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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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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