Judge leaving Leigh

"Leigh coach Patrick Judge steps down" -- Darren Sabedra/BANG

Ender helps when called upon

"Manteca sophomore earns his keep" -- Thomas Lawrence/Stockton Record

Very good profile

"Mom's timing splendid as Killingsworth leads Serra" -- John Murphy/Prep2Prep

College of the Sequoias highlight tape

College of the Sequoias finished 20-12 this season, 8-4 in the Central Valley Conference and featured an all state player. The Giants made it to the Final Eight this season before falling to eventual champion City College of San Francisco.

Valparaiso 60, St. Mary's 44

The first thought that comes to mind upon seeing this score is that there must be a typo. The Gaels must have scored 144, right? But no, it's accurate as St. Mary's missed its first 10 second-half shots and allowed a 16-0 scoring run in falling 60-44 on the road Tuesday in Indiana as part of the NIT.

Randy Bennett's guys shot 19-56 overall while Valpo, a member of the Horizon league, was a more efficient 23-50. At the foul line, the Gaels earned just five attempts and made but one.

Box

Ed Isaacson: "I get in a way the excitement some have for Chriss and Murray, but their understanding of the game is so low right now, they’d be lost as pros."

Marquese Chriss & Dejounte Murray are Husky freshman. The ultra sensitive may see this as hate but Isaacson is simply making an observation and offering his professional opinion.

Nothing done this way will make any difference

"Petition pushes to keep Cuonzo Martin as Cal’s basketball coach" -- Connor Letourneau/San Francisco Chronicle

It's a nice gesture but beyond that...

Dawkins to Central Florida

From The Farm to the University of Central Florida in Orlando -- that's the arc of former Stanford Coach Johnny Dawkins movement. UCF is a member of the American Athletic Conference and went 12-18, 6-12 this past season. The entire state is fertile recruiting territory and who would decline the white sand and temperatures of Orlando in favor of the white winter, 30 degree highs of so much of the rest of the country.

National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2016 Coaches’ Division II All-America Team

The National Association of Basketball Coaches has announced its 2016 Coaches’ Division II All-America Team and California Baptist junior guard Michael (El Camino High) Smith has been selected.

Congratulations to him on this fine achievement.

Do I or don't I

"Cal’s Jaylen Brown, Ivan Rabb soon must decide on pro futures" -- Connor Letourneau/San Francisco Chronicle

There will be a lot of millions burned before Brown can consistently help an NBA team but that's not his concern.

COM men's basketball

John Murphy: "College of Marin is looking for an athletic director..."

Does this delay a determination on the next COM men's basketball coach?

Broadcasting the championship games

CSN, the home of “Authentic Bay Area Sports,” will air live coverage of the 2016 CIF Boys and Girls Basketball Championships on Thursday, March 24 and Saturday, March 26 from Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.

CSN’s telecast schedule is as follows:

Thursday, March 24:

CSN California
10:00 a.m.         Division V Girls – Village Christian vs. Eastside College Prep

CSN California
12:00 p.m.         Division V Boys – St. Bernard vs. St. Joseph Notre Dame

CSN California
2:00 p.m.          Division III Girls – Lakeside vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral

CSN California
4:00 p.m.          Division III Boys – Ayala vs. Manteca

CSN Bay Area
6:00 p.m.          Division I Girls – Brea Olinda vs. St. Francis

CSN Bay Area
8:00 p.m.          Division I Boys – Crespi Carmelite vs. Berkeley

Saturday, March 26

CSN California
10:00 a.m.         Division IV Girls – Antelope Valley vs. Cardinal Newman

CSN Bay Area
12:00 p.m.         Division IV Boys – Harvard-Westlake vs. Palma

CSN Bay Area
2:00 p.m.          Division II Girls – Cajon vs. Elk Grove

CSN Bay Area
4:00 p.m.          Division II Boys – Long Beach Poly vs. Junipero Serra

CSN California
6:00 p.m.          Open Division Girls – Chaminade vs. Miramonte

CSN California
8:00 p.m.          Open Division Boys – Chino Hills vs. De La Sall

Team Rampage tourney in May

Team Rampage tourney

JV & Varsity only

May 14 & 15

Benicia High

707-816-1196

No Lavin for USF?

CBB Coaching Carousel: "Columbia's Kyle Smith and Eastern Washington's Jim Hayford are among the names involved at San Francisco."

This makes it sound like a financial agreement with Steve Lavin wasn't reached and that the Dons have moved on as Lavin seemingly would have signed by now if such was do-able.

Sendek a Bronco?

Evan Daniels: "Former Arizona State coach Herb Sendek is currently on Santa Clara's campus, multiple sources told Scout."

Sounds like the powers-that-be on El Camino Real are in ultra serious mode.