Potpourri, Oct 20

News Bits

Parker Spees: "Glory to God #COMMITTED"

Out of San Joaquin Memorial High, 6-foot-9 Parker Spees has committed to UC Irvine.

Paul Hernandez described the stretch four this way three years ago: "...Spees has good length and skill to operate on the perimeter and the moves and touch around the basket to make an impact in the post. Spees is highly effective from the 3-point line, has the handles and moves to create off the dribble, protects the rim and alters shots, and controls the glass with the handle to push the ball up the court."

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"NC State's Darrion Williams explains disdain for North Carolina's Hubert Davis: 'I just don't like the guy'"

Talk about providing bulletin board material! Of course, NC State Coach Will Wade is doing that himself. Out of Sacramento, the 6-foot-6 Williams played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Capital Christian High.

In the recent pre-season voting of the Atlantic Coast Conferences coaches, Williams was tops as Player of the Year.

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Verbal Commits: "2028 Dr. Phillips (FL) G Josiah Gilliard has received an offer from San José State."

SJSU isn't usually a program offering so far into the future so they must really like this 6-foot young man. Looking at his play, it's hard to imagine he will get out of the state of Florida, Gainesville in Particular.

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Team Rampage Basketball: "Congrats to 6’7’ Jayson Powers (2026) on receiving his first offer from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 🦍🔥 Expect a HUGE BREAKOUT senior year season for him at Gregori HS (Modesto, CA)."

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Verbal Commits: "2026 Springdale Prep (MD) F/C Bol Wieu Thet has received an offer from Sacramento State."

He's a native of South Sudan and stands 6-foot-11. Sienna and Norfolk State have also offered.

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Verbal Commits: "2028 Rangeview (CO) F Marceles Duncan has received an offer from Sacramento State."

Duncan is listed as a 6-foot-5 power forward.

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Here is a 16-minute video interview with San Francisco's Tyrone Riley IV.

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John Calipari has a sensible proposal to lessen the number of transfer portal entries each season.

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"Official: Jilin Northeast Tigers sign D.J. Wilson..."

The 6-foot-10 Wilson is out of Capital Christian High.

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Ryder Bush: "Grateful to receive an offer from the University of Texas Arlington."

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Ryder Bush: "Grateful to receive an offer from Southern Utah University."

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Ryder Bush: "Grateful to receive an offer from Binghamton University."

Bush is a 6-foot-3 freshman point at Eastern Arizona College but originally out of Archbishop Riordan. Fresno State has also offered.

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"Jamaree Bouyea: Waived Monday"

The article reads that Bouyea, a point out of USF and Palma High, will likely he heading to Milwaukee's G League team.

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"Bucks' latest decision seems like a desperate ploy to keep Giannis Antetokounmpo"

The above explains the reason behind the move.

THE LATEST: "Jamaree Bouyea News: Cut loose by San Antonio"

The article says he was signed and then waived by the Spurs and will likely join the Austin Spurs, their G League affiliate.

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"You should get one transfer, and you don't have to sit that first [year]," (Gonzaga Coach Mark) Few told Jon Rothstein on the Inside College Basketball podcast. "Anything after that, no matter what happens, you need to sit a year. It could be the best thing for your career, we've had many of our redshirts go on to have incredible NBA careers. In many ways it helps."

This sounds reasonable, too.

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📍2025 SDSU Media Day Miles Byrd📍 Byrd talks about his NBA Draft process, the comparisons from this team to the historic one from his freshman season, and how he has grown as a leader on the court EVT_News. Hit this link for the interview.

A 6-foot-6 junior, Byrd is out of Lincoln High in Stockton. He'll be NBA drafted this time.

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"U of Pacific has 11 international players and 4 international coaches"

Head Coach Dave Smart is out of Canada and seven Canadians dot the roster.

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Pro Insight: "We connected with ‘27 Camden McKinney at the FCPPangos Rocky Mountain Summit 🏔️ and talked about his athletic background, how he impacts winning, the latest with his recruitment, his off-court interests, and more (sound 🔊 on)." Hit this link to listen.

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Oklahoma State topped Auburn 87-85 in an exhibition pairing with 6-foot-5 Anthony Roy supplying 28 points (10-20, 5-10, 3-5 shooting) and 12 boards for the victors. Roy is out of USF and Dublin High.

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USF Coach Chris Gerlufsen talks for 17 minutes with Andy Katz.

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"USF Mourns Loss of Athletic Director Larry Williams"

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"Anthony Slater talked about the Steve Kerr’s future"

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"Ex-Husky Hooper Poised For Role Change at New School"

6-foot-8 junior Tyler (Granada High) Harris has moved on from Washington and is now at Vanderbilt. He tells why in the article.

