Coach Brandon Bracy's Team Rampage 17u

Team Rampage Coach Brandon Bracy has a 10-man squad this summer, heavily laden with local and regional talents and one currently possessing a 10-2 record. It's a team that pulls for one another, displaying no jealousy or envy. Here are Bracy's mini-descriptions of each talent:

Meet Team Rampage

• Jordan Magana 5’9’ - Central Catholic HS (2026): "Full of grit, tough but with more finesse than brother Dayton Magana (attending Linfield College in Oregon after graduating from San Joaquin Delta College), a leader on the court, a lefty who has been shooting the ball really, really well lately, he has hit significant shots for us, a point guard and a shooter."

• Tyler Bailey 6’4’ - Junipero Serra HS (2026): "He played 17u for us last year as a sophomore, a two-way player, he can defend the 1-3 positions, a good outside shooter, he was a role player last year, he's providing more leadership in a quiet way, has greater confidence, possesses a long wingspan."

• Jayson Powers 6’7’ - Gregori HS (2026): "An incoming senior who turns 17 in the Fall, he's grown a lot, attacks the basket well and has a great mid-range game. He rebounds well and enjoyed a few breakout performances over the summer."

• Alexander Hamblet 6’8’ - Phillips Exeter Academy (2027): "Out of Archie Williams High in Marin County, his father attend PEA, he's only a sophomore and has a 4.0+ grade point average, he shoots the three well, displays good instincts and is good defensively, he'll likely be a D1 high academic target."

• London Haskell 6’8’ - Skyline Prep AZ (2026): "Has a great mid-range game, he's a powerful jumper who runs the floor well, he had a game-winning dunk in overtime for us in April."

• Christian Taylor 6’6’- Skyline Prep AZ (2026): "A new player for us from Los Angeles, he played for the Jalen Green Elite last Spring, he's a strong guard who can handle the rock, this summer is his time to prove he can handle the point."

• Gavin Christian 6’5’ - South HS (2026): "He's like a glue guy who plays hard, possesses perimeter/wing skills, he can also play the four and the five spots, jumps off of two feet, the MVP of his (Bakersfield) league, he's more athletic than what he looks."

• Cliff Willis 6’1’ - South HS (2026): "Another Bakersfield area talent, he's a coach on the floor, he even gives me suggestions on what to run on the floor, he plays off two feet, he shoots well in the mid-range."

• Anthony Monts 6’3’ - Jesse Bethel HS (2026): "A freak athlete at 6-foot-1, a lefty who is built like a tight end with broad shoulders, another glue guy, he has improved his handle this Spring, has played with us since the 9th grade."

• Brayden Bruce 6’4’ - Vacaville HS (2026): "Another guy who has played with us since the ninth grade, he has enjoyed a pretty productive Spring doing well with his opportunities, best asset is energy, he makes winning plays, can shoot the three and attacks closeouts."

According to Bracy, "All the players have been fantastic, playing with no egos. This is my most engaged group."

Potpourri, Jun 30

News Bits

"Augustas (St. Mary's) Marčiulionis will agree to Exhibit 10 contract with Lakers"

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"TY (UC Davis) Johnson inks summer contract with Lakers"

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Jonathan Givony: "NEWS: Texas Tech's Chance (Bethel High/Golden State Prep) McMillian has agreed to a deal with the Golden State Warriors, a source told ESPN."

The 6-foot-1 backcourter has a chance (no pun intended) but the Warriors did draft a guard in the first round.

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6-foot-10 Coleman (Antelope High/Pacific Prep) Hawkins did not get drafted.

"Coleman Hawkins agrees to play NBA Summer League for Golden State Warriors after going undrafted"

Others:

Former CCSF power forward Miles Norris will be playing for the Boston Celtic summer league team.

Cedric Coward and former College Park High guard Zyon Pullin are both on the summer league team for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Former USF backcourter Marcus Williams will be playing for the Miami Heat's summer league squad.

Jamaree Bouyea, formerly of USF and Palma High, will be manning the point for the Milwaukee Bucks summer league team.

The Oklahoma City Thunder summer league team roster includes former California power forward Maddy Sissoko.

