News Bits
Cal Poly has fired basketball coach John Smith, although he will coach the final three games for the Mustangs. Smith has remained classy despite the perennial difficulties in winning games in San Luis Obispo. He is currently 26-89 in four seasons.
Granted, there are a finite number of D1 head coach positions, let alone those that come available each post-season but the question needing to be asked is can anyone win/succeed at Cal Poly?
Previously, Joe Callero was fired after ten seasons in San Luis Obispo. He had two winning seasons, finishing with an overall 126-184 record.
Callero took over from Kevin Bromley who compiled a 99-145 record, with three winning seasons in eight years.
Maybe Cal Poly needs to return to the D2 California Collegiate Athletic Association?
Might Chico State's Greg Clink have interest in moving to San Luis Obispo? But would Clink see something beyond a coach-killing program? Also, Coach Perry Webster of Fullerton College is a SoCal local who has enjoyed a tremendous run in Orange County.
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Verbal Commits: "2024 Chabot College (CA) G Zach Broadous has received an offer from South Carolina State."
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Verbal Commits: "2024 Chabot College (CA) G Noah (Pleasant Valley High/Oregon Tech) Thomas has received an offer from South Carolina State."
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Chabot all conference selection Makaio (James Logan High) Mims has missed a number of games due to a high ankle sprain and a bone bruise.
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Two Skyline College talents recognized:
Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to Milandev Chatha. Out of Fremont HS in Sunnyvale, Dev was top 10 in scoring (14.8 ppg), rebounding (6.5 rpg) & FG% (52.2%) for the Coast-North. He's a committed student-athlete, earning a 3.86 gpa this Fall, studying engineering. Fierce competitor & fantastic teammate."
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Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to Achilles Woodson. Out of Riordan HS, Achilles was top 5 in scoring (17.2 ppg) & rebounding (7.2 rpg) in the Coast-North. He also led our team in assists (3.3 apg) & made FT’s. He puts a ton of pressure on the defense and has grown into a great leader on the floor."
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"Oregon Ducks center N’Faly Dante building house for his mother in Mali with NIL money"
Not Nor Cal-related but this was nice to read rather than what $80,000 car he is driving.
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6-foot-10, 240 Indiana State sophomore Robbie Avila doesn't look the part but he's averaging 17.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Will there be a run on goggles by our basketballin' youth?
You Tube watch
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Team Lillard B-Ball: "Excited to welcome Caeden Hutcherson to the Team Lillard Family."
He's 6-foot-4, in the 2026 class and attending Archbishop Mitty.
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Marcel Longmire: After a great visit I’m excited to announce my commitment to continue my academic and basketball career at Regis College.I wanna thank my parents for supporting and my coaches for pushing me.Go pride!"
The 6-foot-4 Longmire attends Jesse Bethel High in Vallejo. Regis College is in Massachusetts.
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College of the Sequoias Coach Dallas Jensen is already preparing for next season with the signing of 6-foot-6 wing Ahmad Clark. Out of Georgia, he is the brother of current COS 6-foot-9 sophomore Cameron Clark.
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Game Scores
CalPac Conference scores, Fri, Mar 1
- UC Merced 62, Benedictine Mesa 55 full box score. Merced's Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown shot very poorly from the floor (3-17) but went 11-11 at the foul line to finish with 17 points, and also grabbed 12 rebounds.
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NCAA scores, Sat, Mar 2
- South Carolina 82, Florida 76 full box score. Guard Zyon (College Park High/UC Riverside) Pullin totaled 18 points, seven assists and four boards in the loss. His transfer to Gainesville proved fruitful with his thus far 15.4 points per game on 43%, 44% and 85% shooting respectively plus 129 assists versus 31 TOs.
- Arizona 103, Oregon 83 full box score. With 21 points (8-10, 2-2, 3-6 shooting), Keshad (Envision Academy/San Leandro High) Johnson picked up from his insubstantial play of late.
- Sacramento State 73, Portland State 61 full box score. Austin (Sonora High/Wofford) Patterson continued his impressive play of late with 15 points and seven boards.
- Montana 80, Idaho 57 full box score. Te'Jon (Salesian Prep/Cal Baptist/CCSF) Sawyer tallied 14 points and led with eight boards for the victors. EJ (Balboa Prep/CCSF) Neal's 15 points paced the Vandals.
- New Orleans 87, Incarnate Word 80 full box score. Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman provided 20 points and seven assists in the loss.
- Washington State 77, UCLA 65 full box score. WSU's Jaylen (Folsom High/Sonoma State) Wells enjoyed 27 points, going 10-10 at the free throw line.
- Santa Clara 69, San Francisco 62 full box score. The Dons shot just 35% overall, 27% on 26 trey attempts and earned but 12 free throws. The Broncos made 10 more free throws.
- Utah 88, California 59 full box score
- Gonzaga 70, St. Mary's 57 full box score
- UNLV 68, San Jose State University 50 full box score
- San Diego 81, Pacific 69 full box score
- Texas Tech 81, West Virginia 70 full box score. Chance (Bethel High/Golden State Prep/ Grand Canyon) McMillian enjoyed 19 points for TT, shooting 5-11 from three-point range.
CA Community College state championship tournament scores, Sat, Mar 2
- College of the Sequoias 77, Santa Rosa Junior College 56 full box score. For COS, Jose Cuello tallied 31 points
- San Jose City College 78, West Hills Lemoore 72
- Sacramento City College 88, Columbia College 84 "Sid Duplessis scores 25 and 'Money' Lott adds 24 as the Panthers beat Columbia 88-84 to advance to Round 3 of the CCCAA NorCal Regionals"
- West Valley College 84, Los Medanos College 51
- Cabrillo College 97, Fresno City College 79 Game report from Santa Cruz Sentinel.
- Yuba College 63, Skyline College 51
- College of the Redwoods 86, Chabot College 78 Chabot box score
- City College San Francisco 72, Gavilan College 63
PacWest Conference, Sat, Mar 2
- Point Loma 60, Academy of Art 57 full box score. PL won on the road.
- Biola 62, Dominican 52 full box score. Ditto for Biola.
- Azuza Pacific 70, Fresno Pacific 58 full box score. AP also won on the road.
- Hawai'i Hilo 70, Hawai'i Pacific 52 full box score. In the loss, Diggy (Chabot College) Winbush posted a line of 16 points and five assists.
- Westmont 73, Concordia University Irvine 71 full box score
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NCAA scores, Sun, Mar 3
- Colorado 81, Stanford 71 full box score
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