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Stanford Cardinal Basketball podcast with Joey Friedman: Developing talent looks promising for Cardinal

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On the Stanford Cardinal Basketball podcast with Joey:

#1 Was the exhibition game against the Sonoma State Seawolves an indication how Stanford will have some good looks in their 75-59 win on Tuesday night?

#2 No more Reid Travis, Michael Humphrey, and Dorian Pickens. Big holes to fill for head coach Jerod Haase.

#3 Oscar da Silva has lots of expectations from coach Haase.

#4 Talk about senior center Josh Sharma and sophomores Daejon Davis and KZ Okpala.

#5 The Cardinal host Seattle University Tuesday, November 6th at Maples. Joey will be on hand and set the stage for the home opener.

Joey Friedman does the Stanford Cardinal podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Cal Bears Basketball report: Cal shows off some offense in 82-62 exhibition win over Cal State East Bay

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By Michael Duca and Morris Phillips

BERKELEY, Calif. –The offensive showing on Tuesday night at Haas Pavilion by the Cal Bears is delivered much more than last season’s 8-24 team with a 20-point win over Cal State East Bay 82-62. The Bears were trying to get that chemistry going after a suspect first half.

The Bears finally rattled off a 10-1 run of Cal State and took a 21-point lead.

Paris Austin who transferred from Boise State to Cal, said in postgame interviews: “I think we’ve got some good athletes on our team. Transition will be something that would be really good for us, but it starts on defense. Our team defense and then rebounding a ball and getting out early.”

The Bears’ Justice Sueing hit a three-pointer and the Bears’ Jacob Gordon also hit a three. Gordon is amazing he’s coming off an Achilles tear and he he hit a pair of free throws. The Bears’ Grant Anticevich complimented the offensive run with a dunk during the run.

Also, the Bears got three assists in the 10-1 run keeping in mind that the Bears had a dismal record on assists, ranking 350 in the NCAA and averaging 9.8 a game. The assist factor was working so good Austin got eight of 12 assists for Cal. Sueing, who took many of Austin’s passes, converted to help build up the offensive assist numbers.

Matt Bradley also was a big part of scoring with Austin saying, “Tonight I knew that, in order to play good my first game, I just had to play really aggressive and not really think about messing up or getting a bucket whatever it was.”

Michael Duca and Morris Phillips cover Cal Bears Basketball for the 2018-19 season for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Cardinal rout the Seawolves 75-59 in exhibition game at Maples Pavilion

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By: Joey Friedman

PALO ALTO–The new 2018-19 season opened Tuesday night at Maples Pavilion for the Stanford Cardinal with an exhibition game against the DII Sonoma State Seawolves. Stanford beat Sonoma State 75-59.

The obvious absence left by the graduate transfer of Reid Travis and the graduations of both Michael Humphrey and Dorian Pickens is leaving much to be desired on the leadership and in-game production fronts. Head coach Jerod Hasse, this exceptionally young Cardinal team, and the fans looked for their first game to help break the ice and find some answers. Senior center Josh Sharma and playmaking sophomores Daejon Davis, KZ Okpala, and Oscar da Silva are expected to be the leaders of this team on and off the court.

Out of the gate, da Silva delivered with a three-pointer on the first play after the tip. Immediately afterward, Josh Sharma showed a spark of energy and leadership when he dove in an all-out effort on the defensive boards which yielded a Stanford possession. Sharma’s was the first floor-burn of the year for the Cardinal which is an official statistic recorded now in the Jerod Hasse era of hustle and heart.

Concerns of inexperience certainly manifested in Stanford’s play early on as sloppy play and turnovers, especially for Okpala, who had 3 in the first half, prevented the Cardinal from pulling away from the Seawolves in the early going. However, glimmers of elite talent emerged from the underclassmen who put together Hasse’s two consecutive highly ranked recruiting classes. Freshman shooting guard Cormac Ryan made a 3-pointer on his first attempt while Okpala and Davis created offense at will by driving to the hoop when they needed to in order to keep Stanford in stride with the Seawolves in the first half. Sonoma State had a 5-point lead with 3 minutes left in the first half, yet Stanford was able to trudge their way to a 36-32 lead by the end of first half regulation which was capped by junior Marcus Sheffield’s first 3-pointer of the game.

