News Bits
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Sam Kayser: "NEWS: 2027 Top-150 overall prospect Trevor Dickson has c+ ommitted to Saint Louis, he tells LeagueRDY. The 6-foot-5 guard out of Modesto Christian (CA) chose Saint Louis over offers from Stanford, UCSB, San Francisco, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount and many others."
Dickson's other offers included Califronia, San Jose State University and Santa Clara. Curiously, his list of offers at Verbal Commits doesn't list St.Louis but maybe he just tripped there, all the factors that go into deciding on a school were a plus and he quickly decided.
Dickson was named The Modesto Bee's Player of the Year for the 2025-26 season, burying 105 three-pointers.
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Verbal Commits: "2028 The King's Academy (CA) G Boss Mhoon has received an offer from UNLV."
He's a 6-foot-5 shooting guard with a 4.0 GPA and is back at The King's Academy.
Mercury News: "Rising junior Boss Mhoon, a former The King’s Academy standout, says CCS ruled him ineligible at Archbishop Riordan until June 2027 and he won’t be attending the San Francisco school."
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Mid Major Madness: "UPDATE: San Jose State defeated Santa Clara 78-73 in a secret scrimmage. Spartans led nearly wire-to-wire and by as many as 15. Zine Eddine Bedri led SJSU with 16p. 5 Spartans in double figures. Thierry Darlan led Santa Clara with 19."
The banner is courtesy of Tyler Riggs/X.
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How many head coaches can afford to do this? At least two factors here: 1) Hardaway's team has to do really well this season or else and 2) he played 14 seasons in the NBA so he has cash stashed.
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"Krivas Scores 20, Arizona Defeats San Francisco 93-69 in First Exhibition"
"San Francisco was led by Dylan Bordon, who scored 22 points and handed out four assists (but nine tirnovers). Jaylen Hunter-Coleman added 10 points, while freshman guard Andrew (Archbishop Riordan) Hilman had nine points and three steals."
The score was 52-34 at the half. Box score
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"Nebraska has already sold seven used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium"
What's next? Duke selling Cooper Flagg used jockstraps?
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"Big West Countdown Day 8, Now for the Darkhorses, #6 Sacramento St."
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"Santa Clara Voted to Win 2026-27 WCC Men’s Basketball Crown"
The WCC's 1-10 team finish projection per the WCC coaches along with the Top 10 WCC player projections are included. Santa Clara, St. Mary's San Francisco and Pacific are listed in the top five.
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Santa Clara defeats Stanford 83-78 — "Stanford has an eye-watering 46 FTA and 19 turnovers. Julius Price shows up for the Card with 26, Anthony Batson Jr. comes off the bench with 16 in a game where there were a lot of different rotations being experimented on. Cardinal were notably without highly-touted Yale transfer Nick Townsend, who maybe would have helped with the poor rebounding on the night. Townsend was in street clothes but was highly engaged on the bench, no injury has been reported. Neck and neck throughout the whole game, a lot to work on but also a lot to love against a tourney team last year."
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"ESPN announced on Thursday that former NBA guard Jeremy Lin has joined the network’s team of commentators. According to ESPN, Lin will serve as a game analyst in addition to making appearances on NBA Today."
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John Gambadoro: "Based on what I have heard and the way he has played, Jamaree Bouyea will earn the 14th roster spot for the Phoenix Suns. Bouyea had 15 points (7-11 FG, 1-2 3Ptr), eight assists, four rebounds and one steal in 28 minutes last night."
Bouyea is a guard out of Palma High and USF. He will earn $2,584,539 if he stays up with the Suns. Guess who will be on the hook at the Alvarado Street Brewery in the off-season?
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Team Rampage Basketball: "Congrats to Alex Hamblet (2027) on his commitment to Wash U."
Out of Team Rampage and Archie Williams High before he went back east to play, Hamblet is 6-foot-8, 210 while Washington University is located in St. Louis.
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"Cal Lands Late 3-pointer To Beat LMU In Exhibition Action"
The Bears win a road game shooting 33% overall and .091 (2-22) from three-point range.
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In Ohio, Illinois topped Cincinnati 105-96 behind 24 points from former Jesuit High, Stanford and California star Andrej Stojakovic. He shot 8-15 overall, 8-8 at the foul line with no trey attempts.
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"Utah State defeats St Mary’s 97-89 -- Aggies played without Mason Falslev. St Mary’s largest lead was 3 and they trailed for the last 25 minutes. Leading scorers were freshman Kingston Tosi (USU) with 22 and Gael sophomore Mantas Juzenas (SMC) with 24."
"Aggies Earn 97-89 Exhibition Road Win at Saint Mary’s"
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