Potpourri, Nov 6

News Bits

"An End of an Era: Greg Clink Announces Retirement"

Another look at Greg Clink's departure.

Let's hope he comes back to Chico or somewhere else. He's too good a coach and a person to not be running a program.

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The first national signing period for D1 men's basketball begins on November 13 and runs through November 20. In October 2024, the NCAA elected to eliminate the National Letter of Intent (NLI). The NLI has been a major part of the college recruiting process for 60 years, starting in 1964. The National Letter of Intent (NLI) will be replaced with financial aid agreements between the NCAA and student-athletes. The NCAA Division I Council has endorsed this change, which will affect the Class of 2025 and those that follow.

There is a second signing period beginning in April. Also, coaches can now sign 15 student-athletes, up from 13.

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Simply Basketball: "Congratulations to Mark Lavrenov on his commitment to Sacramento St."

Attending Rocklin High and playing with the Oakland Soldiers, at 6-foot-9, 230, he brings the beef. Displays good hands and, most importantly, a willingness to work. Also had offers from Cal State Fullerton and Idaho.

This link will hopefully get you to a Lavrenov feature.

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Verbal Commits: "2025 Panola College (TX) G Khoi Thurmon has received an offer from Pacific."

Thurmon is a 6-foot-1 sophomore guard.

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Verbal Commits: "2025 Prolific Prep (CA) G Darryn Peterson has committed to Kansas."

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Monday Nov 4 NCAA D1 Men's Basketball Results

Santa Clara defeated St. Louis 85-78 on a neutral court as 6-foot-7 senior guard Adama Bal led with 24 points. Remember that he sought validation for entering/staying in the 2024 NBA draft but eventually returned to school. He shot 7-13 overall, 3-7 and 7-8 respectively.

Stanford handled University of Denver 85-62 behind 24 points on 10-15 shooting from 6-foot-5 junior guard Oziyah (Modesto Christian) Sellers, a transfer from USC. 7-foot senior forward Maxime Raynaud had a strong start of the season with 16 points, 12 boards, and 6 assists.

UC Santa Barbara didn't have any trouble taking down San Francisco State at 96-47 with freshman forward Zion (Archbishop Riordan) Sensley totaling 11 points and five rebounds in his debut.

Pacific took care of William Jessup University 92-65 as 6-foot-7 Elias Ralph finished with 30 points shooting 13-15 overall. Ralph is Canadian as is the Pacific head coach. 6-foot-7 Wyatt Studer weighed in for WJU with a team high 22 points.

St. Mary's scored 76 points to 69 for Towson as Paulius Murauskas provided 14 points plus 13 rebounds to the Gael cause and teammate Luke (Piedmont High) Barrett finished the night with 14 and 11.

Outscored 33-26 in the second half, San Jose State University fell 58-55 to Western Illinois. The host Spartans shot 3-26 from three-point range. What never is a good sign is center Robert (Archbishop Riordan) Vaihola led SJSU with three assists.

Hawaii Hilo came a long way but host Montana was minus any aloha in winning 92-61. Money (Oakland High) Williams has returned to the team and started, playing 27 minutes while contributing five points and five assists. Te'jon (Salesian Prep/Cal Baptist/City College San Francisco) Sawyer also started scoring 10 points and grabbing seven boards in 21 minutes. Former Sacramento State guard Austin (Sonora High) Patterson totaled 12 points

California topped Cal State Bakersfield 86-73 as Jovan (born in Oakland) Blacksher Jr. led the Bears with 16 points. Coach Mark Madsen's crew shot just 7-23 from long distance but lived at the foul line (31-40).

Tuesday Nov 5 NCAA D1 Men's Basketball Results

Texas Tech 94, Bethune-Cookman 61 box For the victors, 6-foot-6 forward Darrion (Capital Christian Hihj/Nevada) Williams posted a 17 point, six rebound, six assist line while teammate 6-foot-3 guard Chance (Bethel High/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon University) McMillian was right behind with 17, five and five.

