Yuba College's Sean Harris to Utah State

Per Tony Jones/Salt Lake Tribune, Utah State has landed a junior college verbal: 6-foot-8 Sean Harris (on the left in the above photo) out of Coach Doug Cornelius' ultra-successful Yuba College program.

By the way, Cornelius had five all-conference players last season including one that moved on to Minnesota and another who landed at Idaho.

Here's a note from when Harris signed a letter-of-intent with Coach Jim Les and Bradley in 2010.

Here's a July 2011 post all about Harris returning to the court from his LDS mission.

Yuba College is reloading once again

Andy Arrenquin catches us up on the comings-and-goings in Coach Doug Cornelius' Yuba College basketball program. More reload, not rebuild.

3 D-1 transfers coming from Yuba

Coach Doug Cornelius has three D-1 transfers to date out of his 2010-11 squad: Julian Scott, Mike McChristian and Julian Welch. Plus, Spencer Butterfield could have gone D-1 had he chosen not to return for his sophomore season.

This is a pretty remarkable feat.

Remember Festus Ezeli?

Here's a March 2010 article on Festus Ezeli, a phantom name and figure up Yuba way. He never played for Yuba College Coach Cornelius but the young man certainly learned from his tutelage.We recall seeing Ezeli play club team ball and wondering about his background -- now we know.

Another feature on Yuba College hoops

Ryan Klocke has a fascinating piece up in the Appeal - Democrat not only about Tubby Smith's recent visit to a Yuba College game but much more about the program and its proprietor, Coach Doug Cornelius.