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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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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