San Francisco 86, Cal Poly 78 box The Dons outscored CP by four points in each half to grab the victory. 6-foot-6 frosh Tyrone Riley IV led USF with 26 points and teammate Malik Thomas provided 23. On the Cal Poly side, 6-foot-7 Ethan (Half Moon Bay High/Colorado Mesa) Menzies ended with five boards, three assists and two points (taking just one shot).

Sacramento State 106, Cal Maritime 44 box Behind EJ (City College San Francisco/Idaho) Neal's 16 points, Sacramento State rushed out to a 53-16 first half lead. Neal also collected five rebounds, five assists, three steals and a pair of blocked shots. Teammate Jacob Holt also went for 16 points. For CM, 6-foot-6 sophomore Jake (Benecia High) Matteson finished with 12 points plus seven boards.

Washington 79, UC Davis 73 box Senior guard Ty Johnson provided 35 points, powered by shooting 13-16 at the foul line, but UC Davis fell short against host Washington. The Aggies shot just 6-27 from three-point range.

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Friday, Nov 1 California Community College Men's Basketball Results

Host City College San Francisco took College of Marin apart at 109-63. West Valley College fell to Moorpark College 77-70. 6-foot-1 former Oakland Tech standout Robel Zemmo led the Los Gatos-ites with 20 points. He shot 7-12 overall, 3-6 from long distance. In support, 6-foot-4 Jake (Las Lomas High) Davis finished with 18 points and a team high seven boards.

College of the Sequoias had little trouble with Feather River College at 81-56 as a 41-24 second half broke the game open. 6-foot-4 guard Tyree (Burbank High) Gill led the victors with 16 points. San Joaquin Delta College topped Gavilan College 66-58 in a tournament game played at Cabrillo College. Folsom Lake College bested Los Medanos College 74-69.

Mendocino College was seven points better than tournament host Cabrillo College. Solano College proved to be 14 points better at 87-73 versus Monterey Peninsula College. College of the Siskiyous took down Napa Valley College 91-79. Santa Rosa Junior College beat Foothill College 80-74. Cañada College edged Diablo Valley College 68-60. In a tight one, College of the Redwoods scored 80 points in besting Sacramento City College's 76 points.

Saturday, Nov 2 California Community College Men's Basketball Results

John Bynum Jr: "Top ranked San Francisco picks up a 89-68 home win over 7th ranked Santa Rosa moving to 2-0. King (Archbishop Riordan) Wilhite and Mason (Alameda High) Harris both scored 12 points to lead the Rams."

John Bynum Jr: "In a battle between two top five programs in Northern California, Chinedu (Kimball High) Nwankwo had 25 points and Matt (Archbishop Mitty) McAndrews added 23 points as 4th ranked San Jose used a late run to pick up a 84-80 home win over 3rd ranked Modesto." A Matt McAndrew sighting! A big time one at that.

John Bynum Jr: "Cameron Kelly had 15 points and Jaiden (Hanford High) Haire added 14 points as 2nd ranked Sequoias slipped past 15th ranked Compton 81-79 to move to 2-0 on the season."

CCCMBCA: "Sacramento City highlights tonight:

• Sid (Monterey trail High) Duplesis - 25 points and 6 Rebs
• Jayden (El Dorado High) Ferreira - 21 points and 5 Rebs
• Aaron (Elk Grove High) Gillyard - 13 points, 7 ast, 4 Rebs

All Tournament: Sidney Duplesis and Jayden Ferreira"

Panther guard Sid Duplesis is on his way to another all-state honor.

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Ohlone College MBB: "2-0!! Ohlone 98-82 Orange Coast

• Adam Zalmai 20 pts
• Amos Hodgson 16 pts, 4 stl
• Ashton Proctor 16 pts, 6 reb
• Gabriel Lopez 12 pts, 15 reb
• Anthony Lacy 9 pts, 4 reb
• Omar Babikir 6 pts, 6 ast, 4 stl"

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Hartnell College Men's Basketball: "The Panthers return from Coalinga with a 102-98 victory in triple overtime.

