Tuesday's northern California high school basketball report

Mitch Stephens features Castro Valley High and is otherwise all over northern California prep hoops.

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Jimmy Durkin lauds Las Lomas' Treaven Duffy.

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Joe Davidson writes about the good, the bad and the ugly he has witnessed during the playoffs with his focus is off the court.

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Jeremy Balan at San Fran Preps has selected his Player of the Week.

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Here are the honorees in the Marin County Athletic League.

Sunday's report of last night's northern California high school basketball scores

Ryan Silapan has the game report for Salesian's triumph over Santa Cruz High -- as does Jeff Carillo.

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Alex Pavlovic offers the details on Mitty's win against Las Lomas -- this despite Treaven Duffy's 36 points.

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Mitch Stephens has scores and writeups from all over northern California, including DLS's takedown of Sheldon.

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Jimmy Durkin is all over Castro Valley's three-point win versus Oakland.

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Here are more scores and reports from the Inside Bay Area folks. IBA has also posted about the St. Joseph Notre Dame overtime triumph.

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Bill Paterson writes about El Cerrito taking it to Sacramento High.

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Joe Davidson says it was off the charts physical in the DLS win over Sheldon.

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Dave Carpenter provides what we want to know about Woodcreek's win over Antelope.

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Jeremy Balan fills us in on University's topping of Pinewood.

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John Dugan took in the San Marin - Bishop O'Dowd matchup and fills us in on the outcome.

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Thomas Gase has the coverage of St. Mary's being just too much for St. Patrick St. Vincent.

Castro Valley romps

Tony Gonzalez of the Oakland Tribune writes about the latest feats from Roderick Bobbitt and Juan Anderson.

Buzz Williams on Juan Anderson

Here's Marquette Coach Buzz Williams on his latest prize: "He is another guy who I think in time will be able to do multiple things for us on both ends of the floor."

Juan Anderson at Marquette's Midnight Madness

You don't hear or read about this too often, especially from a player at least a couple of time zones away:

"Marquette's first (only!) verbal for the 2011 freshman class, Juan Anderson, is heading back to campus on his own dime to join the party. This is an extraordinary commitment from a high school kid who lives in California." -- Cracked Sidewalks.

Here's a feature on Anderson's verbal top Marquette, including quotes from Oakland Rebels (Anderson's club team) Coach Raymond Young.

Juan Anderson and Jabari Brown visit updates

Rivals posted this in an article about visits taking place:

"Arizona State: Juan Anderson, Jabari Brown (Tuesday and Wednesday)"

Anderson has visited Oregon and I think a trip to Marquette has taken place so a decison may be coming soon.

Juan and Jabari are friends so it's surprising they won't be in Tempe together. 

Juan Anderson a-visiting again

Castro Valley High's Juan Anderson has packed his bags again for this weekend: Per a tweet from Alex Kline: "6'6 wing Juan Anderson of California is on an official visit to Marquette. He visited Oregon last weekend & will trip to Arizona State next."

Juan Anderson in the Land of Quack

Castro Valley High's Juan Anderson is on a visit to Oregon this weekend. As of 10:30 a.m., the temperature in Eugene is 59 degree and, of course, it's raining. The Ducks host Portland State on the football field today.

A few brief Rumble In The Bay player evaluations

The Rumble In The Bay tourney was held this past Memorial Day weekend. We certainly didn't see all the D-1 prospects but here are our notes from the players we viewed:

Juan Anderson, Oakland Rebels, (Castro Valley High, CA, 2011)

It's not really a dilemma (but if you so consider it, then it a great one to face) -- does Anderson go to the PAC-10 and be a definite rotation guy/starter with the possibility of developing into a star or play at the next league level and be an all-conference star? Anderson is still on the slim side, very quick and gets off the floor in a blink. His handle can be tightened but it's solid in either direction. He works as a rebounder and displayed a strong defensive effort over the three-day weekend. His range is the three-point distance but his shooting consistency waxes and wanes. We don't see him leaving the west coast area (but let's include Arizona), possibly not even California. Utah State has offered.

Brendan Keane, Oakland Rebels (St. Joseph's, CA, 2011) 

You want a banger? Keane shows excellent form and footwork on moves offensively and also nailed a pair of 15-footers facing the basket in games we witnessed. He isn't a high-flyer but he gets the job done rebounding and defendingt. Watching Keane, we were reminded a bit of a couple of the foreign 'bigs' Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans have utilized the last few seasons. We could certainly see a lot of WAC teams vying for this young man.

Chris Read, 6-foot-4, Lakeshow, (Castro Valley, CA, 2011)

Read is a superb athlete who can run and jump with the best. His to-do list includes upgrading his ballhandling so he can create more opportunities and displaying a consistent 15-18 foot jumpshot. We also saw someone who could develop into an ultra defender if he desires to do so.

Mark Tollefsen, 6-foot-8, Lakeshow (San Ramon Valley, CA, 2011)

How badly does he want it? There are multiple assets to his game -- great range facing the basket, extra long arms for defending and also scoring inside but he must add better ballhandling/creating skills and greater rebounding prowess to his repertoire. Developing the necessary strength to play at the college level will aid in facilitating his progress. Tollefsen is on the edge of being an impact player.

Jacari Whitfield, 5-foot-8, Lakeshow, (St. Joseph's, CA, 2011)

We didn't see anybody able to keep Whitfield from penetrating over the weekend as he is a blur, equally proficient going to his left and right. His height is going to deter some and others will want to witness more playmaking ability for his teammates but he needed to score --that seemed his role -- this weekend.