Potpourri, Mar 18

News Bits

Florida is the #7 seed in the South Region and will face either Boise State or Colorado on Friday. That faceoff will give Zyon (College Park High/UC Riverside) Pullin his first Big Dance appearance.

Chance (St. Patrick-St.Vincent/Bethel High/Golden State Prep) McMillian is going back  to the Big Dance. He transferred to Texas Tech after three years at Grand Canyon and the Lone Star Staters are a sixth seed in the South Region versus #11 seed North Carolina State. But this isn't something new as McMillian as Grand Canyon earned a March Madness invite in 2021. Two times in his college career — what are the odds?

Talk about odds. Senior Coleman Hawkins is with #3 Illinois. The Illini will face #13 Morehead State in the East Region on Thursday. Coach Brad Underwood's crew has enjoyed four straight trips to the Big Dance so its old hat.

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"The story behind an undefeated Silicon Valley college basketball powerhouse"

West Valley College hoops receives some well-deserved local press.

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Hoop Scoop Media:

Pepperdine transfer Cord Stansberry tells us he has heard from:

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•  Chattanooga •  Montana State
•  Weber State •  Northern Arizona
•  Seattle •  UC Irvine
•  Cal State Fullerton •  Portland State
•  Gardner Webb •  Northeastern
•  UNC Wilmington •  Portland
•  Sacramento State •  Western Kentucky
•  Valpo •  Niagra
•  Stonehill  

"A team without a school? University of Antelope Valley playing out its season with no promise of future"

Michael (West High/Las Positas College/Chico State) Hayes is a senior at the now defunct school.

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Dayton Magana: "Blessed to receive an offer from Linfield University. Thank you to Sieg Levi and Alex Saindon for the opportunity!"

D3 Linfield is in Oregon.

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Lakeshow: "Please help us welcome 6-foot-5 Shamar Jones to our 17U team for this spring and summer. We are super excited to have Shamar in our program and have him help us win as many games as possible."

Related to 6-foot-4 Chris (Fresno State/SJSU) Jones out of Newark Memorial High.

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6-foot-7 Phil Ricci is now a member of the CCCMBCA Hall of Fame -- first announced back in January.

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No Sid Duplessis/Sac City anywhere? His final numbers: 20.0 ppg., 115 rebounds, 134 assists, 61 steals? C'mon.

CCCMBCA 2024 ALL-STATE TEAM

Coaches of Year — Perry Webster, Fullerton College — Danny Yoshikawa, West Valley College

Players of the Year — CJ Hardy, West LA College (G, 6-3 ,175, So, El Segundo/ Gardena, CA) &nbps; Elijah Mahi, West Valley College (F, 6-6, 200, So, Potters House/ Toronto, Canada)

Northern California

  • Demarreya Lewis-Copper Yuba College G 6-1 170, Fr Will C Wood/Vacaville, CA
  • Dajon Lott Sacramento City College F 6-8 230, So Elk Grove/Elk Grove, CA
  • Kai Jordan Columbia College G 6-2 185, So Universal Academy/Arlington, TX
  • Miles Amos San Francisco City College G 6-1 190, Fr Stuart Hall/ San Francisco, CA
  • Dylan Neufeld Siskiyous College G 6-0 160, So Grants Pass / Grants Pass, OR
  • Solomon Tucker Cabrillo College F 6-7 200, So Northside Christian Ad/Charlotte, NC
  • Darius Best Cabrillo College G 6-2 180, So Berry/Charlotte NC
  • Zach Broadous Chabot College G 6-4 185, So Arleta/Los Angeles, CA
  • Jose Cuello Sequoias College G 6-1 185, So Wings Academy/Harlem, NY
  • Rashaud Bradley Columbia College G 6-3 190, Fr Sheldon/Elk Grove CA
  • Shakir Odunewu West Valley College C 6-11 250, Fr Universal Academy/Dallas, TX

Southern California

  • Marcus Green Chabey College F 6-3 200, So Etiwanda/ Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  • Christian Watson Fullerton College G 6-5 180, Fr Long Beach Poly/ Long Beach, CA
  • Kjay Bradley, Jr San Diego City College G 6-1 175, So Crenshaw/Los Angeles, CA
  • Nick Hopkins Mt. San Antonio College G 6-5 180, So Aquinas/San Bernardino, CA
  • Miles Ceballos Cerritos College G 6-3 195, So Crossroads/Santa Monica, CA
  • Jack Benyshek Moorpark College G 5-10 165, Fr Shalhevet/Los Angeles, CA
  • Alex Crawford San Diego City College F 6-8 210, So Coronado/San Diego CA
  • Kai Smith Santiago Canyon College G 6-1 160, So La Habra/La Habra, CA
  • Jeremiah Davis Fullerton College G 6-3 190, So Fountain Valley/Fountain Valley, CA
  • Isaiah Skinner Mt. San Jacinto College G 6-6 200, So Xavier Prep/Palm Desert, CA
  • Dasean Stevens Mt. San Jacinto College G 6-3 180, So AOSS Prep/Corona, CA 

Honorable Mention (looks So Cal heavy to me)