• Finn Powelson with 27
• Gunner Larson with 18
• Daniel Canfield with 17
• Blake Dibble with 16
• Ty McUne with 12"

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John Bynum Jr: "Jacob Dallas had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Jermiah Collins had 16 points as Siskiyous moved to 2-0 with a 85-80 victory over Folsom Lake."

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Two players on the 2024-25 Santa Cruz Warriors squad, Golden State's GLeague team, stand out for their Nor Cal connections:

Out of Marin Catholic, 6-foot-3 Joey Calcaterra attended both UC San Diego and then UConn where he earned a ring as a member of the national champion Huskies.

5-foot-11 Tyrell Roberts is also on the roster of the Warriors. After graduating from Woodcreek High, he finished up his college eligibility at USF.

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"Grand Canyon will become Mountain West's ninth school starting in 2026"

What a great addition considering GCU's recent hoops history with the Big Dance.

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"(Sac State) Hornets return to the hardwood with first-time frontman and reshuffled roster"

A new head coach and lots of newbie players.

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"Analysis: NBA and WNBA coaching jobs ‘don’t have a long shelf life.’ Lately that’s been 1 to 3 years"

Steve Kerr is a major outlier.

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"Humboldt holds on for scrimmage win over Dominican U"

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"Dominguez Hills Toros selected as the favorites in the 2024-25 CCAA Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll"

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"Cal Men's Basketball Season 2024 Preview: Mark Madsen's Uncertainty Principle"

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Chase Rawlins Stays Local

6-foot-6 Chase Rawlins' important decisions in his young life have been to not go down the path well tread. His process in deciding is compile the necessary information and make his call. Pressure is not a factor, whether it be internal or societal.

At the tender age of five, Rawlins sought out a personal basketball trainer and eventually decided on Danielle Viglione, an area basketball trainer, a former professional player and now Director of Player Development with the WNBA's LA Sparks. Many, if not most, male ballers would have forsaken even momentarily considering a female trainer. Not Rawlins.

A more recent Rawlins choice involved deciding on which college he would attend and thus join forces with the school' basketball program. The combo guard enjoyed multiple options including UC Davis, Hawaii, Sacramento State, Princeton, Lafayette, Cal State San Marcos and William Jessup University. He went with the nearby Davis Aggies, located just 36 miles away, even though the plan for him as a freshman is to redshirt. Again, the vast majority of male players would have turned down such a plan.

But Rawlins' redshirting will allow further refinement of his basketball skills as well as turning the weight room into a place of devotion to add strength and bulk.

Men's basketball at Davis has an unofficial nickname of GuardU due to its guards having blossomed under both the tutelage of Les and Company and in the system of play. The current star of the Aggie squad is 6-foot-3 senior Ty Johnson who is coming off a season in which he averaged per game 17.8 points, 3.7 rebounds. 3.2 assists and 1.8 steals. In the 2022-23 season, 6-foot-4 graduated senior Elijah Pepper averaged 22.5 points.

This backcourt history made a positive impression on Rawlins and he noted, "Coach (Jim) Les lets his guards operate within the offense."

“I couldn’t be happier for Chase and his family," said Coach Brandon White, founder of the Rose City Ballers, Rawlins' AAU squad. "Coach Les and Coach Nosek believe in Chase and see him being a contributor in the near future. Chase's best basketball is in front of him. He’s going to play this game for a long time. I look forward to seeing what the future has in store for him."

Rawlins officially visited UC Davis on October 21-22 after informally tripping there in late August. The evening of the first day consisted of dinner with the coaching staff and meeting with academic advisers. The next day offered time for Rawlins to "hang out with the team" and tour the campus. The result after his visit obviously demonstrates the enjoyment of his experience. A 3.85 grade point average adds to Rawlins' recruiting attractiveness n indicates he should quickly adapt to the Davis academic rigor.

What is the Davis program getting in him? "A player who works hard every single day," Rawlins explained. "My best skills are my IQ on the court and my ability to score." Add someone who will be ready to contribute when it is his turn.

Asked why he'll be signing early (this month), Rawlins offered, "it's better for me during my senior season knowing where I will be in college and who will be my coach."

