News Bits
Joe Tipton: "Mason Magee, the No. 155 overall recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to San Francisco, source told Rivals. The 6-0 point guard chose the Dons over Stanford, Cal, Arizona State, Santa Barbara, and others."
Based on commits thus far, Stanford will be loaded with underclass backcourters starting next season.
Here's a mid-August 2024 article with recruiting information and USF isn't even mentioned.
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"Vinnie McGhee Returns to Hilltop as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach"
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Joe Moussa:"2026 6’3 G Rokiem Green commits to San Jose State."
Out of Arizona, he also had offers from Sacramento State and Seattle. He tripped to the Hornets on September 14.
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"Candid Coaches: Who is the best X's and O's coach in college basketball right now?"
I'm not remotely in a position to praise or negate the choices here but I do wish these types of surveys would require a choice of mid major head coaches and low major coaches, too.
Duly noted is that Randy Bennett is honored here with some top notch company surrounding him.
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Ryder Bush: "Blessed to be re-offered by Fresno State University."
Don't know why a re-offer was necessary but good for Bush, a 2025 6-foot-2 guard attending Archbishop Riordan.
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Recruits Zone (Blake Smith): "INFO: 2027 prospect Braxton Keathley has scheduled some unofficial visits for the fall, he tells madehoops:
- Belmont: 9/15
- Florida State: 9/27
- Louisville: 10/4
- Arkansas State: 10/25
- Pacific: TBA"
Keathley is a 6-foot-5 2027 combo guard out of Kentucky.
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Sports Illustrated's latest top NBA player rankings are out:
Aaron (Arizona) Gordon comes in at #41.
Damian (Weber State) Lillard owns the 33rd spot but an injury will likely keep him from playing this season.
Jalen (Santa Clara) Williams has rocketed to #20.
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Verbal Commits: "2027 Temecula Valley (CA) G Jeremiah Profit has received an offer from California."
Profit stands 6-foot-5 and also excels -- 4.0 GPA -- in the classroom. Profit already has 13 offers, one in which is from Stanford.
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Verbal Commits: "2026 AZ Compass Prep (AZ) F/C Alex Ensor has committed to Santa Clara."
The 6-foot-11, 220 pound Ensor was also offered by SJSU which has a former AZ Compass Prep head coach on staff but that obviously wasn't enough to sway the promising big. Santa Clara offered on September 21 and he committed on October 6.
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Delly Mouthguard (SMC Fan): "Will Stevens is a talented and hard working PF that reminds me of a better Dane Pineau, if Dane had a sweet shot that extends out to three. He seems tailor made for SMC. But, Saint Mary's is the only school in his top 5 located outside the south."
Stevens will announce his decision on October 11.
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Ronnie Flores: "Hoping for a speedy recover for former Leuzinger, CCSF and Utah standout Delon Wright, who was badly injured on a freak play in a pre-season game today."
Wright sent this out to fans post game: "...Yes that w"as a brutal hit I took but, I am doing good just 10 stitches above my eye and 4 on my elbow."
Indiana has also just waived Wright.
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On the 2025-26 Cal Poly men's basketball roster which consists of 16 players, eight are foreign players.
Here's a feature on this subject. It begins: "The Cal Poly men’s basketball team enters the 2025-26 season as the only Division I program among 365 squads with a roster that canvasses all six habitable continents/regions..."
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