  • Dean Abdur-Rahmann Pasadena City College G 6-4 187, So Atlantic County Inst of Tech/Atlantic City, NJ
  • Drew Ardouin Cuesta College G 6-4 181, So Atascadero/Atascadero, CA
  • Marland Harris West LA College C 6-9 215, So Westchester/Inglewood, CA
  • Brody Davis Chabey College F 6-5 210, So Santiago/Corona, CA
  • Keshawn Christian LA Pierce College G 6-4 190, So Iowa City/ Iowa City, Iowa
  • Mylo Santos Allan Hancock College G 6-3 175, So Dohn Prep/Washington Heights, NY
  • Tyrel Creger Citrus College G 6-2 175, So Owatonna/ Owatonna, MN
  • Kobe Smith MiraCosta College F 6-5 220, So Tyner Academy/ Chattanooga, TN
  • Jeremiah Dargan West Valley College G 6-4 195, So Clayton Valley Charter/Concord, CA
  • Trey Neb Redwoods College G 6-3 165, So North Medford/Medford, OR
  • Chris Holley Santa Rosa Junior College PG 6-2 180, So Jesuit/Sacramento

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D1 coach openings in CA:  Pacific, Stanford, Fresno State, Cal Poly, Long Beach State

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"We are told from the only person in America who has ever messaged us about Cal Poly (and this person has never messaged us about anything besides Cal Poly ) that St. Mary’s associate head coach Mickey McConnell will likely be the choice at Cal Poly." -- via Coaching Changes

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Nick Graves: "After a good talk with Dee Martin, i’m blessed to have received an offer from Waldorf University. All Glory to God."

WU is located in Iowa and is an NAIA school.

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Isaiah Hinds: "After an amazing talk with Coach Potts, I’m blessed to have received an offer from Warner Pacific University!"

WPU is located in Portland and is an NAIA school.

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Game Scores

NCAA scores, Fri, Mar 15

  • Houston 82, Texas Tech 59 full box score. For TT, Chance (Bethel High/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian tallied 15 points and added five rebounds. The Techies kept it close as #1 Houston had but a 32-29 lead after 20 minutes.
  • UC Davis 68, Hawai'i 65 full box score. Elijah Pepper led the Aggies with 24 points.
  • Florida 102, Alabama 88 full box score. Zyon (College Park High/UC Riverside) Pullin scored 19 points with four boards and three assists for the Gators.

CA Community College, Fri, Mar 15

It will be Yuba College versus West Valley College and College of the Sequoias taking on Fullerton in Saturday's semifinals. Now the quarterfinals matchups from Friday:

  • Yuba College 90, San Diego City College 83 full box score. Devon Malcolm led Yuba with both 27 points and eight rebounds. The victors shot 39 free throws to 21 for SDCC, making 25 to 14. game report
  • West Valley College 79, Cerro Coso College 64 full box score. The score was 42-25 at the half. WV's Elijah Mahi led with 26 points on 10-16 shooting. game report
  • College of the Sequoias 73, West Los Angeles College 71 full box score. Sequoias was one point better in each half. COS also enjoyed four players scoring in double figures. game report
  • Fullerton College 75, Cabrillo College 64 full box score FC shot 49% and held Cabrillo to 36%. game report 

CCAA scores, Fri, Mar 15

  • Chico State 78, Montana State Billings 64 full box score. All five Wildcat starters finished in double figures scoring.
  • Cal State San Bernardino 52, Alaska Anchorage 49 full box score. Coach Gus Argenal's squad pulled out a tight one here.
  • Azuza Pacific 60, Cal State Los Angeles 59 full box score AP stands at 15-16, CSLA 24-8.
  • Central Washington 110, Cal State Dominguez Hills 90 full box score

CalPac Conference, Fri, Mar 15

  • Huntington (IN) 85, Antelope Valley 71 full box score. Michael (West High/Las Positas College/Chico State) Hayes enjoyed a 21 point, 11 board double-double (plus five steals). The team were tied at 29 apiece at halftime. The season ends for AV.

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NCAA scores, Sat, Mar 16

  • Florida 95, Texas A&M 90 full box score. For the victors, Zyon (College Park High/UC Riverside) Pullin tallied 15 points on just six shot attempts, five assists and four rebounds.
  • Long Beach State 74, UC Davis 70 full box score

CA Community College scores, Sat, Mar 16

  • West Valley College 55, Yuba College 48 full box score WVC's Shakir Odenewu posted a 16 point, 14 rebound double-double. Devon Malcolm showed up for Yuba with 22 points and 12 boards. Neither team reached the 30 point mark in either half.
  • College of the Sequoias 71, Fullerton College 60 OT full box score COS scored 19 points in overtime to take the victory. Jaden (Hanford West High) Haire's 16 points and 13 rebounds stood out the most for COS.
  • It will be Sequoias versus West Valley at 3:30 on Sunday.

CCAA scores, Sat, Mar 16

  • Cal State San Bernardino 75, Chico State 73 full box score game report. Joshua (Central Catholic High) Hamilton led Chico with 28 points.

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NCAA or CA Community College scores, Sun Mar 17

  • Auburn 86, Florida 67 full box score. Guard Zyon (College Park High/UC Riverside) Pullin didn't shoot well (4-14) but finished with 15 points and seven boards in the loss. 
  • Illinois 93, Wisconsin 87 full box score. Coleman (Prolific Prep) Hawkins scored but seven points but did provide six rebounds, three assists and a pair of blocked shots.

CA Community College score, Sun, Mar 17 FINALS

  • West Valley College 59, College of the Sequoias 51 full box score. Sequoias was ahead by one point at the half. For the victors, Elijah Maji totaled a mighty 30 points and teammate Shakir Odenewu enjoyed 14 boards plus 13 points. For COS, guard Jose Cuello provided 27 points. West Valley runs the table at 33-0 and wins the state championship.

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