News Bits
6-foot-8, 200, former Archbishop Mitty forward Derek Sangster has transferred from Princeton to UC Davis. He played just 49 minutes last season as a freshman.
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It looks like 6-foot-5 2024 wing/guard Caleb Asante will be playing for reigning state champion West Valley College and Coach Danny Yoshikawa next season as Asante's Twitter page contains this updated information.
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Antoine Almuttar: "After an amazing conversation with coach mscherb2. I am blessed to say I have received a Division I scholarship from the University of Cal Berkeley! Thank you mscherb2 markmadsen!"
The 2026 Almuttar is a 6-foot-4, 215 prospect in the Houston area.
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Armon Almuttar: "After a great conversation with mscherb, I am extremely blessed to announce I’ve received another Division 1 offer from the University of Cal Berkeley!! Thank you mscherb, Mark Madsen and the rest of the Cal MBB coaching staff.
6-foot-4, 210 and 2026 are his important numbers.
They are twins and heralded two-way talents.
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"Three (Chico State) Wildcats Honored by NABC for Academic Prowess"
Josh (Central Catholic High) Hamilton, Adam (three years at West Valley College) Affifi and Maxwell (Soquel High) Walters are the trio.
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"Golden State Warriors' Biggest Mistakes In 2024 Offseason"
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A one year contract for a new D1 college basketball coach. Huh?
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Team Lillard Basketball: "Kellen Hampton has showed his improvement on the defensive side of the ball, rebounding and transition play all year. Kellen is able to switch on to bigger guards and post players contesting their shots and getting back in the play to rebound with ease."
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Basketball Recruitment: "2025 6'8 PF Michael Simcoe has trimmed his list to the following schools.
Finalists:
- Northwestern
- Washington
- California
- BYU
- UC Irvine
- UC Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara"
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Basketball Recruitment: "2025 6'1 PG Gavin Hightower has received an offer from Arkansas State.
Hightower also holds offers from Long Beach St, Iona, Cali, UT-Arlington, UCSB, Loyola Marymount, New Mexico, Washington St, High Point, and Sacramento State."
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Basketball Recruitment: "2025 6'3 PG Ryan Burbach has received an offer from Cornell. Burbach also holds offers from Sacramento St, Manhattan, and Northern Illinois. Cal Poly now too."
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UC Davis Men's Basketball: "Microwave ♨️ Excited to announce the addition of Carl Daughtery Jr. to the Aggie family ahead of the 2024-25 season!"
Daughtery Jr. stands 6-foot-3 and is transferring from the University of Central Arkansas. He averaged 9.9 points per game this past season.
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"Athletic combo forward joins Cal Poly Humboldt men’s basketball"
6-foot-8 Jaeden Hutchins should prosper at Humboldt.
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6-foot-9 Landon (Will C. Wood High) Seaman returns for his senior season at Menlo College (NAIA) after leading both his team and Golden State Athletic Conference in total points, total rebounds, points per game, rebounds per game and field goal percentage. He averaged 19.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game and earned GSAC Player of the Year for his production.
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From DonSolo96 comes: "...it turns out that Isa Silva is a walk-on..."
Silva is a point who transferred to San Francisco from Long Beach State. He graduated from Jesuit High in Sacramento after a heralded prep tenure and initially signed with Stanford.
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"4-star SF Winters Grady names final 9 schools"
Derek Murray: "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2025 Winters Grady has set the following visits:
- New Mexico - August 22
- Michigan - August 29
- lowa - September 7
- Colorado - September 11
- Oklahoma - September 21
- Oregon - October 12
Top-10 in both scoring (19.3 PPG) and efficiency (1.06 PPP) this year in 3SSB."
The 6-foot-7 Grady is at Prolific Prep and enjoyed a terrific AAU summer.
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