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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Ohlone's Alpha N’Diaye to Sac State

(photo by Sac State Athletics)

Brian Katz is loading up on new talent in his project to establish Sacramento State as a player in the Big Sky Conference. He just added a junior college transfer from the Bay Area.

MEN’S BASKETBALL WRAPS UP 2009-10 SIGNING CLASS WITH 6-8 CENTER ALPHA N’DIAYE
5/11/2009

The Sacramento State men’s basketball program added its seventh player of the 2009-10 recruiting class Monday after signing Ohlone College center Alpha N’Diaye, it was announced today by Hornet head coach Brian Katz. N’Diaye will enroll at Sacramento State as a junior in the fall.

N’Diaye joins Fresno City College point guard Sultan Toles-Bey (signed May 1), Riverside Community College guard/forward David Norris (May 1), Highland Community College forward Duro Bjegovic (April 16), San Joaquin Delta College guard/forward Walter Jackson (April 16), Fairfield High School guard/forward John Dickson (April 15) and South Elgin High School center Dani Lopez (early signing period) as the seven players to sign with Sacramento State...

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