News Bits
COS guard Jose Cuello has committed to Maryland Eastern Shore. He's still not landing at the level his talent should place him but at least he's closer to home (New York City) than his previous commit (Southeastern Louisiana).
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Ersin Demir offers close to 2,500 words in detailing his choices of the college players who will earn All-American status next season. This guy is prolific and deserves signing up for a subscription.
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"FORMER HORNET ZACH CHAPPELL RETURNS; NAMED ASSISTANT MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH"
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Simply Basketball: "Jalen Stokes (2025) will be attending Dougherty Valley this 2024-25 school year!"
The 6-foot-5 guard was attending Dublin High.
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Verbal Commits: "2026 Tri-Cities (GA) F Jalan Wingfield has received an offer from California."
Wingfield stands 6-foot-7.
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JUCO Offers: "Lewis Sanchez (6’3/G) of Modesto Junior College is looking to transfer. Sanchez is a microwave who can heat up at anytime and scores in bunches. Played the sixth man role this season and averaged double figures! High iq guy as well. GPA- 4.0."
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Kaden Powers: "After a good meeting I am blessed to announce that I have received an offer from the University of Washington!!! Thank you Coach Sprinkle and staff!"
The 6-foot-5 2025 guard is out of Rainer Beach so it looks like his earlier offers such as the one from San Francisco are realistically nil and void.
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Robert Icart: "2025 Peyton White has been officially offered by UC Davis."
San Jose State University also recently offered White, a 6-foot-5 wing. UC Riverside, Portland, Cal St Fullerton, Rice, Montana St, Montana, Cal Poly, HPU, Weber State and Samford are also official suitors.
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Robert Icart: "2025 PG Isaiah Johnson has been offered by UC Davis."
Rice and Weber State also recently extended offers to the 6-foot-1 SoCal point.
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Archbishop Riordan point Semetri Car received an offer from San Francisco on July 26. He visited on August 3. Stanford has also offered as have numerous others.
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It's hard to believe that 6-foot-5 2025 guard Gavin (Modesto Christian High/West Coast Elite) Sykes hasn't generated more attractive offers than Vermont, Sam Houston, California, Long Beach St, Southern Utah, San Jose St, Montana, Sacramento St, and UC Riverside.
California is the ringer at this point, especially considering the Bears now play in the ACC.
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Simply Basketball: "Roy Bishop (2026) will be attending Fremont HS (Oak) next season! The electric guard was at Berkeley HS last season! "
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John Bynum Jr.: "Nate Behr (Mendocino College) has committed to Evergreen State College. Behr averaged 7.8 points and 10.2 rebounds last season for the Eagles."
The 6-foot-7 Behr is out of Montana and Evergreen State College is located in Olympia WA.
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Gavilan College Men's Basketball: "Congratulations to Kashwell Pugh on signing a scholarship with Doane University Men’s Basketball to further his education and continue his basketball career! Big time young man right here!"
Pugh is a 6-foot-7, 175 sophomore out of Andrew Hill High. Doane U is located in Nebraska.
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Verbal Commits: "2025 Colorado Prep (CO) G Josiah Sanders has received an offer from Stanford."
Sanders is a 6-foot-5 point with a 4.0 grade point average. He has a pair of official visits scheduled:
- August 29th - Colorado
- October 11th - Tennessee"
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"Ateneo Blue Eagles recruit 6-foot-8 wing player Kymani Ladi"
Ladi attended Merritt College and is a native of Vallejo." The Ateneo Blue Eagles are the collegiate varsity teams of the Ateneo de Manila University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines."
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