A handful of Sacto basketball scores

Bill Paterson reports on a bunch of games up Sacramento way.

All about Sacto HS hoops

Bill Paterson serves up an informative article covering a number of talents in the Sacramento prep basketball scene.

Bill Paterson on Sacramento area basketball this past week

Here's Bill Paterson with his always solid weekly look at Sacramento area hoops.

Bill Paterson is all over the Sacto basketball scene

The Sacramento Bee's Bill Paterson has the area covered:

* Granite Bay v Newark Memorial, Castro Valley v Jesuit

* Franklin v El Cerrito

* Foothill v El Cerrito

Bill Paterson covers Sac area hoops

Bill Paterson of the Sacramento Bee offers an informative summary of this past weekend of hoops involving Sacto area teams and players -- Josiah Turner, Robert Garrett, Erik Kinney, Robert Duncan, Darius Graham and more are covered -- head here.

Bill Paterson is on fire

Hats off to Bill Paterson of the Sacramento Bee for his continuous coverage of Sacramento area club team basketball. Thank you Bill.

In AAU, area's eggs aren't in one basket
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
July 20, 2010

 Fletcher Johnson is amazed that so many area Amateur Athletic Union boys basketball teams continue to compete for a limited pool of top talent each season.

"We have too many clubs trying to play at the elite level," says Johnson, who coached AAU for 11 seasons.

At least 10 Sacramento-area senior AAU teams will join hundreds of other boys teams from across the nation in several high-profile tournaments this week in Las Vegas...

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Sacramento area basketball and players get deserved attention

Bill Paterson has a great feature today -- built around J.T. Adenrele -- on Sacto area basketballers:

Prospects hope for scholarships at summer tournaments
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
July 11, 2010

J.T. Adenrele is considered one of this area's top boys basketball prospects in the Class of 2011.

NorCalPreps.com ranks the 6-foot-6 Oakmont High School senior forward the 13th-best player in Northern California...

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A Sacramento prep basketball update

Here's a nice summary of Sac hoops. Yes, there are other names that deserve inclusion but we'll take what we can get.

High school notebook: For some, July means basketball
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
July 20, 2009

For top-level high school basketball recruits, the month of July is the true test of stamina.

The top athletes play dozens of games far from the comfort of home because July is when the NCAA allows college coaches to observe top incoming high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Some overlooked seniors may also raise their profile to possibly land a late scholarship offer.

Two of the area's established boys Amateur Athletic Union club teams – Play Hard, Play Smart and the NorCal Pharaohs – compete Wednesday through Sunday in the 136-team Reebok Summer Classic in Las Vegas...

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Kevin Galloway is leaving Kentucky

For Sacramento High star Kevin Galloway has seen more of this country than most of us and now new Kentrucky Coach John Calipari's talk with him has Galloway looking for yet another place to call home.

If memory serves us right (which certainly isn't always the case), Galloway also was at Fresno State albeit briefly -- or at least signed with the Bulldogs after departing USC.

Galloway looks forward to his next stop
Jerry Tipton
Lexington Herald-Leader
June 14, 2009

Kevin Galloway said new coach John Calipari told him he could play more minutes somewhere else and maybe impress NBA scouts.

Maybe having already played for three college teams, basketball nomad Kevin Galloway could sense his days as a Kentucky Wildcat were numbered.

So when new UK coach John Calipari told him last week that his basketball future would be best served elsewhere, Galloway was ready to accept that advice.

"I was already getting mentally ready for it when the coaching change was made," Galloway said on Saturday. "I got mentally prepared for the worst. I'm not frustrated."

After becoming a star for Sacramento (Calif.) High, Galloway played 13 games for Southern California (2.8 ppg and 2.0 rpg). Then he went to the College of Southern Idaho for a season (8.4 ppg and 8.4 apg) before coming to Kentucky last year as part of then-coach Billy Gillispie's roster alterations...

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