University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Three-Year ACC Starter Baye Ndongo Joins Pitt
6/17/2026 11:28:00 AM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH — Pitt men's basketball has added a proven ACC scorer and rebounder to its frontcourt with the commitment of Baye Ndongo, head coach Jeff Capel announced. A 6-foot-9, 240-pound forward from Mboro, Senegal, Ndongo joins the Panthers after a three-year career at Georgia Tech that included All-ACC Third Team and ACC All-Freshman Team recognition.
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Ndongo will have one year of eligibility remaining and is set to enter his senior season in 2026-27.
In 2025-26, Ndongo started all 27 games he appeared in for the Yellow Jackets, averaging 11.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and a career-high 2.4 assists per game while shooting 55.6 percent from the field and a career-best 71.6 percent from the free-throw line. He recorded five double-doubles on the season and turned in a season-high 27-point performance against No. 16 North Carolina on Jan. 31, 2026.
As a sophomore in 2024-25, Ndongo earned All-ACC Third Team honors after averaging 13.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game across 34 starts. He shot 53.6 percent from the floor and posted a career-high 39 blocks, including a career-best 29-point effort against NC State. As a freshman in 2023-24, Ndongo was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team after averaging 12.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game in 29 starts.
Across his three seasons at Georgia Tech, Ndongo started all 90 games he appeared in, accumulating 1,133 career points and 762 rebounds while averaging 12.6 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest. He scored in double figures in each of his three collegiate seasons and ranked among the ACC's most productive interior players throughout his career.
Internationally, Ndongo represented Senegal at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, averaging 7.9 points and six rebounds per game.
Coming out of high school, Ndongo was rated as a four-star recruit and the No. 126 prospect in the country in the 247Composite rankings. He prepped at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut, Darrow School in New York and Denver High School in Colorado.
At Pitt, Ndongo reunites with two former Yellow Jackets teammates: point guard Naithan George, with whom he played for two seasons at Georgia Tech, and forward Ibrahim Souare, his teammate during the 2024-25 season.