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The Sacramento Kings drafted Stanford's 7-foot-1 Maxime Raynaud in round two of the NBA draft.

"Stanford head coach Kyle Smith on what draft pick Maxime Raynaud brings to the Sacramento Kings"

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"Sacramento Was Preferred Destination for Kings' Rookie"

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"Bay Area college won't bring sports back despite $45M cash infusion"

Sonoma State will remain sports-less.

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Casey Cappo: "Extremely humbled and grateful to have accepted the position of Head Coach for the Regional Team at aiaprepmb! So thankful for my time playing at BiolaMBB and cannot wait to begin my coaching career at the prep level in Xenia, Ohio! Psalm 145:3!"

The 6-foot-6 Cappo has a year of eligibility remaining (he averaged 15.9 points plus 6.9 rebounds this past season) but chose to enter the coaching ranks leading an Athletes In Action team in Ohio. He's out of Las Lomas High and also spent one season at Diablo Valley College. Cappo was a First Team All-PacWest selection.

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"Monterey’s Perry Huang to coach Lakers Summer League team"

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6-foot-6 Malcolm Malm out of Acalanes High will play next for Athletes In Action Prep in a post grad season.

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Simply Basketball: "Jaylen Smith (2027) has received an offer from Montana."

Smith is a 6-foot-1 point attending Amador Valley High. Can certainly see this pairing occur. Weber State has also offered.

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Nathalio Gray Jr. (NJ): "After a great talk with Coach Leap I’m blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from Seattle University. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."

Gray is a 6-foot-1 2027 guard attending The Branson School. Seattle is entering the West Coast Conference in the 2025-26 season.

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Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to Aaron Friedkin who will be continuing his athletic & academic career at Fisher College in Boston! Aaron has worked long & hard to earn this opportunity. He has developed in every way at Skyline & was a big part of all our success the past two seasons."

Friedkin is a 5-foot-11 point who graduated from Albany High.

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"Offer to Mason Magee"

Magee is a 6-foot-1 point with plus athleticism and offers from Northern Arizona, Iowa, Arizona State, Seton Hall, Mississippi State, Washington State, UNLV, West Virginia, and now San Francisco.

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Nick Hilton: "Beyond blessed to announce that I have accepted the position of Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Barstow Community College. Grateful for everyone in my circle who helped to get me here. Time to work…"

Hilton is moving over from an assistant position at D1 Houston Christian, having also spent two years at College of San Mateo assisting Coach Mike Marcial. He began his basketball journey by playing at Fresno City College and Bellevue University where he captained his squads. He graduated from Jesuit High in Sacramento.

Barstow is a tough gig but hopefully Hilton will have adequate resources available in order to compete.

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PD Web: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’5 G) of Salesian Prep (CA) & Team Lillard AAU has earned an offer from San Diego State."

This one will be very tough to not say yes.

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PD Web: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’4 G) of Salesian Prep (CA) & Team Lillard AAU has earned an offer from Southern Utah."

It's great to have as many options as possible but this one isn't going to happen.

Obenyah has other offers from Colorado State, California, New Mexico, Montana, San Jose State University, UC San Diego and more.

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Jovan Joe: "God is good! Congratulations to Tony Mariano moving on the Simpson University! This young man put the work in and trusted the process!"

He's moving on to Rocklin to play for Coach David Cone.

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Joe Moussa: "2026 6’6 SG Eli Jolin commits to Santa Clara. Another commitment from FortErieMBB for next year, Jolin’s shooting ability & offensive talent will translate perfectly in the WCC. Best days are ahead."

The Broncos have two players with Canadian addresses on their 2025-26 roster, one from Montreal and the other from Toronto.

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"From Hawaii to the National Stage: The Rise of Jason “JJ” Mandaquit Jr"

He's a 2025 Stanford recruit.

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Cedric Coward went from not even being a nobody in the Fresno High School hoops ranks to D3 Willamette to Eastern Washington to Washington State and then Duke before deciding to forego Cameron Indoor Stadium and try out for the NBA. He was chosen 11th in the first round.

A wonderful read.

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It's a New World of Hoops at Cal Poly

Cal Poly finished 16-19, 8-12 in the 2024-25 season. Yeah, ho-hum. So what? Well, it was a 12-win improvement (from 4-28 overall, 0-20 in the Big West Conference) after bottoming out the year before.