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"Kentucky MCBB Roster Reportedly Features $22M Payroll for 2025-26 Season"

Amazing. Don't think any program in northern California exceeds $10,000,000.

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Donald Jackson Jr.: "Aeron Wallace ( Modesto Christian 2027) picks up an offer from University of Pacific."

He's a 6-foot-4 guard who transferred in from Natomas High.

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"The Predator In The Church Basement"

Unfortunately, how many more of these stories are left to be told.

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"EXCLUSIVE: Excerpt From Upcoming Tim Hardaway Book"

Hardaway was drafted by the Warriors and played in The Bay from 1989 to 1996.

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Fran Fraschilla: "This guy spent Thursday in Houston with the UHCougarMB coaching staff before flying to Tucson to meet his team as they got ready to play ArizonaMBB. He took a million notes. The players come and go but saintmaryshoops has one constant: Randy Bennett."

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Jon Rothstein: "Source: Stanford over San Francisco 94-88 in a Secret Scrimmage."

Good showing for both teams.

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Potpourri, Oct 13

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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Potpourri, Oct 6

News Bits

Maximus VanLaningham: "Excited to announce my commitment to LBSUMBB. Thank you to Coach Chris Aker and Coach Anthony Santos and the entire coaching staff for this opportunity. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way. Every coach, scout, media outlet. The journey is just beginning. I’m headed to the beach. #GoBeach."

Thought the Woodcreek High big he would go with UC Santa Barbara but who knows what NIL amounts came into play.

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"Ranking NorCal Prospects from the All West Pangos Frosh/Soph Camp"

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Shams Charania: "Free agents Gary Payton II and De'Anthony Melton have committed to signing deals to return to the Golden State Warriors, sources tell ESPN. Payton, Melton and Al Horford are now locked in for the Warriors' 2025-26 roster."

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"Warriors-Jonathan Kuminga saga comes to an anticlimactic end"

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"Golden State Warriors sign Seth Curry to play alongside brother Stephen"

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CaliHoop: "6’10 Kenyon DeMuynck (CCSF) from Nor Cal Juco Jamboree at City College of San Francisco (9/27-9/28)."

So this is where he ended up. Host CCSF finished 4-0 at the Nor Cal Juco Jamboree.

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CaliHoop: "6'9 (7'2 Wingspan) 2026 Nico Wright (Bishop O'Dowd) has recently picked up two offers from San Jose State and Cal State Fullerton. Highlights from the CaliHoop Elite 80 Combine Aug 23rd in SF."

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Boss Mhoon: "Extremely honored to say that I have received an offer to Santa Clara University!!"

The 6-foot-5 2028 prospect receives his first offer.

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Caleb Asante: "Blessed to receive an offer from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Thank you to Coach Becker and the rest of the coaching staff for believing in me."

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Caleb Asante: "Blessed to receive an offer from Southern Nazarene University. Thank you to Coach Coleman and the rest of the coaching staff for believing in me."

He's a 6-foot-5 2024 wing out of Leigh High attending West Valley College. Last season as a freshman, he averaged 11.1 points on 64%, 39% and 78% shooting respectively, alongside 5.0 rebounds nightly.

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Verbal Commits: "2028 Melissa (TX) G Trey Edwards has received an offer from California".

Bear Coach Mark Madsen is compiling the 2028 offers, this one for a 6-foot-5 backcourter.

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Verbal Commits: "2027 Myers Park (NC) G Thomas Vickery has received an offer from California."

Vickery is a 6-foot-5 combo guard out of North Carolina.

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Verbal Commits: "2028 Folsom High (CA) G Parks Weaver has received an offer from TCU."

The 6-foot-3, 160 pound Weaver also holds offer from Green Bay, Northern Illinois, Northern Arizona, Pepperdine and Bakersfield.

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"Duke Men’s Basketball Adds Jayce McCain as Player Development Specialist"

McCain is out of Folsom High. Has has been taking graduate classes at Duke.

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Verbal Commits: "2026 Howard College (TX) G/F Oskar Wickström Stümer has received an offer from Pacific. Qualifier w/three years to play."

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Jack Shull: "Beyond blessed to announce my commitment to Southern Oregon University."

Shull is a 6-foot-4 guard attending Folsom High.

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"Former Denver Head Coach Jeff Wulbrun takes over at Sacred Heart Prep (CA)"

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Nathalio Gray Jr. (NJ): "After a great talk with coach Marc, I’m blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from Grand Canyon University! Huge thanks to the coaching staff for believing in me."

The 5-foot-10 Gray is a 2027 prospect attend The Branson School. He's likely a point in college. USF and Pacific plus others have already offered.

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