Potpourri, Mar 20

News Bits

Tallis Toure: "Excited to announce my commitment to Washington State University. Go Cougs!!"

A budding 6-foot-11 talent going to play for Kyle Smith. Great choice. A wonderful young man, Tallis is out of West Park High in Roseville

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"Commentary: A possible solution to the basketball problem"

Is there any light, however dim at the moment, on the horizon for San Jose State University to have enough NIL dollars to attract and keep plus talent in order to have a successful program?

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"West Valley Becomes Fifth Unbeaten Champion"

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Ygnacio Valley High: "Exciting news for SF State Gators basketball fans! 🏀 YVHS Basketball Star Center Evan McKnight signs letter of intent to join the Gator family!! Let's wish him well @  SFSU and look out for an incredible season next year."

McKnight stands 6-foot-11 and weighs 230. 

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Transfer Portal for Playing Time: "CBB Transfer Portal Spotlight:

Grady Lewis, 6'9" 225, Forward, Cal State East Bay (D2, ) 2 Years of Eligibility Remaining

2023-24 Stats (29 Games): 15 PPG, 8 RPG, 1 APG, 1 BPG, 69 FG%, 54 Career Starts, 789 Career Points"

Lewis should be pursued by many. He's out of Arizona.

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Joe Tipton: "Penn transfer Clark Slajchert has heard from the following schools since entering the portal, his agent Daniel Poneman tells On3sports:

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•  UCLA •  Clemson
•  Penn State •  Loyola-Chicago
•  Cal •  Texa A&M
•  Rutgers •  San Francisco
•  SMU •  Vermont
•  Wyoming •  GW
•  Santa Barbara •  Santa Clara
•  New Mexico •  NIU
•  Davidson •  UCSD
•  Montana State •  Towson

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Trilly Donovan: "Two names to watch at Stanford: Kyle Smith and Mitch Henderson"

Henderson heads the Princeton program.

Stanford is a program where your salary value gets cut in half just because of housing costs.

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The Portal Report: "Concordia-Irvine (D2) transfer Kobe Sanders has heard from the following schools in the portal, he told The Portal Report:

•  Northeastern (D1) •  Regis (offered)
•  Cal State East Bay •  Colorado Christian
•  Southern Arkansas •  Fort Lewis
•  Cal Poly Humboldt   

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Warren Sharp: "this is the worst foul call I’ve ever seen"

Go right here and I think you'll agree. Did the ref blink too long? Did he for some reason get flustered? He never saw any contact, just reacted to the clumsiness of the player with the ball. Maybe his thought process was 'nobody could be that dorky, he must have been tripped, or something.'

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Kyle Monk: "Thank you Fresno Pacific for a great 2 years. Thank you to the staff, my teammates, and the institution for allowing me to grow as a person. Fresno will forever be home. However, I will be entering my name in the transfer portal as a true sophomore looking for a new home!"

The 6-foot-3 Monk is out of Grigori High (Modesto).

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"Final 2023-24 Top 25 California High School boys basketball rankings (3/15/2024)"

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Verbal Commits: "UC San Diego G Michael Pearson, Jr. has entered the transfer portal."

Out of Modesto Christian, Pearson has been on the border for three years but sat out last season due to injury. This season, he played 96 minutes in 13 games.

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"BIG 5 BOYS — Arcata Tigers sophomore wins second MVP award"

Luke Lemke owns high school football and basketball up Arcata way.

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Game Scores.

CCAA scores, Mon, Mar 18

  • Cal State San Bernardino 74, Azuza Pacific 67 full box scoreCoach Gus Argenal and his squad keep going. Their next game is Tuesday, the 26th in Indiana, as part of the Division Two Elite 8.

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