Here's the worthy backstory: known as a program builder at each of his five previous head coaching spots, Mike DeGeorge officially came over to San Luis Obispo from his successful tenure at D2 Colorado Mesa on March 26, 2024, assembled his staff and went to work.

Some may call the Mustang improvement magical but that term indicates the mystical or the supernatural at work. While nobody on the new Cal Poly coaching staff practices prestidigitation, Cal Poly finished a remarkable #3 among 355 NCAA Division I programs with 11.5 made three-pointers per game and 19th in scoring at 82.1 points per game. In this past season, the Mustangs set new program single season records for total points, three-pointers and field goals while averaging 18.4 more points per game than the previous one.

The label "The DeGeorge Era" is already being bandied about as an SLO term of success and abundance. DeGeorge also rebuilt programs at Rhodes College, Cornell College and Eureka College, the latter beginning in 2000.

THE NEW STAFF

DeGeorge hired:

• Veteran mentor/now assistant coach Ron DuBois enjoys NBA, WNBA, college and overseas/international head coaching and assisting experiences on his hoops résumé. A native of Lodi, DuBois directed a successful nine-year stint at UC Santa Cruz, going 88-112 at a D3 school that offers no free rides and enjoyed a zero hoops reputation prior to his arrival. He departed as the program’s all-time victories leader alongside a 100% student-athlete graduate rate. All this after earning a scholarship to Arizona State University as a point guard, being named a team captain in his senior season and earning all-academic Pacific-10 Conference honors in 1999. DuBois previously worked with DeGeorge.
• Jesse Pruitt as an assistant coach, a basketball veteran with eight years of experience assisting at Stanford as well as another eight seasons at Santa Clara.
• Kyle Bossier who assisted DeGeorge both at Colorado Mesa and Rhodes also assisted DuBois from 2012-16 at UC Santa Cruz, is now back with McGeorge as an assistant and was also a member of the St. Mary's coaching staff in 2016-17. Bossier is a native of Santa Rosa. 
• Sam Walters, who played for DeGeorge in a 2018-19 graduate season, later assisted DuBois from 2019-2022 at UC Santa Cruz. Walters then assisted at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA for two very successful seasons. Again in an assistant role, he is a Soquel, CA native (Santa Cruz County).
• BJ Andrews also assisted DeGeorge at Colorado Mesa and is doing the same at Cal Poly. He is the sole coaching staff member minus any northern California basketball coaching connections.

DuBois recently talked with NorCal Basketball about his newest employment.

"We didn't know what to expect but once we beat Stanford (97-90 a road game on November 30), we knew we could make some noise. There were some rough patches (a three-game losing streak in early-to-mid December and then later a seven-game losing streak from mid-December to mid-January)." But the Mustangs closed out strong with a road win over Long Beach State, followed by victories over UC Davis and then UC Riverside in the conference tournament before falling to UC Irvine.

"Coach DeGeorge brought four of his players along from Colorado Mesa (including Ethan Menzies out of Half Moon Bay High) plus a couple of international prospects," DuBois noted. "Cayden (St. Mary's High-Stockton) Ward too. No one recruited him. We gave him a scholarship after just a couple of months" and the 6-foot-5 Ward concluded his freshman season averaging 7.4 points per game plus 3.4 rebounds in just 16.4 minutes a contest.

WHY COME TO CAL POLY?

Lacking much of a hoops reputation, what is the pitch to prospects? DuBois responded, "Playing style and opportunity. We play at a fast pace (tops in the country) and that attracts a lot of players. But freedom is earned and we spend a lot of time on decision making."

He continued, "the players we want have size and versatility, can play without positions and shoot 3s." Cal Poly put up 1,114 treys in 2024-25 to just 895 for opponents, finishing with a 36% shooting accuracy while defending at a 34% rate.

Seeing a major uptick in international players entering the college ranks DuBois said, "those with maturity and the ability to process team basketball seem to fit in quickly on the court at the college level. Academics are also generally at a high level because a lot of schools overseas are good. But the key is English proficiency and being able to adapt culturally once here."

