News Bits
"Anthony Haskett Returns to Hilo to Join Vulcans Coaching Staff"
Haskett makes a jump from assisting James Giacomazzi at Las Positas College and now he's back in the islands. He's the pride of Las Lomas High and Diablo Valley College from his playing days.
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Devin Aye: "Proud to announce Jags freshman, Manny Tamarit, has signed his athletic scholarship to Tabor College (Kansas). He is the 6th Jag to sign a scholarship to a University this offseason! Go Jags."
Tamarit is a 6-foot-4 backcourter.
Devin Aye: "Make that 20 scholarships signed."
Kwankwo is a 6-foot-6 sophomore out of Kimball High in Tracy.
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Compton Magic: "6-3 PG Juleeyan Williams #MontereyTrail has picked up an offer from UNLV. Class of 2029"
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Verbal Commits; "2026 JPII (TN) G Trey Pearson has received an offer from Sacramento State."
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Verbal Commits: "Sacramento State and Tennessee State offered 2026 Fayetteville Academy (NC) F Justin Caldwell."
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Verbal Commits: "Bowling Green and Saint Mary's offered 2026 Mt. Spokane (WA) F Jaden Ghoreishi."
Ghoreishi stands 6-foot-9 and weighs 210. He currently owns 13 offers.
"After a great zoom call with St. Mary's Coach Bennett, Coach Joe Rahon and Coach Mickey McConnell, I am honored to announce I have received an offer! Thank you Coach and staff for believing in my game and toughness!"
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Former St. Mary's guard Augustus Marciulonis has signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers meaning he will be going to training camp with the opportunity to earn a roster spot. It's going to be tough.
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"Bouyea conducts camp for youth at MPC"
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Rashawn Inglemon: "Committed."
Out of Monterey Trail High, Inglemon is a 6-foot point, a 2025 talent, has a 3.8 GPA and earned Delta League Player of the Year honors. Anderson U is located in South Carolina.
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Verbal Commits: "Samford and UC Davis offered 2026 Holy Innocents' (GA) G Kingston Whitty."
Whitty is a 6-foot-2 point and a top notch athlete.
"After a great conversation with Coach Les, I am blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from UC Davis! Go Aggies!"
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Templeton (Douda) Fountaine V: "After a great conversation with Coach Plank, I’m blessed to receive another Division 1 offer from University of San Francisco. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me!"
He's a 6-foot-3 2027 backcourter attending Vanden High.
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Mudville Elite Basketball: "Congratulations to Ross Widemon for committing to Stanislaus State University. It’s OFFICIAL!! MUDVILLE WAY!!! "
Mudville is a program based in Stockton and Widemon is a 6-foot-2 2025 combo guard with a 4.0 GPA who also played as a QB at Turlock High.
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Mudville Elite Basketball: "Congratulations to Louie Dill for receiving his first offer from Oberlin College. MUDVILLE WAY!"
Dill stands 6-foot-5 and attends Enochs High in Modesto.
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Sacramento Renegades: "Congrats to Monterey Trail High 2025 Elias Roche on offer."
Roche is a 6-foot-7, 220 pound 2025 talent.
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"CORPORATE MONEY HAS RUINED YOUTH SPORTS"
And the sun rises in the east.
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Simply Basketball: "One of the top 2026s in the country Elias Obenyah ended his AAU career with 20+ offers heading into his senior season!"
Thought some big time programs would get involved so as to have a three or four-year player.
My biased choice is Stanford due to both the education/degree and the playing system for the 6-foot-3 guard out of Salesian Prep.
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Brandon Jenkins: "Three-star forward Max VanLaningham has scheduled two fall official visits, a source tells 247Sports.
- Sept. 5-7: California Baptist
- Sept. 12-14: Montana"
VanLaningham stands 6-foot-7, weighs 205 and attends Woodcreek High.
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"‘The fabric stays true’: Damian Lillard becomes general manager for Weber State basketball"
Is this a one year gig?
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Joe Tipton: "NEWS: 4⭐️ Isaiah “Slim” Rogers has committed to Stanford, he tells Rivals. The 6-2 point guard is ranked as the No. 56 overall player in the 2026 class, per Rivals."
The Cardinal backcourt should be in good shape with Rogers and also Myles Jones (Modesto Christian).
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"UC Davis Men's Basketball Adds Mike Kosich To Staff"
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"Matthew Musselman named Assistant Basketball Coach at UC Riverside"
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Raym: "6’10 PF/C 3 Years of Eligibility Former stops at Univ Alabama & Long Beach St."
Remember him?
Out of East Oakland, 6-foot-10, 240 pound Raymond Hawkins played AAU ball for the Oakland Soldiers, started high school out at Bishop O'Dowd and finished up at Findlay Prep in Las Vegas before attending Alabama, Long Beach State and Westcliff (NAIA school in Irvine). He is now 24 years old.
Here is something posted when he initially arrived at Alabama.
I can't tell if he is looking to transfer to another school but it appears like it. In the 2024-25 season down in southern California, he played in eight games, started four, and was on the court for 14.6 minutes a night. Hawkins averaged 6.5 points a contest, shooting 60% as well as collecting 2.9 rebounds. He blocked seven shots and enjoyed a season high of 13 points versus D2 Purdue Northwest in mid-November.
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