"Recruitment Update: 2024 Jase Butler"
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Jase Butler: "Grateful to receive an offer from Grand Canyon University! Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."
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Aaron Claytor: "A week from today I will be narrowing down my top 5-7 schools. I am still praying, studying, and listening. Thank you!"
Claytor is a 6-foot-3 2024 point at Salesian Prep.
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Ryan Pettis: "Blessed to say that I have received a division 1 offer from Louisiana Tech !! Thank you Coach McClellan and the rest of Louisiana Tech staff."
He's a 2024 6-foot-4 combo guard.
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Jordy Mckenzie: "Blessed to receive my first Division 1 offer from Eastern Washington University! Thanks to Coach Riley and the rest of the coaching staff for believing in me and my abilities!"
Mckenzie is a 6-foot-4, 2024 guard at Archbishop Riordan.
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Bay City Warriors: "Congratulations to 2024 G Cole Boake on committing to Claremont Mudd Scripps! Cole had a big time junior season for SF University HS and has been one of the top players on our 17u Gauntlet team this spring/summer..."
Boake is a 6-foot-3 point.
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From "7 Mid-Majors Running It Back in 2023"
UC Davis
2022-23 Record: 18-14 (11-8)
2022-23 Kenpom Rankings: Offense - 183rd Defense - 145th Total - 159th
Returning Rotation Players: Elijah Pepper (s), Ty Johnson (s), Ade Adebayo (s), Robby Beasley (s), Kane Milling, Leo DeBruhl, Sione Losé , Niko Rocak
Summary: Meet Elijah Pepper, one of the best players in college that you probably know nothing about. The 6'4 guard averaged 22.5 points, 5.9 boards, 3.4 dimes, and 1.6 steals in 1,100 minutes for the Aggies on his way to 1st team All-Big West honors in 2023. The homegrown Pepper, already at 105 games played for UC Davis over 4 seasons, decided to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and come back for another tour of duty under longtime head coach Jim Les. This dude is just, quite frankly, a whole-ass bucket. Pepper ended last season on a 12-game consecutive run of scoring 20 or more points, with most of those games coming against the Big West's best. It's a massive deal for a team on the upswing like UC Davis to bring a player of that caliber back instead of losing him to the portal. His running mate Ty Johnson will be returning to the Aggies as well for this upcoming season. Ty himself averaged 14.5 points a contest last season and can hopefully improve his efficiency to take this offense to the next level. The Aggies will be best at getting to the charity stripe as a team, as they were 3rd in the nation in FTAs per game last season. While one of their volume foul-drawers (Christian Anigwe) won't be on the team for this upcoming season, Elijah and Ty shot 388 free throws between the two of them last year. The rest of the rotation rounds out nicely with a solid mix of outside shooting and rebounding. UC Davis does a nice job of putting their players in position to make plays, whether off of handoffs, staggered screens, back cuts, or in spread PnR. Defensively, they can force some turnovers and have enough size to be switchable 1-4 as well. The Big West will be daunting as always, but don't be surprised if Jim Les nets his first 20+ win season at UC Davis since 2017 thanks to a veteran nucleus of highly capable players."
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Jerry (Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep) Brown has joined the Eastern Washington coaching staff as an assistant.
"Jerry Brown
Brown was an assistant coach with the Denver Pioneers in 2022-23 after time as an assistant at the University of San Diego. Denver went 15-17 and had four matchups (2-2 record) against Big Sky opponents, including wins over Idaho and Idaho State. The Pioneers ranked first in the Summit League in field goal percentage (48.7) and rebound margin, and second in effective field goal percentage (52.9) and fastbreak points per game (9.09).
"Jerry brings a wealth of basketball knowledge to our team and his approach to coaching aligns with what we are about in our program," Riley noted.
Prior to Denver, Brown served three seasons as an assistant at the University of San Diego (2019-22). He also boasts stints as Director of Player Development at Stanford (2019), Director of Scouting and Game Preparation at UTEP (2018-19), video coordinator for the NBA's Detroit Pistons (2017-18) and operations manager for Team Esface Basketball Academy in Redwood City, Calif. (2016-17).
Originally from Richmond, Calif, Brown played three seasons at Fresno State (2009-13) and one at Santa Clara (2013-14). He was Santa Clara's leading rebounder and ranked second in blocks and free throw attempts. At Fresno, he earned the team's Defender of the Year Award in 2013 and was named All-WAC Fourth Team by College Sports Madness in 2011-12.
He went on to play professionally overseas for BCGO in France (2014-15) and the Iserlohn Kangaroos in Germany (2015-16).
Brown earned his bachelor's degree from Fresno State in 2013 and master's degree from Santa Clara in 2015."
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Ace Glass: "Blessed to received my 4th PAC-12 offer from the University of California Berkeley. Thank you for Coach Morgan and the entire staff for believing in me."
Gotta love both his names but it's too bad he not a center or a power forward working the boards. Instead he's a 6-foot-3 2025 guard out of southern California.
and
Verbal Commits: "2025 Putnam Science (CT) F/C Erhunmwunse Oswin has received an offer from California."
He stands 6-foot-10 and is a native of Nigeria.
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Verbal Commits: "2024 Mount Carmel (IL) G Angelo Ciaravino has received an offer from Stanford."
He's a 6-foot-6 shooting guard out of Chicago.
It being 'The Farm' campus, a Stanford education offer and the multitude of contacts you'll make in four years -- sign me up. I might never leave.
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Verbal Commits: "2024 Legacy Early College (SC) G Elijah Crawford has received an offer from Stanford."
He's a 6-foot-2, 2024 point out of Georgia.
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William Jessup University (NAIA) has gained the approval to move up to DII and join the PacWest Conference in 2024! They will compete their last season in NAIA this upcoming year.
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Transfer Portal For Playing Time: "News: Momentum is building in college basketball to shrink the Transfer Portal window from 60 to 30 days. The date that is being discussed to begin portal entries moving forward is the Monday after the end of the Elite Eight before the Final Four starts, per source.
If approved, this would be April 1, 2024 and close at midnight on May 1, 2024."
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"Chima Moneke reportedly joining Baskonia"
The 6-foot-6 frontcourter enjoyed a stellar tenure at UC Davis.
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Vallejo Times-Herald: "Cal Maritime Athletics seeks nominations for inaugural Hall of Fame class"
Brandon Cole: "If Coach Brian Rooney isn’t an unanimous selection I’d be SHOCKED!"
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Transfer Portal For Playing Time: "2022-23 CBB Transfer Portal Stats
As of today, of all the athletes that have committed to a new program, 1 out of 11 players who transferred this year went up in the portal, the rest have either transferred lateral or down.
If rosters were finalized today, 44% of players who entered the portal this year would not play NCAA basketball in the upcoming 2023-24 season."
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6-foot-10 Joey (Petaluma High/College of Marin/Oregon State) Potts completed his senior season at Oregon Tech averaging 12.0 points and 5.3 boards and a team high 65 blocked shots. Potts shot 60%, 44% and 66% (a team high 108 attempts) respectively.
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Kevin Sweeney: "Will Wade’s McNeese State team will play against a school called “Mississippi University for Women” which, surprisingly, also has men!"
Other highlights include Champion Christian (which lost to five D1 teams by 50+ points last season) and “College of Biblical Studies."
Imagine a guy explaining his graduation from Mississippi College for Women at a job interview. The flow might get sidetracked just a bit.
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