News Bits
Parks Weaver: "Grateful to receive my 5th D1 offer from Cal State Bakersfield. Thank you to the entire staff for your belief in me."
The 6-foot-3, 2027 point attends Folsom High and also has offers from Pepperdine, Northern Ariziona, Northern Illinois and Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Here's a Weaver feature written by Dino Cook Sr.
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Templeton (Dooda) Fountaine V: "after a great conversation with Coach Jorge Ruiz, I am blessed to receive my first D1 offer from Weber State University. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me. Go Wildcats!"
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Templeton (Dooda) Fountaine V: "after a great conversation with Coach Chris Cobb, I am blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from University Of Montana. Go Grizz!"
With Team Lillard and Vanden High. Fountaine is a 6-foot-3 2027 backcourter.
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Maximus VanLaningham: "Blessed to receive an offer from Cal Baptist University. Thank you Coach Croy for believing in me. Go Lancers!"
Wonder what Coach Rick Croy has available in NIL funds? The 2026 VanLaningham stands 6-foot-8, weighs 220 and attends Woodcreek High. Croy played at San Francisco State and assisted at St. Mary's.
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Verbal Commits: "2026 Panola College (TX) F C.J. Worsham has received an offer from San José State."
Out of Chicago, the 6-foot-8 Worsham is a self-described point forward. Central Michigan and Kansas City also offered earlier this month.
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The Portal Report: "One of the Top 2026 JUCO prospects, Damarion Vann-Kelly, is currently scheduling visits to Oregon and San Jose State, he tells TPR."
"The 6-foot-4 Vann-Kelly, a Fab 50 JUCO Freshman per JucoRecruiting, will play this season at Northwest Florida State (JUCO)."
Here's a Van-Kelly feature article.
He's out of Monterey Trail High.
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Jake Lieberman: "Bowling Green transfer Derrick Butler has received interest from Pacific, Texas A&M & Clemson. Graduate transfer. Averaged 13.2 points, 3.5 rebounds & 1.0 assists in 31 games."
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The 6-foot-7 Harris is out of Granada High. Ersin Demir does his usual very informative job here.
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"I can confirm that Kevin Pham is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at rising NCAA D2 UC Merced."
"Pham, the 2024-25 California Pacific Conference Coach of the Year, had been at the helm of the Bobcats for the past ten seasons. Last season, Pham led the Bobcats to a 20-7 record and a perfect 10-0 mark in Cal Pac play. Pham is only the second coach in UC Merced men’s basketball history, taking over the program following a three-year stint as the Bobcats women’s basketball coach."
"UC Merced is transitioning from the the NAIA to NCAA D2 where they will join the CCAA starting in the 2025-26 season."
More on this move once it becomes official." -- Adam King
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Will Corbett: "Grateful to receive an offer from Dominican University! Thank you Coach (Justin) Argenal and the rest of the coaching staff for believing in me!"
The 6-foot-3 Corbett is a 2026 combo guard attending Bellarmine College Prep.
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Nathalio Gray Jr. (NJ): "After a great talk with coachwilder, I’m blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from University of New Mexico. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."
This one will likely be very attractive because of the fanatic fan support and game atmosphere to the 2027 The Branson School 6-1 point. But it's the NIL amount that ultimately wins the hearts and minds 99% of the time.
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Bill O'Rear: "Former San Diego State standout Keshad Johnson had a huge game as the Heat beat the Celtics 100-96 in NBA Summer League action Monday in Las Vegas. Keshad, a Heat wing, had 22 points (8/10 FG, 2/4 3’s & 4/4 FT), 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals & 1 block in 31 minutes."
Johnson is out of San Leandro High.
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6-foot-8, 240 pound Jordahn Johnson is looking for a college home in his final year of eligibility or in playing overseas.
Link to a 2:30 video of Johnson participating in the recent Eurograde Combine.
He is out of Weston Ranch High, Las Positas College and Cal Poly Humboldt.
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JUCORecruiting: "UL Monroe has offered 6’6 G Qshawn On'gele, 2026 College of Sequoias."
He's a sophomore.
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Jake Lieberman: "College of the Sequoias (Juco) has landed two Division 1 transfers:"
"Rippen Gill: 6’7 guard/forward from Fresno State. Four to play."
"Mason Dorsey: 6’5 guard from Bethune Cookman. Three to play."
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Gavilan College MBB: "Our very own Fabi is going pro!!! 2-Time All Coast-South performer Fabian Reichstadt (2022-2024) has just signed a contract to play professional basketball in his native country of Germany."
He's 6-foot-8 and schooled at Capital Christian High, then Gavilan College followed by Stanislaus State.
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Jackson Cascio is a new assistant coach at Menlo College. He worked earlier at Santa Clara as a graduate assistant for two years.
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Sajjin Sidhu: "Blessed to receive my first offer from Dominican University of California!"
Sidhu is a 6-foot-4 combo guard with high academics from San Joaquin Memorial High.
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"Damian Lillard reaches deal to return to Trail Blazers"
His family still resides in Portland.
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Miles Byrd has Type 1 diabetes, since the 8th grade, and now he's speaking out about his situation.
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