GROWING TALENT

According to DuBois, "Basketball is a game of making quick but good decisions (on both the offensive and defensive ends). When you get the ball, it's either shoot, pass or dribble and making a good choice takes a while to develop. All the drills we do are geared towards that. By playing and making decisions live against speed, our players get more reps because we don't stop. We all have a growth mindset."

Plus, "Mike DeGeorge is good at sharpening strengths and developing weaknesses. We call ourselves Development U as at Cal Poly the school motto is learn by doing. What we do is develop our guys off of video and reps, not by stopping practice and talking. We accept we aren't going to get guys who walk in the door and can do it all, but we can develop who we get."

Let's see what season two brings down San Luis Obispo way.

Potpourri, Jun 23

News Bits

CCSF Men's Basketball: "Former Ram EJ Neal is headed to USC. USC hoops is getting a good one!"

That's a very, very nice step up. Did anyone predict this level up of a move? Congrats.

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2025 Pangos All American Camp: Top Prospects

"Elias Obenyah – 6’5″ SG, Salesian, Class of 2026"

Obenyah is everything but flashy, which is something that can be hard to notice at a setting such as Pangos. He has very good footwork—jab steps, jump stops, and step-throughs are all a major part of his game. A solid shooter from the mid-range, he was the safety net for his team when they needed a bucket. He possesses good strength and is a quick decision maker and good passer from the wing. A good all-around player who lacks one great skill that stands out, he had proficient scoring games at Pangos that media and scouts alike talked about and noticed."

Selfishly, here's hoping he remains in northern CA for college.

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PD Web: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’4 G) of Salesian (CA) & teamlillardaau has earned an offer from Colorado State."

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James Giacomazzi: "Jorren Edmonds signs scholarship to Hope International!"

The Las Positas College do-everything combo guard deserved to go higher. Some coaches will rue the day they hesitated. Now he is headed to Orange County. He's a Washington High-Fremont grad.

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James Giacomazzi: "Proud of our guy Elijah."

Las Positas College scoring guard Elijah (Weston Ranch) Mobley will heat things up at Alaska Anchorage.

"California JC star chooses Seawolves"

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"Cal athletic director Jim Knowlton retires after seven years at the helm"

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The Bay City Warriors 17U 3SGB had a great Spring going 14-4 with many of our guys attracting early recruiting interest.  The Bay City Warriors have assembled a great roster of players for the 2025 Spring and Summer club basketball season.  Over the last 20 years we have a great track record of helping players go on to play in college at the NCAA D1, D2 and D3 levels as well NAIA and Jucos. 

Here are some roster updates and our summer schedule.

6/20-22 - Section 7 in Phoenix, AZ - you can see our University High School and St. Ignatius players at the 160 team Section 7 NCAA sanctioned scholastic event

6/27-29 - BoyscaliLive25 in Orange County - you can see our University, St. Ignatius and Serra players at the 160 team NCAA sanctioned event

7/1-2 - All-Academic Camp at Babson College in Boston - Lucas Lau, Thomas Meehleib, Sebastian Margate and Austin Sheepo will be attending 

7/12-13 - Made Hoops Event in Orange County (NCAA sanctioned)

7/15-16 - All-Academic Camp at Seal Beach in Orange County - Lucas Lau, Thomas Meehleib, Sebastian Margate and others will be attending

7/17-20 - Las Vegas Big Time Tournament (NCAA sanctioned)

Roster updates:

Steele Labagh, St. Ignatius, 6’2” guard - 3 year starter and All-WCAL player will be joining us after playing baseball in the Spring.  Great shooter, passer and defender.  High Academic

Ty Landers, St. Ignatius, 6’8” - Ty injured his ankle at the end of the Spring season and is sitting out June and July

Here is our roster for Bay City Warriors 17u 3SGB North (all are 2026 unless noted 2027)

Lucas Lau, University HS, 6’1” point guard - BCL West MVP.  22.9 ppg, 6.2 apg, 64% on 2s and 35% on 3s.  8 games last season with 30+ points.  Ranked #25 best prospect in NorCal by NorCalpreps

Ty Landers, St. Ignatius, 6’8” post - Starting post on #19 ranked team in State of CA.  Versatile big who is great passer and good 3-point shooter too.