Regarding his redshirting, Rawlins is fine with it because "it will give me time to develop my body and get familiar with the system." His plan is "to be a sponge" once he gets in the gym at Davis, running on a cycle of continuous learning.

One goal at Folsom High for this coming senior season is "to be more vocal" with his leadership and "also more understanding." The latter is to develop greater cognizance about what his teammates need from him in order to be their best.

He will be a Business major.

So it will be goodbye to Folsom High and farewell to the Rose City Ballers for Rawlins after this basketball season and on to an institution built around bettering agricultural policy, veterinary care and the production and care of domestic animals. But Aggie hoops is on a run powered by backcourt point achievement so maybe, just maybe, Davis' three major centers of focus will grow to become a quartet. Chase Rawlins would love to be a factor in making that happen.

Potpourri, Nov 1

News Bits

6-foot-3, 170 guard Emmanuel Manyoun of Garden City Community College (Kansas) has cast his college hoops lot with University of the Pacific and will sign next month. He averaged 10.7 points per game alongside 3.7 boards and 2.1 assists last season at Cloud County CC, shooting 43%, 32% and 67% respectively. Manyoun made nine starts in 32 games.

More from Kat's Paw: Pacific Tigers Men's Basketball Insider.

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Ryder Bush: "Grateful to receive a D1 offer from Sacramento State University. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."

Fresno was recently Bush's first offer. He's a 6-foot-2 2025 guard at Archbishop Riordan.

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"Trio of Gaels Alumni Open the Season on NBA Rosters"

Santa Clara has two talents on NBA teams in up-and-coming Brandin Podziemski who enjoyed an excellent freshman season with Golden State and heralded big guard Jalen Williams who already is a starter for Oklahoma City.

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Spartans Exhibiting

San Jose State University topped Cal State East Bay 75-61 in an exhibition pairing on Tuesday. Concerns: the Spartans shot 4-20 from long distance and posted 14 assists versus 17 turnovers. Plaudits: Robert (Archbishop Riordan) Vaihola was back on the court after missing all of last season and grabbed 16 boards (five offensive) in 26 minutes, SJSU led by 26 in the second half and held CSEB to 29% shooting. MIA for the Spartans: 7-foot Adrame Diongue, freshman shooting guard Cameron Patterson and freshman shooting guard Ben (Sacramento) Roseborough.

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According to this from Ethan Kassel, rookie Jonathan (USF) Mogbo is in Toronto's starting lineup. More.

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"Warriors Exercise Option On Brandin Podziemski"

Guess he can now afford to move out of my so-called ADU. and I can begin to park my car there again.

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Verbal Commits: "2026 St. John Bosco (CA) F Christian Collins has received an offer from Stanford."

Collins is a 6-foot-8, 170 wing.

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"Roster chaos born of NIL money and the transfer portal have turned college hoops upside-down"

Amen. As Colorado Coach Tad Boyle is quoted: "It is easier to build a roster. It is infinitely harder to build a program.”

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Here is Ersin Demir's take on this season's West Coast Conference.

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More Exhibition Games

As expected, San Diego State defended Cal State San Marcos damn near out of existence 80-39, limiting the travelers to 19 and then 20 points in each half. Miles (Lincoln High - Stockton) Byrd scored 12 points and BJ (Modesto Christian High) Davis, coming off his 28 point outburst, tallied nine. Both started for the Aztecs.

6-foot-7 Nigel (Archbishop Mitty/Idaho State/Utah State) Burris scored 14 points in an 83-63 Weber State takedown of Adams State.  He shot 6-8 overall, 2-3 beyond the arc.

UCLA handled Cal State Los Angeles 100-64 despite the best efforts of Jordan Lazo. He's a 6-foot senior out of Salesian Prep who shot 8-13 from three-point range on his way to 24 points for the visitors.

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For those in the Bay Area, remember MarJon Beauchamp? He was the subject of this November 2021 Washington Post feature all about Frank Matrisciano and his Chameleon BX training program.  Question: did Beauchamp play any travel team ball when he was here? Maybe the Oakland Soldiers? Anyway, the young man made it to the NBA (for the past two seasons) but has now unfortunately been dropped by Milwaukee. Somebody in the NBA will pick him up even if it's at the GLeague level.

