Potpourri, Mar 26

On Friday in the Big Dance, 5-foot-10 Darrion Trammell carried San Diego State over #1 Alabama 71-64. He's out of St. Ignatius, CCSF and Seattle.

"San Diego State's Darrion Trammell had a game-high 21 points, making nine of his 16 attempts from the field and 3 of 5 from 3-point range. He finished the game with five rebounds and a pair of steals while committing just one turnover."

 Ethan Kassell offers more.

On Sunday, Trammell hit the game winner.

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Also on Saturday in the Big Dance, graduate student Joey (Marin Catholic/San Diego) Calcaterra contributed eights points, three boards and a pair of steals in 14 minutes for the victors in Connecticut's 82-54 romp over Gonzaga.

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Dushawn London: "Grand Canyon sophomore Chance (St. Patrick-St. Vincent/Golden State Prep) McMillian has entered the transfer portal source tells @247SportsPortal. McMillian averaged 10.9 points and 2.2 assists this season shooting 44% from three."

Dushawn London: "McMillian has heard from Boise State, USC, LMU, Wyoming, Georgetown, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, and USCB source tells @247SportsPortal."

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"Four-star Zion Sensley setting sights on Geico Nationals, potential campus visits"

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Chabot Basketball: "Gladiator Sophomore 6’11 Terrence Craft has signed a full scholarship and is attending Bellevue University in Omaha, Nebraska (NAIA) D1"

Chabot Basketball: "Gladiator Basketball is excited about the commitment of 6’5 G Nikko Rodriguez (AOSS Prep/ LA Valley College transfer) Nikko has the ability to score at all 3 levels and plays with hi intensity on both ends."

Chabot Basketball: "Gladiator Basketball is excited about the commitment of 6’7 F Isaiah Harper from (Golden State Prep/Kapolei HS) Isaiah will bring toughness intensity on defense, rebounding and versatility on Offense!"

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Marc J. Spears: "Kennesaw State basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim interviewed for the Cal opening today over Zoom, source told @andscape. The 2023 ASUN Coach of the Year led the Owls to its first winning season in Division I history (23–8), first ASUN title and first NCAA Division I tournament."

Marc J. Spears: "Amir Abdur-Rahim is the brother of ex-Cal and NBA star Shareef Abdul-Rahim and also went to same Ga. high school as ex-Cal star Jaylen Brown, now with Celtics. The Pac-12 does not have any Black head men’s basketball coaches and Cal is interested in changing that, sources said.

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Jon Rothstein: " Sources: Utah Valley's Mark Madsen has emerged as a leading candidate for the head coaching vacancy at Cal. Madsen has won a combined 48 games in the past two seasons at Utah Valley."

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Aden Curry: "Blessed to receive an offer from Stanislaus State"

The back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League MVP is 6-foot-5, out of Santa Cruz High and sports a 4.0 grade point average.

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Cal State San Bernardino (31-4, 20-2) and the CCAA champs this season and featured a number of Northern California-connected players:

Former San Jose State University signee 6-foot Brandon Knapper led with 19.5 points per game, shooting 41%, 38% and 75%.

6-foot-6 Mamoud (Santa Teresa High/West Valley College) Fofana tallied 8.4 points plus 6.1 boards in 23 minutes a contest.

Kaijae (Santa Cruz High/Pepperdine) Yee-Stephens averaged 5.5 points in 12 minutes an outing shooting 49% on 67 three-point attempts.

Elijah (Bishop O'Dowd/ Washington/Portland State/Cal State Northridge) Hardy scored 5.1 points in 13.5 minutes a contestshooting 45% on 62 trey attempts.

Coach Andy Newman has Timmy (Dublin High/Montana) Falls as an assistant on his staff.

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"49ers DE Arik Armstead’s dad turned me and many others into basketball pros"

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6-foot-3 guard Junior (Modesto Christian/Cal Poly/Fresno State) Ballard closed out his college eligibility at Weber State by averaging 7.0 points per game. He finished second on the Wildcat team in 3-pointers with 37.

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"UConn's Dan Hurley doesn't just yell -- now he reads, listens and coaches differently"

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Back in November, Chico State signed 6-foot-7 Isaiah Brewington out of the prep ranks in southern California.

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"An ex-Golden Bear tries to explain how Cal men’s basketball got so bad"

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