Sebastian Margate, Serra, 6’ point guard - All WCAL 2nd team.  Traditional point guard who can score and distribute.  Great defender who can really pressure the ball.

Thomas Meehleib, University HS, 6’ point guard - super quick, athletic and skilled.  Good shooter and relentless defender.

Andrew Ennis, St. Ignatius, 6’3” guard - Rotation player #19 ranked team in State of CA. Versatile and athletic player with great defensive instincts and length. Can guard all five positions.  Finishes at the rim (dunks) and can shoot the three.  Strong rebounder/ball getter. Athlete

Simon Werbach, St. Ignatius, 6’3” guard - Rotation Player on #19 Ranked team in State of CA.  Combo guard who can guard big or small.  Great feel and passing ability.  Finishes at the rim (dunks).  Working on his 3 pt shooting.  Athlete.

Austin Sheepo, Lick-Wilkerson, 6’6” forward - first team All-BCL West.  Versatile big who can post up inside or hit 3s on perimeter.  Strong and thick body.

Aaron Allen, Serra, 6’4” wing - long versatile wing and slasher

Brian Wright, Archie Williams, 6’4” power forward - plays hard and tough.  Bangs inside with versatile skills and footwork.  Rebounds and gets buckets.

Anthony D'Aquisto (2027), St. Ignatius, 6'3" guard - athletic guard who plays with a motor and is accurate 3 point shooter

If you want to get more information or in contact with any of our guys, please feel free to reach out.

Coach Randy Bessolo 415 418 4568

Coach Jason Greenfield 415 217 9623

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"Jalen Williams Pushes Thunder to Brink of NBA Championship With 40-Point Outburst"

Williams is out of Santa Clara University.

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Carlton Perrilliat Jr.: "Blessed to receive and offer from University of Idaho!"

This is a basketball offer for the Salesian Prep senior-to-be shooting guard/wing. He also has offer as a defensive back/wide receiver in football.

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Verbal Commits: "California and La Salle offered 2026 Hargrave (VA) F Shane Pendergrass."

Pendergrass is a 2026 6-foot-89 200 pound prep schooler with around 20 current offers.

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Verbal Commits: "2026 The Academy Prep (GA) F Rho Omed has received an offer from California."

Omed is a 6-foot-10 2026 wing at a Georgia prep school.

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Verbal Commits: "LSU, Portland, Stanford, Texas and Texas A&M offered 2027 St. Mark's (TX) F Dawson Battie."

Battie is a 2027 Texan possessing 11 offers to date.

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"Sacramento State Joins The Big West"

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Verbal Commits: "BYU, Florida Atlantic, Georgia, Miami, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Sacramento State, Texas A&M and USC offered 2027 Calvary Christian (FL) G Cayden Daughtry."

Daughtry is up to 21 offers. How'd the Hornets get in there?

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Verbal Commits: "2026 Link Academy (MO) G Trent Perry has received an offer from Sacramento State."

Four Texas college/universities have also offered so it's likely Perry, from Frisco, TX, ain't departing from the Lone Star State.

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Verbal Commits: "Pacific and UT Arlington offered 2027 Windward (CA) G Davey Harris. (HT windwardhoops)"

Harris is a 6-foot-6 shooting guard in Los Angeles.

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"Milestone season in summer pro-am hoops league could be end of era"

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"A basketball murder, surprise parole, and a whistleblower's life upended"

Not Nor Cal-related but an excellent read. Thank you Dan Wetzel.

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Elijah Stanley: "Super blessed to receive my first D1 offer from the University of Montana."

The 6-foot-3 Stanley is a 2027 prospect attending Salesian Prep. The Montana coaching staff has a way of getting in early on Bay Area prospects, and then landing some.

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Verbal Commits: "Former Minnesota G Max Sheridan is transferring to Menlo (DII)."

Sheridan is a 6-foot junior-to-be point who walked on at Minnesota and played in one game this past season.

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A Bobby Bramlett Facebook post: "Two friends, former teammates on the West Valley Basketball Club, played for Al (the former Cal great) Grigsby. Both accomplished in their own right, they will join forces at Washington State University. Coaching the men’s basketball program is Head Coach David Riley and Orlando V. Johnson is the General Manager/Assistant Coach. Good, Better, Best."

