News Bits
"Why a college basketball player turned down $1.5 million to stay at his school"
The name is Hamad Mousa, the best talent on the Cal Poly team, and he is returning to play for Coach Mike DeGeorge. It seems strictly a basketball decision.
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"Why college basketball’s changing rules are making high school recruiting less valuable"
The now wild, wild, really wild NCAA.
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Jon Chepkevich: "NEWS: Žiga Daneu has committed to San Francisco in the class of 2026, sources tell DraftExpress. The 6’11” Slovenian big man turns 24 this week and brings significant (EuroCup, ABA, SKL, senior national team) experience to the Dons."
USF needed more size. Will he be a freshman at age 24?
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Isaiah Barnes: "Blessed to receive an offer from the University of San Francisco."
He's a 6-foot-2, 2027 guard with offers from St. Mary's, New Mexio, San Diego State among others this month.
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Los Medanos College MBB: "Congratulations to Jeremiah Collins on his commitment to Greenville University! We are proud of Jeremiah as he gets the opportunity to continue his basketball career. We wish him the best of luck as we are grateful for everything he’s done for this program."
Collins is a 6-foot-3, 180 sophomore out of Pittsburg High.
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Verbal Commits: "2027 Rolling Hills Preparatory School F Nick Welch, Jr. has received an offer from UC Davis."
Welch Jr. is 6-foot-10, 220 with a 3.9 grade point average.
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Santa Rosa Junior College talent Jayden Washington has signed with Lesley University.
He's a 6-foot-6, 210 sophomore out of Justin Sienna High. LU is a D3 school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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6-foot-5 forward Tayden Collins is transferring not far away, going to from Santa Rosa Junior College to Pacific Union College. He's a graduate of Ben Holt Academy in Stockton.
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6-foot-4 sophomore Yanis Aldeguer, out of Irvine Valley College, is moving on to Simpson University in Redding. He averaged 9.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists this past season.
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Out of Mexico, 5-foot-11, 170 Dylan Galvan is changing addreses from San Jose City College to University of Mary after just one season. He averaged 8.3 points, 4.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game with a 4.2 assist-to-turnover ratio in conference play. He dished out 137 assists in 28 games to lead the entire Coast-South.
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"Congratulations to Gianni Altman on his commitment to Shorter University! We are proud of Gianni and his opportunity to continue his basketball career. We wish him the best of luck and we’re grateful for everything he’s done for this program."
The 6-foot-1 sophomore averaged 12.4 points per game at Los Medanos College in the 2025-26 season.
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"Mike Kelly Brings Head Coaching, International Experience as New Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach"
Seems like a great hire in order to expand overseas recruiting opportunities.
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Cameron Mitchell: "Excited to join CoachBRooney, Coach_Payne & staff at Cal State East Bay as an Assistant Coach. Go Pioneers!"
Mitchell was a very successful coach at Portland Community College before moving to CSEB.
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Texas Tech Basketball: >Officially ✍️. Help us welcome Darrion Williams back to the family!"
Williams transferred to North Carolina State for this past season after enjoying his best production ever as a college player at TT. Now, he's back after a so-so season with NCS.
One of his high schools was Capital Christian High in Sacramento.
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VerbalCommits: "2028 Montgomery County (KY) G Austin Sears has received an offer from California."
He's a 6-foot-2 point.
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