News Bits
InsanenessMedia: "Congratulations to Coach Holloway on another career milestone. With the Vanden High 37-74 victory last night over Pioneer, Coach Holloway secured his 300th win as Vanden Basketball Head Coach."
Yes, the number of wins are impressive until you consider the number of young men Coach Micheal Holloway has positively influenced during his tenure. Keep both happening.
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Elias "Swish" Gish: "After a great conversation with Coach Hurwitz, I’m blessed to receive a D1 offer from UCRiversideMBB. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."
What's in the water supply for North Clovis? Here is yet another prospect, a 6-foot-6 '26 combo guard, coming out of Clovis North High.
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Monterey Trail Hoops: "What a comeback! After falling behind 16-0, Trail storms back to defeat Folsom 71-67 in an absolute thriller! Rashawn Inglemon with 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and Devaughn Dorrough 14 points, 14 rebounds and Baron Roseborough 12 points (4-6 3P)."
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Trey Knight: "Averaged 17.6 PPG in 3 games this past weekend at the North Idaho College Tournament! 11-1 overall record."
Knight's putting in the work and making progress at Tacoma Community College.
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Gleaned from a recent The Kat's Paw/Bubbles Hawkins: "...San Francisco (for example) currently has a NIL budget five times the size of Pacific’s. 6’6” Ty Virgil, a Pacific legacy recruit, will attend Pepperdine next season ostensibly because the Waves NIL deal is worth $150K, roughly double what the Tigers can currently offer..."
Love to see information on NIL figures for teams and for signed prospects. We as fans usually have no idea regarding specific offers. The NIL war chest for team can generally be guessed.
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Simply Basketball: "Loukas Jones is an absolute flamethrower! One of the best shooters on the west is a threat once he steps on the court!"
The Clovis North High senior displays excellent form, a quick release and the needed range to force defenses to come out on him but he's 6-foot-2 and will likely have to match up with usually speedy points on the teams of opponents in college. His foot speed looks middlin' at best.
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Modesto Christian Basketball: "Congratulations to Myles Jones (Stanford commit) for being named Most Value Player of the 2024 Holiday Hoop Classic."
The Cardinal will be getting a good one at the point. He's a 2026 prospect who committed to the Stanford in mid-September 2024.
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"WCC All-League Predictions" Lucca Mazzie
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Tameka Emerson: "I'm so proud of this young man!! IYKYK The feeling i got when being told Takai earned a 4.0 gpa. This earned him a spot on the fall Dean's list. Takai also earned a spot to go to the "Black Student Athlete Summit". Keep working Kai!!🏀📚. This is what it's all about."
It's always great to hear about any basketball talent who also slam dunks it academically. It's actually amazing considering how much time and energy Takai (Vanden High) Hardy-Emerson's basketball commitment requires.
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Eric Cabrera: "Kannon Rector (2027) Placer HS 13-2, MVP Kendall Arnett tournament. One of the top point guards in the section!! No stats on Max Preps but having a HUGE year!!!"
The six-footer is heady smart. Reads defenses well with the ball in his hands and even minus the ball in his hands, a situation which is sometimes rectified by his steals. Let's see how much more he can develop as his size will be a recruitment detriment..
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In 12 game/starts and 33 minutes an outing, Noah (Pleasant Valley High/Chabot College) Thomas is averaging 9.0 points on 42%, 35% and 52% shooting respectively plus 2.8 rebounds, 24 assists versus 24 turnovers and a tied-for-team-high 18 steals at Arkansas-Monticello.
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"Richard Pitino, UNM sued over alleged hazing altercation"
Not too long ago, it was a lawsuit of a sexual nature and hazing against New Mexico State.
What is it about D1 college hoops in New Mexico?
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"San Francisco, Fullerton Early Leaders in the first Winning Percentage Index Report"
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Jan 6, NCAA D1 scores
Ohio State 89, Minnesota 88 box. For the Golden Gophers, Mike (Archbishop Mitty/Pepperdine) Mitchell Jr. tallied 16 points alongside four assists and three boards.
Jan 7, NCAA D1 scores
Oklahoma State 79, Kansas State 66 box. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins enjoyed 18 points, five boards, three steals, two blocked shots, two assists but five turnovers.
Texas Tech 72, BYU 67 box. Darrion (Capital Christian High) Williams filled up the stat sheet with 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals while teammate guard Chance McMillian produced 16 points and eight boards for TT.
Utah State 85, San Jose State University 78 box. USU owned a nine-point halftime lead and shot 52% overall, versus 42% for the host Spartans. Guard Will McClendon had been shooting well of late for SJSU - tonight he was off. Conversely, fellow backcourter Donovan Yap Jr. had recently been off for the most part but tonight he was on with 22 points, including 6-10 from long distance. The teams were tied with six minutes remaining. SJSU trailed by a three-pointer with half a minute remaining.
St. Mary's 81, Loyola Marymount 56 box. Up by six points after 20 minutes in Moraga, the Gaels revved it up and blasted LMU 51-32 in the second half. All with shooting just 42% overall. LMU shot 56% on trey attempts but it was 5-9 overall and also was out-rebounded 42-20.
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Jan 6, CCCMBCA scores
no games
Jan 7, CCCMBCA score
American River College 85, Sacramento City College 71 (Sac City lost a lot of firepower to graduation)
Modesto Junior College 65, Sierra College 62 (ended closer than I thought it would)
Santa Rosa Junior College 80, Folsom Lake College 70
San Joaquin Delta College 66, Cosumnes River College 59 (Give Delta credit for the upset even though at home)
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