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Potpourri, Jun 16

News Bits

"Orlando Johnson Joins Cougs as G.M., Assistant Coach"

The pride of Seaside, CA and the West Valley Basketball Club is back in the college scene.

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"SPARTANS SIGN FRENCH FORWARD JAPHET MOUPADELE"

He's a 6-foot-7 forward.

Arman Jovic: "San Jose State has announced the signing of French wing Japhet Moupadele The 6-7 18 year old was one of the best defenders in U21 play, averaging 2.0 stocks per game and put up 12-4-2 splits while shooting 36.3% from 3 on good volume. Will participate in the U19 WC for France, big time stock riser this season in Strasbourg."

Can't find his weight.

"(Shanan) Rosenberg named Head Basketball Coach at D3 Lewis & Clark College"

The former Foothill College head coach is coming over from Linfield College, also in Oregon.

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"Why standout Tyrone Riley IV stayed at USF when basketball bluebloods called"

Always want to know information like this so thank you to Sam Gordon for writing it. Not sure who gifted it but read it quickly since that might evaporate soon.

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AZ Compass Prep: "AZ Compass congratulates c/o 2028 PG Malachi “Mook” Kaffey on picking up his first D1 offer from the University of San Francisco!"

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Los Medanos College MBB: "Congratulations to Tochi Onyeador and his commitment to Whittier College! We are proud of Toch as we know he’ll thrive at the next level! Thank you for everything you’ve done for this program and we wish you good luck at the next stage of your career."

Onyeador stands 6-foot-8 with a just below 4.0 grade point average. He scored 10 points and grabbed 13 rebounds per game while shooting 59% overall. He blocked 174 shots in two seasons. Give him 30 more pounds of muscle and he's a D1 talent. Congrats.

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Los Medanos College MBB: "We have another addition to the LMC Family! Transferring from College of Siskiyous, please welcome Pittsburg’s very own, Jeremiah Collins!"

Out of Pittsburgh High, as a 6-foot-3 freshman, he averaged 16.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists a game.

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Billy "Blanco" White III: "Proverbs 16:3! After a great conversation with Coach Jackson, I am extremely blessed to have received an offer from Cal! All glory to God!"

White is a 2026 6-foot-8 frontcourter out of Texas with just below a 4.1 grade point average.

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Like Pacific Men's Basketball: "We're starting the week strong with an exciting new signing - Erick Chaney from Columbia College is joining LifePacificMBB. Erick finished Top 3 in 3-point makes in California JUCO competition, and made 10 threes in multiple games this season!"

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"Patty Mills Joins Hawai‘i Men’s Basketball as General Manager"

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Tobias Bass: "Eyal Harel, one of the top guards out of Israel, completed a Zoom with Stanford last week and has officially received an offer. South Carolina, SMU, Green Bay, UCF and Marshall have also reached out, repped by WEAVE."

Gotta jump on that offer compared to the other interested parties.

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Jake Lieberman: "2027 6’5 SG Jeremiah Profit out of Temecula HS (CA) & Gamepoint Basketball 17U tells me that he holds offers from the following:

• Fresno State
• TCU
• LBSU
• Stanford"

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Jake Lieberman: "6'3 '25 French star PG Romain Parmentelot is favoring the college route. Parmentelot has been in the mix with Auburn, Clemson, Stanford, USC, Kansas St, Louisville, +. 8.6 points & 3.3 assists in the U19 World Championship with Alex Sarr, Zach Risacher, Noah Penda, +."

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Stanford Staff Addition

I have heard that former Princeton associate head coach Brett MacConnell will be added to the Stanford basketball staff. MacConnell had been at Princeton since 2012 before a staff shake-up this past spring. The veteran assistant had been part of four Ivy League Championship teams, and helped lead the Tigers to the 2023 Sweet Sixteen.

And One Out at Stanford

Speaking of Stanford…it sounds like Cardinal assistant Derrick Wrobel is on the move and will land at Grand Canyon. Last season was Wrobel’s first at Stanford following a three year run at Washington State. Wrobel also spent five seasons at Arizona State, his alma mater, as the team’s director of operations under head coach Bobby Hurley, and also spent four years on the staff at Cal.

