News Bits
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"USF Men's Basketball Adds Ryan Boatright to Coaching Staff"
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Verbal Commits: "2028 Dynamic Prep (TX) G Blaze Johnson has received an offer from California."
He's a 6-foot-5 guard. This one makes 19 offers to date.
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"SMU Men’s Basketball Adds Veteran Guard Oziyah Sellers"
Sellers is a 6-foot-5, 190 fifth-year guard out of Hayward and Modesto Christian.
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Think I might have missed this from earlier:
"PLNU MEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF AIDAN ROLLINS"
The 6-foot-3 Rollins is the career leader at Franklin High history in points, assists and steals. PNLU plays in the PacWest Conference and is of late a perennial title contender.
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"Warriors Waive Chance McMillian..."
He'll likely be playing with the Santa Cruz Warriors again this season. The 6-foot-3 McMillian prepped at St. Patrick-St. Vincent High and Bethel High.
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Verbal Commits: "It’s Jamboree Season! 😎🏀 The NorCal Juco Jamboree is coming to the CCSF Wellness Center on September 26–27!
🎓 4-year college coaches: Please reach out to Mario Gomez at mgomez@ccsf.edu for event information.
📍 City College of San Francisco
📅 September 26–27"
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Cal Poly Men's Basketball: "The first predictions for the 2026-27 season are coming through and Blue Ribbon has Cal Poly … 🥈Second in its Big West poll! 🏀With Hamad Mousa as the Big West Preseason POY!"
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Verbal Commits: "Loyola Marymount and Saint Louis offered 2028 Moreau Catholic (CA) F/C Brendan Williams."
Don't see either one as Williams' college destination even though St. Louis is a solid program.
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Verbal Commits: "2027 Riviera Prep (FL) F/C Garang Kuol has received an offer from Sacramento State."
He's 7-foot-1, 200 pounds.
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Verbal Commits: "2029 Riviera Prep (FL) F/C Miles Lowe has received an offer from Sacramento State."
Lowe stands 6-foot-10, weighs 215 and also owns a Virginia Tech offer.
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Former 6-foot-7 Pacific forward Elias Ralph has signed a training camp contract with the Golden State Warriors.
"Ralph, went undrafted earlier this year after spending his final two college seasons with Pacific. The Canadian forward, who worked out for Golden State in May, averaged 16.7 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.0 BPG and 0.9 SPG on .467/.409/.858 shooting splits in 33 games with the Tigers in 2025/26.
Ralph’s training camp agreement almost certainly features Exhibit 10 language too, putting him in line to receive a bonus if he’s waived before the regular season and spends at least 60 days with the Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden State’s G League affiliate."
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Verbal Commits: "2028 St. Andrew's (RI) G Malachi Odugbela has received an offer from Stanford."
He's a 6-foot-6 guard. This is his sixth offer.
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Madden Hill: "After a conversation with Coach Riddick @sanjosestatembb I am grateful and blessed to receive my 4th Division 1 offer."
Hill is a 5-foot-11 2028 talent and also has offers from UNLV and LSU. Couldn't locate the 4th school he refers to. A sports hernia kept him sidelined for a couple of months and possibly limited his exposure.
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De Morro Fino Cantbasket 04Spain has agreed terms with 28-year old 6-foot-2 USA-French guard Clayton Ladine, college: Rocky Mountain, college: Skyline College, high school: Burton High) for the new 2026-27 season. Ladine, who was the assist leader at Sindri in the Icelandic Division I last season, averaged 10.9ppg, 5.6rpg, 7.8apg, and 2.2spg in 34 games. Ladine was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Icelandic Division I Second Team.
Ladine has played professionally in France (Sorgues), Germany (Kangaroos), Iceland (Breidablik and Hrunamenn), Ireland (Killorglin), and Luxembourg (Kordall Steelers Rodange).
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