Sac State getting help from junior college ranks

Entering his second year, Sacramento State Coach Brian Katz has landed a handful of JC transfers -- some from California -- and also a Bay Area prepster. Here's a nice summary of Katz' recruiting haul, a number of which he would like to redshirt:

Hornets bolster hoops hopes
John Schumacher
Sacramento Bee
May. 14, 2009

As Brian Katz assembled his recruiting class, the Sacramento State men's basketball coach kept one eye on next season and the other on a few years into the future.

So after signing 6-foot-8 junior center Alpha N'Diaye earlier this week, the seventh and final member of the Hornets' recruiting class, Katz said he felt good about next season's prospects and even better about Sac State's chances two and three years down the road.

"We did get some immediate help, but we also set ourselves up in the long term," said Katz, whose team struggled to a 2-27 record in his first season with the Hornets. "I would be disappointed if we didn't redshirt three of those guys..."

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