News Bits
I know what I typed earlier but here are a few tidbits on deserving players and such that screamed for posting.
August 31, 2024
Chase Rawlins: "Thank you Coach Les and Coach Nosek for having me out on a visit today to UC Davis."
The 6-foot-6 2025 guard Rawlins and Guard U would be a good pairing. Let's see if a full court press happens. He plays AAU ball with Rose City Ballers and attends Folsom High.
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Derek Murray: "2026 Myles Jones (6’3 G) of Modesto Christian Basketball & Jalen Green Elite has earned an offer from Stanford."
It's a ways off but commit yesterday Mr. Jones. You will flourish under Coach Kyle Smith.
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Derek Murray: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’4 G) of Salesian Prep (CA) & Team Lillard has earned an offer from Pepperdine."
Good for him but at the risk of sounding like a broken record, where are the Nor Cal offers for Obenyah? C'mon, do not allow him to depart from Nor Cal!
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Ryan Silver: "Congrats to Coach Josh Calbert Assistant Coach at Pepperdine. Coach Calbert has worked extremely hard and done an amazing job building relationships. Home run hire for Coach Schilling. Very grateful for Coach Schilling and Coach Rigot. Coach Calbert young star in business."
The pride of Pittsburg, CA, Calbert assisted at Deer Valley High and Salesian Prep before jumping into the college ranks with South Dakota and Arkansas Little Rock. That's called paying dues. Calbert will be working to create a steady flow of Nor Cal talent to Malibu.
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Skyline Basketball: "Excited to welcome back former Trojan Matt Fochtman to our program as an assistant coach. As a soph, he led our team in scoring, rebounding, blocks, & FG%. He then signed a full scholarship. Looking forward to the positive impact he will have on our young men."
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Mario Gomez: "The NorCal Jamboree will be back at City College San Francisco on September 28th & 29th. 4-Year college coaches please contact me via email 📧 at mgomez@ccsf.edu for packet/jamboree info."
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Derek Murray: "2027 Godson Okokoh (6’8 F) of SoCalAcademy has received offers from Arizona State 🔱🔱 & California 🐻🐻."
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Derek Murray: "⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2026 Delano Tarpley (6’10 C) of SoCalAcademy has received an offer from California. 🐻🐻."
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Derek Murray: "2026 Caleb Sanders (6’7 W) of NTChoops & nightrydaselite will be taking an official visit to California on September 14th."
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Recruits Zone: "Top-55 2026 prospect Miles Sadler tells me that the following schools are the latest to reach out to him:
- New Mexico
- Texas
- New Mexico State
- Oklahoma
- Arizona
- Stanford
- LSU
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Simply Basketball: "Ry Atkins (2025 6’7 Modesto Christian) has received an offer from Air Force."
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JUCO Recruiting: "2025 6’9 F Moustapha Loum from Frank Phillips College (TX) has been offered by San Jose State."
Loum is from Senegal/France and weighs 200 pounds.
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September 1, 2024
"Senque Carey joins Pacific Tigers Coaching Staff"
Although Pacific recruiting will always be Canadian-centric to a degree, Carey will be able to get into the front doors of enough Cali prospects to make his hire valuable.
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Swarthmore Men's Basketball: "Last but not least, a combo guard from Northern California, Zander Jimenez!"
Out of Salesian Prep, the 6-foot-4 Jimenez is headed to Swarthmore College (PA) where classes were first held in 1869. His 4.57 grade point average came in handy as the school accepted 7.78% of 13,012 applicants. Swarthmore is very notable for meeting 100% of admitted student demonstrated need without use of student loans for all 1,647 acceptees.
In regards to men's basketball, Swarthmore reached the NCAA Division III Championship Game for the first time in the 2018-19 season. The 2019–20 team began the season 26–0 and were the last unbeaten team remaining out of all of Division I, II and III. The Garnet finished 21-9 last season, 28-4 the season before.
Philadelphia is located about 11 miles away from the Swarthmore campus.
The link to our August 2023 Jimenez feature.
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September 2, 2024
Noticed on a Reddit Pepperdine Men's Basketball message board that incoming freshman guard Jaydon (Golden State Prep) Russotti has been crossed out as a member of the newcomer Wave talents. Reaching out has produced no further information but will try to find out what is going on in this situation. The young man is a marvelous three-point shooter and should land elsewhere before school begins but time is getting tight.
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Julian Vaucher: Excited to announce to have received an offer to Southern Oregon University. Thank you to Coach Zosel and the Rose City Ballers."
The 6-foot-7 Vaucher attends Las Lomas High and plays AAU ball with the Rose City Ballers.
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Damien Rease: "After a great workout and conversation with Coach Zosel, I am blessed to have received my first offer from Southern Oregon University!!!"
The 6-foot-2 Rease attends Weston Ranch High and plays AAU ball with the Rose City Ballers.
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September 5, 2024
Jasir Rencher: "Down to 5. Thank you to all the coaches, staffs and programs that have been apart of my journey. No cut ties… much love ❤️"
It's an interesting quintet. No major program a la a Kansas or a Kentucky.
California offered as did USF and SJSU.
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Shane O'Reilly: "Time to work! American University Men's Basketball."
O'Reilly is a 6-foot-3 sharpshooting guard out of Campolindo High and most recently Northfield Mount Hermon School. Injuries have hampered O'Reilly's court appearances since his move to Massachusetts. But he has landed in Washington D.C. as a college backcourter.
The biggest question is whether or not O'Reilly is a walk-on or a scholarshipped player? AU men's basketball message boards don't yet have an answer, posting that he likely is the former. His formal listing on the AU roster doesn't specify. We'll try and get an answer.
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"Former top prospect Jalen Lewis has eyes on the NBA"
The 6-foot-10 Lewis is out of Bishop O'Dowd.
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