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The cup of basketball acumen runneth over in the above photo starting with Terry Battenburg with 34 years as a college or high school coach, Delta Head Coach Rich Ressa, Delta Assistant Coach Eddie Hernandez and Brian Katz, a D1 head coach and community college coach now retired.

By the way, Katz has a newish book out which I loved and wrote about here. Do buy it.

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661 Hoops/Central Cali Prospects: "6’8 Parker Spees |2026| San Joaquin Memorial High was dominant at the recent Jr/Sr showcase w an event high of 39 pts & a 23p 14r game to lead all players in scoring & tied for tops in rebounding! Big season coming up for the talented junior stretch-four w a 4.0+ GPA." 

Spees needs added weight and muscle but his combo of skills and smarts should provide him with multiple options come his senior season."

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Potpourri, Oct 30

News Bits

Chase Rawlins: "Let’s get it!! Honored to announce my commitment to UC Davis. Go Aggs🐴"

An underrated 6-foot-6 Sacto area backcourter decides to move on to GuardU. Very smart move. Rawlins will be killer by the time he's an upperclassman, if not sooner. He's one of the prides of Folsom High and the Rose City Ballers. He'll be joining fellow guard 6-foot-5 Jalen (Dougherty Valley High) Stokes who committed in early October.

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Alem Fejzić: "Blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from University of the Pacific! Grateful!"

He's a 6-foot-3 freshman shooting guard at a hoops prominent Oklahoma JC (Frank Phillips).

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Damien Reese: "I will be taking an official visit to Southern Oregon on January 3rd!"

At Weston Ranch High and with the Rose City Ballers, Reese is a 6-foot-2 guard.

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Remember that Leo (De La Salle High) Ricketts will be manning the point for Sacramento State this season.

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24/7 High School Hoops: "NEWS: 2025 4⭐️ Nicholas Randall tells LeagueRDY he’s committed to Missouri. Randall is a 6-10 forward with great touch around the basket. An impressive defender who protects the paint and plays with a high motor. He chose Mizzou over San Francisco, Creighton and many others."

Randall would have been a very solid get for USF's middle and a good matchup with other WCC inside talent.

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Father Sauer Holiday Invitational

4th Annual Father Sauer Holiday Hoops Invitational, December 20th thru 22nd

Welcome to the 4th Annual Holiday Hoops Tournament. On behalf of the Sauer Academy, we would like to welcome you to our school and the 2024 Holiday Hoops Basketball Tournament.

This tournament will provide an opportunity for our participating athletes to showcase their teamwork, skills and competition. The 3 days are also an opportunity for you to meet new people, cheer on the teams, and further build camaraderie on your own teams.

Our hope is that the spirit of sportsmanship prevails during the tournament and that the passion all of you have for this incredible sport drives you to be your very best at all times.

Mr. Jamal Baugh, Athletic/Outreach Director

• Girls Divisions: 5th A, 6th A, 7th A, 8th A
• Boys Divisions: 6th, 7th, A and B , 8th Level A, 5-8 Team Divisions
• High School Rules - modified CYO/PPSL
• 4 Game Tournament
• $350.00 per team
• School Teams only - Verified Place Team Award Tournament Prizes

St. Ignatius College Prep, 2001 37th Avenue, San Francisco, Ca 94116

Information: Rob Marcaletti 650 455-1821 / Jamal Baugh 415 205-1313

Registration/Scheduling : Alfonso Joo, (650) 267-3678 alfonsojoo@yahoo.com

*Please note Start and End times for each Day​

• Friday, December 20, 11:00 am 1st Games, -- 7:15 pm last game
• Saturday, December 21, 10:00 am 1st Games, -- 8:15 pm last game
• Sunday, December 22, 9:00 am 1st Games, 5:15 pm last game

Register and Info on www.Dawgsclub.com

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Bill O'Rear: "Congrats to former San Diego State standout Keshad Johnson on making the Miami Heat’s official 18-man roster for the 2024-25 season. Keshad is 1 of 3 players on a 2-way contract that can play on the Heat’s G League team & be moved up to play with the NBA team during the season."

