Potpourri, May 29

News Bits

John Bynum Jr.: "Money Lott (Sacramento City) has received an offer from Academy of Art University. Lott averaged 21.0 points and 10.9 rebounds last season for the Panthers."

and

John Bynum Jr.: "Dajon “Money” Lott (Sacramento City) has received an offer from Western Washington University. Lott averaged 21.0 points and 10.9 rebounds last season for the Panthers."

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Coach Nick Podesta is heading south.

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John Bynum Jr.: "Milandev Chatha (Skyline) has received an offer from Doane University. Chatha averaged 15.2 points and 6.3 rebounds last season for the Trojans."

Doane is located in Nebraska.

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Simply Basketball: "Vaughn Long has committed to the University of Portland."

He is a 6-foot-6 shooting guard out of Granada High. His first name is actually NaVaughn.

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"Knicks associate head coach Johnnie Bryant will be considered for Cavaliers HC job"

Born in Oakland, Bryant graduated from Bishop O'Dowd and CCSF.

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Cal Berkeley has been extremely active in player procurement of late:

Eric Reibe: "Extremely blessed to receive an offer from the University of California."

He's a 7-foot, 230 2025 prospect.

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Jake Lieberman: "Ifaola has been offered by Cal, he’s told me."

The above was piggybacked on another Lieberman tweet: "2025 prospect Tacko Ifaola out of Dream City Christian & Utah Prospects tells me that he's now hearing from LSU & Houston.

Offers: USC, Oklahoma State, St. John's, Providence & Seton Hall."

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Verbal Commits: "2026 Dream City Christian (AZ) G Ikenna Alozie has received an offer from California."

He's a 6-foot-4 backcourter.

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Verbal Commits: "2026 Springville (UT) F/C  Jamyn Sondrup has received an offer from California."

He stands 6-foot-8.

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Monte Vista Christian 6-foot point Vid Levak has signed with Simpson University.

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Derek Murray: "Utah State transfer Joshua Uduje has committed to San Jose State University. 6’5 G averaged 8.7 points per game & and was named MWC Sixth Man of the Year."

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Luke Laczkowski: "After a conversation with Coach Myers, I am grateful to receive an offer from Sacramento State University. Thank you to Coach Myers and the coaching staff for the opportunity."

The forward stands 6-foot-7 is a 2025 prospect and is a Texas hooper.

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Jon Rothstein: "Tyler Harris tells me that he will withdraw from the 2024 NBA Draft and play for Washington next season. Transfer from Portland."

Didn't need binoculars to see this coming. How Portland Coach Shantay Legans got Harris to the Rose City in the first place is truly amazing. He had to know he would lose Harris once the freshman started playing so well.

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Jaden Henderson: "Last ride!❤️ Heavenly Father thank you for another opportunity to go to school and play basketball on scholarship, I wouldn’t ask for any other journey. Thank you to the coaching staff at Concordia for making me feel at home, ready to get to work!"

The 6-foot-4 Henderson prepped at Antelope High and attended Midland College (TX), William Jessup, York University (NE) and now Concordia University/Irvine. Sacramento is his home town. He averaged 13.2 points per game last season.

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Verbal Commits: "2025 Mater East (NV) F Lonnie Bass, Jr. has received an offer from San José State."

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Recruits Zone: "2025 prospect Chase (Folsom High/Rose City Ballers) Rawlins tells me that he has started to receive interest from the following schools:

• Cal Poly
• Hawaii
• Chattanooga
• Navy
• Princeton
• Cal Baptist
• Loyola Chicago

Averaging 22 PPG, 6 RPG, & 4 APG on the Pro16 Puma Circuit."

Where is Sac State? UC Davis? San Jose State? USF? Santa Clara? Pacific?

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