Potpourri, Oct 16

 "6-foot-6 Zion Wilburn, formerly of Pinole Valley High is moving on once more, heading from Veritas Prep in southern California to Arizona Compass Prep as his current Twitter heading indicates.

Current SJSU Assistant Coach Ed Gipson is a year out of heading the Arizona Compass prep program and that may prove important down the road but Wilburn has plenty of pursuers including an official visit taken to Samford University, offers from SJSU, USF, Montana, Weber State, Cal Poly and Cal Baptist.

His relative Gavin Wilburn recently signed with Tarleton State in Texas. 

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"The Warriors prioritized basketball smarts this offseason. It’s looking like a sharp decision."

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"St. Mary's is predicted to finish ahead of Gonzaga. link

Nor Cal locals and regionals on the current Gael roster

With an elevation of 199 feet, 17,000+ residents and being home (at the time) to 2014 National Scrabble Championship winner Conrad Bassett-Bouchard, will the Moraga City Council soon re-name any streets in town to Aidan Mahaney Drive?  

How much would such an act translate into an NIL individual player value? Could Mahaney also then impose eminent domain proceedings on any homes situated there? 

That's why the major of pre-law will never go out of vogue. Anyways, where did we lose the basketball direction here?

Here are the other Nor Cal locals and regionals on the current Gael roster:

  • 6-foot  sophomore walk-on guard Cade Bennett, Campolindo High (that name sounds familiar)
  • 6-foot-7 redshirt freshman Kevin Gad, Granada High
  • 6-foot-9 forward Mason Forbes, Harvard University
  • 6-foot-6 guard/wing redshirt junior Luke Barrett, Piedmont High
  • 7-foot-1 center Andrew McKeever, Granada High

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Who on Coach David Patrick's 2023-24 Sacramento State roster possesses Nor Cal bonafides?

  • 6-foot-1 190 senior guard Brandon Bettson is out of Salesian Prep.
  • 6-foot-190 freshman guard Michael Wilson is out of Sacramento High.
  • 6-foot-2 190 junior guard Julia Vaughns is out of St. Patrick St. Joseph, Chico StateCCSF and University of Alberta.
  • 6-foot-3, 185 junior guard Austin Patterson is out of Sonora High and Wofford. 

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Simpson University's Northern California talents

New Simpson University Head Coach David Cone has a number of northern California talents as his disposal this season, including:

  • 5-foot-11 freshman point Kellen Torrey is a freshman out of California High in San Ramon.
  • 6-foot-1 senior Jonny Cruz is a senior out of Foothill High in Redding.
  • 6-foot point Trey Conrad is a redshirt junior out of Kelseyville High in Redding.
  • 6-foot-5 forward Jaiden Piercey is a sophomore out of Redding Christian High.
  • 6-foot-5 forward San Shields is a sophomore out of Rio Americano High.
  • 6-foot-4 Derek Gorton is a junior out of Red Bluff High.

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Coach Mark Darnall has taken over the top spot at William Jessup University and a quartet of Northern Californian-ers dot Darnall's initial roster as a head coach:

  • Xavier Lovelace, wing, 6-foot-6, 200 lbs senior Placer High
  • Troy Crighton, guard 5-foot-10, 170 lbs freshman Sheldon High .
  • Wyatt Studer, wing 6-foot-7, 190 lbs freshman Eastvale, CA  (near Fresno)
  • Jake King, wing 6-foot-5 195 Concord, CA Clayton Valley Charter HS

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UC Merced Coach Kevin Pham

UC Merced Coach Kevin Pham continues to do a remarkable job and has landed a large group of new Nor Cal talents:

  • Chris Bramah, Guard 6-foot-4 180 senior Foothill College
  • Aidan Sevilla, Guard 6-foot-0 junior formerly of Regis University/Dougherty Valley High
  • Myles Haynes, Forward 6-foot-6 junior Grant High (Sacramento)
  • Skylar Robinson, Forward 6-foot-8 senior Dublin High/Chabot College/ Metro State
  • Blake Hudson, Guard 6-foot-3 Dougherty Valley High
  • Cameron Brown, Guard 6-foot-2 sophomore Bishop O'Dowd High
  • Evin Goodman, Guard 6-foot-2 freshman Salesian Prep
  • John Taylor, Guard 6-foot-0 freshman The King's Academy
  • Joseph Ajiake, Guard 6-foot-5 senior Bellarmine College Prep
  • Jason Mertle, Forward 6-foot-6 senior Clear Lake High
  • Austin Dewes, Forward 6-foot-10 freshman Alhambra High
  • Landon Edmond, Forward, 6-9, 220, freshman, Dougherty Valley High

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