Johnson is the pride of San Leandro High and Envision Academy in Oakland.

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College Basketball Report: "Hansel Enmanuel is starting for Austin Peay tonight in a charity exhibition game."

You might shrug and say 'so what?' The 6-foot-6 Enmanuel possesses but one arm, his right one.

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"COLLEGE SPORTS' MONEY MACHINE

The hidden NIL economy of college sports"

Don't know how much more thorough an article on this subject could be.

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Hoop Narratives: "Stephen Golatte, class of 2026 shooting guard at Destiny Christian Academy, is one of Northern California's top shooters and has developed into an elite defender. With great size, length, and athleticism, he’s poised to make a big impact this season."

Golatte stands 6-foot-1 and Destiny Christian is located in Sacramento.

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Joe Tipton: "NEWS: 4⭐️ Isaiah Sealy is down to four schools, he tells On3Recruits. The 6-7 Small Forward and Springdale, Arkansas native is a Top-75 recruit in the 2025 class."

One of those is California. The others: Arkansas, Mississippi and Boston College. What an eclectic mix.

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Basketball Recruitment: "2025 6'9 PF Spencer Ahrens has trimmed his list to the following schools.

Finalists:

• Illinois
• Gonzaga
• Washington
• Stanford
• Boise State
• San Francisco"

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Potpourri, Oct 28

News Bits

Basketball Recruitment: "2025 6'3 SG Gavin Sykes has committed to Long Beach State. Sykes chose The Beach over Sam Houston, San Jose St, Sacramento St, Montana, California, UC Riverside, Pepperdine, Vermont, and Southern Utah."

Did Cal go cool after commits from a pair of guards or is this choice simply a decision to head elsewhere? Sykes likely broke a few coaching hearts with one. He officially visited The Beach in late September.

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Team Supreme: "Congratulations to 2025 Ty Virgil on his commitment to Pepperdine!! The WCC just got a great one! Ty is a special talent."

Malibu versus Stockton as Pacific offered almost simultaneously. The 6-foot-6 Virgil once was attending Laguna Creek High but is now at Hillcrest Prep in Arizona.

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Kelly Hallinan: "Anthony (Dublin High) Roy has 46 points in UW Green Bay’s exhibition game against St. Norbert. He’s been lethal from beyond the arc including a logo three. (Coach Doug) Gottlieb has had him on the bench most of the second half but just checked him back in."

"Obviously really proud of our group mostly proud of myself I credit myself for cooking Anthony Roy a steak dinner last night, that was a spectacular performance but what makes it even more special to me is we butted heads a lot in the summer about mid range jump shots, not a fan, I have a rule, you can take a mid range jump shot but you better make it so he's really embraced it and instead of those shot fakes and getting to a middy a 17 foot pull up he's really disciplined himself and I can't be more effuse in my praise in him not because not because he made shots but he's doing what we want," said (Coach Doug) Gottlieb.

Granted it was St. Norbert College but 46 points and nine treys (especially the latter), wow. The 6-foot-5 senior was at USF as a freshman.

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Here's a William Jessup preview from the Kat's Paw Substack fan site covering University of the Pacific men's basketball (but not affiliated with the school.) Here's how to support the site if you so wish.

"Scouting William Jessup Warriors

The Warriors come off an 18-12 season, their final campaign as an NAIA program as Head Coach Mark Darnall completed a successful first season at the helm. This is Darnall’s first head job after stints as an Assistant Coach at Eastern Washington (under new Washington State Head Coach David Riley), Chico State (D-II) and UC-Davis.

Jessup loses their top two scorers from last season’s team that was an at-large selection to the NAIA tournament: 6’0” Miles Corey, the program’s all-time leading scorer who transferred to South Alabama (Sun Belt conference) and 6’1” graduated senior Ty Artis. The pair of guards each averaged over 31 mpg, took almost 40% of the Warriors threes and averaged a combined 35 ppg.