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Bradley Back in Berkeley

Former Cal guard Matt Bradley has joined the Golden Bears staff as a graduate assistant. Bradley, who was a 2X Pac-12 second teamer, transferred to San Diego State for his final two seasons, and was a member of the Aztecs squad that advanced to the 2023 National Championship game vs UConn.

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"Men’s Basketball Hires Canadian Charles Hantoumakos as Assistant Coach"

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Golden State Prep Basketball: "Finals MVP, League MVP, Import Player of the Year & All Defensive Team. Clean sweep for our guy Darrion (San Francisco City College) Trammell in his rookie season overseas."

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Brandon Bracy Comes Home

It's difficult to discern if this is truly a trend up in Solano County but, if it continues, the next set of men's basketball coaches at Solano College will be younger than their student-athletes. New interim head coach Diego Reyes is 27. His newest staff hire, Brandon Bracy, is 33.

The current plan in place is to team up with the rest of the hoops staff and turn the program around, primarily by getting top Solano and neighboring County talents to come to Fairfield to play community college basketball.

"Diego reached out to me," Bracy explained, "saying it was a new era at Solano." Bracy, who is moving over from an assistant coach position at San Joaquin Delta College, is familiar with the program and also a Solano College alum.

But besides being involved with recruiting, player development, assisting in game planning and scouting opposing teams, new to him, Bracy will also be teaching at his new school, working in the health & fitness center alongside teaching the basketball class, yoga, plus more to be determined. "I'm looking forward to being in the classroom," he said.

He has also assisted at Napa Valley College as well as coached at numerous area high schools.

"It's difficult to get in at a junior college and I wanted to be part of something special," Bracy explained. "I think we have that opportunity here."

The Plan For A Turnaround

"A lot of the top players around Solano go elsewhere and we want to turn that around in the 707," Bracy said. "Our goal is to get kids to want to stay here."

Bracy's Solano College pitch? "Our campus is great. We have Chabot College coming up next season and that's something you wouldn't ordinarily see. Yuba College has enjoyed a chokehold on our conference and we want to make it a lot more competitive. College of Alameda did a lot better this season after bringing in Gary Payton as a new head coach so we'll have a rivalry there."

"Some kids still need to see a change before committing but we're offering the chance to be a part of our new era, coming here when expectations are low and becoming one of the best teams in school history. We'll develop you and help you move on (to a four-year school)."

Bracy's Personal Master Plan

Talk about deserving, Bracy has been preparing since 2014 for this moment. From scratch in September 2014, he started his own AAU travel team, the Team Rampage 707 Basketball Club, and will continue to operate it. He has also worked as a youth counselor for Golden State Warrior basketball camps as well as those of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Educationally, he possesses Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Media Studies from California State University East Bay and followed that with a Master's Degree Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2016-2017.

Recruiting

So how has Solano College recruiting gone to date? Nine new players so far are coming in to play for the Falcons:

• Easton Valenzuela, a 6-foot-2 guard from Dixon High and American River College
• Samuel Gillaspy, a 6-foot guard from Alhambra High
• Daryl "DJ" Brown, a 6-foot-2 guard from Vanden High
• Carter Miles, a 6-foot-3 guard from McClatchy High and San Joaquin Delta College
• Joey Fross, a 6-foot-2 guard out of Escalon High and San Joaquin Delta College
• Damari Combs, a 6-foot-6 forward out of Fairfield High
• Ryan Bailey, a 6-foot-4 guard out of Bishop O'Dowd High
• Dwight Strickland, a 6-foot-8 center out of and Vallejo High and San Joaquin Delta College
• Dominick Dennis, a 6-foot-2 guard out of Benicia High and Los Medanos College

Regarding Bracy's 17u Elite New Balance travel team currently sporting a 10-2 record with upcoming tournaments in Memphis and St. Louis, he said, "this group is probably the most competitive and well-rounded in my 10 years. We don't have a super lead guy but 1-10 everyone is good."

Bracy is fully feeling the positive throughout all his efforts, offering "we're stacking good days." 

