Potpourri, Apr 26

News Bits

Team Rampage Basketball: "Congrats to our own Brandon Bracy on accepting an assistant role at 

@SJDCBasketball!!"

Good for him! His efforts have improved Bay Area basketballers for some time now. Delta got a good one.

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Verbal Commits: "Former Vanderbilt 6-foot-6 G Jason Rivera-Torres is transferring to San Francisco." Full Article

He will be a sophomore next season.

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Zion Sensley has departed from St. Mary's before he even arrived. The chatter is that he will join Assistant Coach Justin Joyner at Michigan. That's one of the reasons given for Aidan Mahaney's leaving with NIL $$$ also a factor.

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"Report: St. Mary's transfer guard Aidan Mahaney amidst visits to Creighton, Virginia, Kentucky, UConn"

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Joe Tipton: "Oregon State transfer guard Jordan Pope has committed to Texas, he tells On3sports. The 6-2 sophomore averaged 17.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game this season."

Pope is out of Freedom High and Prolific Prep. Oregon State will again be below .500 next season and Pope deserves the chance to play for a successful team.

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Jeff Borzello: "Stetson transfer Jalen Blackmon is down to five schools, sources told ESPN.

  • Miami
  • BYU
  • Northwestern
  • Cal
  • Villanova

Ranked 10th nationally in scoring at 21.3 PPG, scored 43 points in ASUN title game to advance to the NCAA tournament. One of the best shooters in the portal.

He would be a great get for the Bears.

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Jon Rothstein: "Chance McMillan is returning to Texas Tech next season and will use his additional year of eligibility, per his IG page."

Good news for TT.

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Jon Rothstein: "Illinois' Coleman Hawkins tells me that he will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft with the intention of staying in."

A second rounder in the draft.

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UC Davis Men's Basketball: "OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL Welcome to the family, Nils Cooper."

Cooper is a 6-foot-6 (taller than his Dad) combo guard out of the Southland and the son of Michael Cooper.

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Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to Sean Richardson (Burlingame HS) on signing his scholarship with University of St. Francis. He posted a career 40% 3FG, and nearly 2.5:1 assist:turnover ratio. He’s another example of a LOCAL player achieving #SkylineSuccess. PROUD he represents our #SkylineMBBFam."

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Modesto Junior College Men's Basketball: "Excited to welcome 6’4 Guard Darius Smith of Modesto Christian High School to the Pirate family. Darius was named an All State Player during his high school career."

Smith got derailed by a knee injury but, if healthy, he'll really help.

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Recruits Zone: "2025 prospect Jalen Stokes tells me that he has heard recently from UC Davis, San Francisco, and Bowling Green.

Averages this HS season:

  • 19.4 PPG
  • 8.3 RPG
  • 1.6 APG
  • 1.6 SPG
  • 53.5 FG
  • 36.2 3FG%

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Semetri Carr: "Blessed to receive an offer from USC. Thank you to Coach Musselman and the staff for believing in me!"

The backcourt star of The Branson School, he should be a national recruit.

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Joe Tipton: "NEWS: Stanford transfer Andrej Stojakovic is down to three schools, source tells

On3sports: Kentucky, North Carolina, and Cal. The former McDonald’s All-American is finalizing a visit to Kentucky for this weekend."

Thought he might return once Kyle Smith arrived. 

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Fedrick Pernell: "Go Gators."

The 6-foot-2 Pernell is headed to San Francisco State. He's finishing up at Sacred Heart Cathedral.

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Tobias Aisien: "AG2G! 100% committed infinite101 APUMBB."

A 6-foot-5 guard out of Bishop O'Dowd, Aisien is heading to Azuza Pacific

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