Jessup does return 6’1” Ja’Maris Blackmon (13.6 ppg including 38 3’s) who started 29 games last season after transferring in from Seattle Pacific (NCAA Division II). Blackmon also shot 38% from downtown on a team that averaged 26.5 threes attempted per game.

Up front, the Warriors feature 6’5” SR Aydan Janssan (Australia) who averaged 10.6 ppg while averaging 35% from beyond the stripe. Off the bench come 6’6” Nigeria native SO Anthony Enoh (5.2 ppg/4.7 rpg as a freshman) and 6’9” Duke Gipson, entering his sophomore season after prepping at Junipero Serra High School in Los Angeles.

A potential minute-eating transfer joining this season’s roster is 6’6” Josh Lincoln (Australia - 15.5 ppg/6.4 rpg) who played the past two seasons at Portland Community College.

A plethora of freshmen also arrive highlighted by 6’3” TJ Latu (Jefferson H.S./Portland, OR), who was a two-time Oregon All-State selection, 6’3” Murphy Rodgers, part of the New Zealand Tall Blacks U-19 program this past summer, 6’6” FR Noah Roth (Christmas Valley, OR), 6’3” Cayden McDaniel (Silas H.S./Tacoma, WA/1st Team All-State) and 6’5” Spanish forward Curro Segura, who played this past season in Greece for Olympiacos Piraeus U18 team.

Jessup was a perimeter-oriented team offensively last season with no starter over 6’5” so a “five-out” offensive philosophy predominated. The Warriors took 42.5% of their field goal attempts from beyond the arc, shooting 35% as a group from that range and averaged over 80 points per game.

The Tigers staff will be able to have a first look at the Warriors who open their season on October 31st, 2024, hosting Pacific Union College (NAIA/Cal Pac Conference)."

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PD Web: "2026 Caeden Hutcherson of Archbishop Mitty and Team Lillard has earned an offer from Saint Louis."

He's a 6-foot-5 shooting guard.

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Fridrik Leo Curtis: "Happy to receive a Division 1 offer from Stanford University!!"

Out of Iceland, he's a lean, 2025 7-foot-1 talent currently at a school near Boston. Indiana has offered as has Xavier, Arizona State (visit), Alabama, West Virginia and Central Florida.

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HS Top Recruits: "(6-foot-4) 2026 4⭐️ Marcellous Jackson tells me he has scheduled the following unofficial visits.

• Oklahoma St - 10/2
• California - 10/16"

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24/7 High School Hoops: "NEWS: 2025 4⭐️ Nicholas Randall is down to three schools, he told

LeagueRDY:

• Missouri
• San Francisco
• Creighton

Randall will make his college announcement this coming Monday. He’s playing his senior season for AZCompass_Prep."

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"How Warriors’ Gary Payton II was shaped by 2 years at Salt Lake Community College"

Gotta loves guys who make it on hustle, grit and smarts.

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The Toronto Raptors defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 115-107 on Friday. From the game report: "(Jonathan (USF) Mogbo finished with 12 points, 9 rebounds (team-high 5 offensive), 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks, and was a game-high +21 ... Mogbo was flying around defensively, at one point, blocking a Maxey three-point attempt(!). On another possession, he flew in out of nowhere to grab the offensive rebound, then feed an open Dick for a triple. Mobgo then jumped the passing lane at the logo and eventually earned a pair of free throws. Speaking of free throws..." Mogbo shot 6-6 after finishing the season with the Dons at 52%.

Mogbo was the 31st selection, going in round two of the NBA draft.

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6-foot-8 Panola Junior College (TX) wing Travis Torain will visit University of Pacific on Thursday. He's out of Tracy. San Jose State University has also offered.

Zach Smart: "Highly skilled floor stretcher with efficiency from 3-point range, smooth middy, length and versatility."

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Ryder Bush: "After a great visit, I am grateful to have received a D1 offer from Fresno State University! Thank you to Coach Harris and the rest of the staff for believing in me!"

Bush is a 6-foot-2 2025 guard attending Archbishop Riordan and known for his plus athleticism and defensive effect.

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