Potpourri, Jun 9

News Bits

"DJ Broome Named Head Coach of Cal Poly Humboldt Men’s Basketball"

Broome formerly played at Cal Poly Humboldt and in various capacities coached at Cal State Monterey Bay, College of the Redwoods, Sonoma State, Academy of Art and Montana.

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Ethan Kassel: "After a year at St. Ignatius and two years at Mitty, Hutcherson is headed to a prep program on the outskirts of Wichita for his senior year."

This has to be exposure/recruiting related as the 6-foot-5 Caeden Hutcherson he must not be satisfied with his current offers and interest. Good luck to him at Sunrise Christian Academy. He's a 2026 shooting guard.

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"Stanford men’s basketball signs Belgian big Oskar Giltay"

This really helps as size is a need in the coming season.

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Verbal Commits: "2026 Newman (MA) G Lucas Morillo has received an offer from Stanford."

He's a 6-foot-7 combo guard on the Dominican Republic national team.

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Ronnie Flores: "#HSBB News: Highly-regarded 2028 F Devaughn Dorrough of Monterey Trail High (Elk Grove, CA) will transfer to Coronado (Henderson, NV) for his soph/2025-26 season. One of many promising 2028s in CA now on the move."

This is a surprise since he is soon-to-be, if-not-already a national recruit. Coronado is a public high school, not a prep school and a highly successful one.

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Simply Basketball: "🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨One of the top 2027s in CA Siincere Hudson has TRANSFERRED to Modesto Christian.

Holds offers from:

• Wichita St
• San Francisco
• Sac St
• Pacific"

He's a 6-foot-2 point departing from Inderkum High. Don't know what is behind this move other than heading to a power program that usually competes for a state title.

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Long Beach State Men's Basketball: "(Demarshay) Johnson will finish his career with the Beach after spending four seasons with San Diego State."

Out of Salesian Prep, Johnson is a 6-foot-10, 220 pound forward who has played little in his four years with the Aztecs.

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Verbal Commits: "Former Fairfield G Prophet Johnson is transferring to Sacramento State."

Johnson is a 6-foot-3, 185 pound guard who formerly played at Golden State Prep. It appears he has one  season of eligibility remaining.

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MacDuffie Basketball: "Excited to add Brayden Harris from San Jose, CA to our program! 6'5 wing with length, athleticism, and isolation scoring ability. Led Valley Christian to their most wins since 2004 this past season. Competes in the PRO16League for Playersplayca."

This seems like another prospect seeking more eyeballs on his talents. MacDuffie School is a prep school located in Massachusetts.

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Elijah Mobley: "100% committed."

The 6-foot-1 Mobley is moving on from Las Positas College to University of Alaska Anchorage. He graduated from Weston Ranch High.

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Modesto Junior College Men's Basketball: "Congrats to sophomore Malachi Miller who has committed to Division 2 Western Washington University. This season Malachi made First Team Big 8 and was named all tourney of the Chabot Tournament and 86th MJC Tournament. Best of luck going forward Malachi!"

Miller is a 6-foot-4 guard who graduated from Central Catholic High.

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Jake Lieberman: "2026 6'3 guard Rokiem Green out of CIA Bella Vista HS (AZ) & Arizona Unity tells me that he's now receiving interest from Utah San Diego State, St. Mary's & Saint Bonaventure. Sacramento State just extended an offer."

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The Portal Report: "Canisius transfer Paul McMillan IV will take the following visits, per source:

• Delaware State - June 3rd
• Morgan State - June 4th
• Grambling State - TBD
• Pacific - TBD

McMillian averaged 20 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game this season!"

He's a 6-foot-3, 180 pound combo guard with what looks like a remaining year of eligibility.

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Turlock Boys Basketball: "Congratulations To Our Senior."

The 2025 Widemon is a 6-foot-2 point who also QBs the football team.

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Larry Lewis: "Excited to announce my commitment to San Diego City College."

The 6-foot-7, 200 pound Lewis is heading to the border from Vacaville High and Team Rampage.

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"Mid-Major Basketball Boosters Buy Italian Team To Create Pro Pipeline For Iona Players And Recruits"

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