1=Dan |title=Tacko Fall impacts Zion Williamson, but Duke wins tight March Madness battle |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/tacko-fall-impacts-zion-williamson-but-duke-wins-tight-march-madness-battle/1ll17a2zad4yo1osqrb43dnowq |work=Sporting News |date=24 March 2019}} 17. ^1 {{cite web|title=Tacko Fall College Stats {{!}} College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tacko-fall-1.html|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=March 29, 2017|language=en}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tacko_fall_963192.html |title=Tacko Fall Bio |publisher=UCF Knights |accessdate=August 1, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814033841/http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tacko_fall_963192.html |archivedate=August 14, 2015 |df= }} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604163/Meet-7ft5-basketball-star-wears-size-22-shoes-8-foot-wingspan-eats-pizzas-covered-hamburger-hes-growing.html|title=Meet the 7ft 5in basketball star who is just 18|publisher=}} External links{{commons category|Tacko Fall}}
8 : 1995 births|Living people|Centers (basketball)|Senegalese expatriate basketball people in the United States|Senegalese men's basketball players|Senegalese Muslims|Sportspeople from Dakar|UCF Knights men's basketball players |
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