Okpala and da Silva shared the team lead in points in the first half; both had 9. da Silva led the team with 5 rebounds. The Seawolves’ sophomore forward Wesley Gilbert led his team with 8 first-half points. Sonoma State lost the turnover game to Stanford in the first half by a 9-6 margin while maintaining an even overall shooting percentage with the Cardinal at 45%. Stanford also outplayed the Seawolves in transition, outscoring them 10-0 in fast-break points.

The second half got off to an energetic start, but the Seawolves kept it within three to five points for the first eight minutes. Defensively, a pair of exciting blocks by Davis and Sharma energized the Cardinal but, again, turnovers and a lack of experience and flow on offensive stunted any serious momentum. Offensively, in the first 10 minutes, a pair beautiful finishes at the rim by Okpala and Davis, a Sharma offensive rebound and slam, and a da Silva three-pointer all combined to inch Stanford up slowly to a lead of 10 points with the score 56-46. Davis hit his first 3-pointer of the season with just over 4 minutes left in the game to push the lead up to 11 points in favor of the Cardinal. Just about 20 seconds later, Okpala did the same with his first 3 of the night to push up the lead to 14 points before the final minutes stretched Stanford’s lead to a 75-59 final.

Okpala and Davis each finished the game with 18 points and 34+ minutes, leading the team in both categories and each collecting a pair of 3s. Oscar da Silva led the team with 9 rebounds and collected 14 points of his own in 29 minutes. Freshman Cormac Ryan debuted with 31 minutes, collected 9 points, and gathered 6 boards.

Stanford outshot Sonoma state by a 53% to 38% and similarly beat Sonoma State in terms of 3-point percentage, going 7/15 while the Seawolves went 7/19. Each team shot near a meager 50% from the free throw line. Sonoma State turned the ball over a total of 14 times compared to Stanford’s 13 turnovers. Stanford out-rebounded Sonoma State 37-28.

Stanford will be in action next when they take on Seattle University next Tuesday, November 6 at 7:00 pm PT inside Maples Pavilion.

Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey Friedman: Cardinal open up with new players and returning players against Sonoma State Tuesday

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On the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey:

#1 The Cardinal will open their season October 30th against Sonoma State the time has come for the Cardinal to open the season with new faces and returning players.

#2 Stanford has a number of players that can be a difference maker, including Oscar DeSilva, who is a sophomore.

#3 Head coach Jerod Haase is looking forward to work with the younger talent

#4 Joey takes a look at who could be that one player that could fill the void for a Travis Reid as coach Haase shapes this 2018 team.

Joey Friedman does the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NCAABB podcast with Michelle Richardson: Differences in treatment between women’s basketball players and NBA players

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On the NCAABB podcast with Michelle:

It’s that time of the year folks. It’s NCAA basketball and NCAA basketball has all the drama that you could ask for in college basketball. It’s coming. The NBA is talking about paying players who don’t want to go to college and come out of high school and come into the G-League and give them $125,000 to play in the G-League.

That sounds really great, doesn’t it? But wait a minute, what about the WNBA? When will the NBA start paying the WNBA players? In case you didn’t know, WNBA players can’t go into the league until after four years of school. So basically the women players have to play all four years.

Listen to it all Michelle Richardson on the NCAABB podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose State men’s basketball shakes up staff with two new additions

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Ryan Cooper has been hired as San Jose State men’s basketball assistant coach and Trent Miyagishima as director of men’s basketball operations. Head coach Jean Prioleau made the announcement Thursday.

“I’m really excited about finalizing my staff,” Prioleau said. “Coach Cooper has done a lot of good work for us. He was kept over from the last staff. From the time I came in last year, he was on top of everything from an administrative point of view. He had everything lined up in terms of travel and study hall and things like that, and just had a good feel and good pulse of the team. I leaned on him a lot last year and now he is taking a step up. I think he is going to do a great job for us. He is connected in Northern California and was a high school coach in the Bay Area, so he has those connections and we are looking forward to continuing to work together. It’s his time now.”

Cooper joined the Spartans’ staff as the Prioleau’s third assistant coach along with Will Kimble and Julius Hodge. A San Jose, Calif. native, Cooper previously served as the Director of Basketball Operations at SJSU for the last two seasons. Prior to his stint with the Spartans, he served as head men’s basketball coach at three Bay Area high schools: Del Mar High (2008-2012), Oak Grove High (2013-2014) and Valley Christian High (2014-2016).

A 2008 Notre Dame de Namur University graduate, Cooper was also a standout college player who finished his playing career fourth on NDNU’s career scoring list, second in career assists and a member of the 1,000 point club–all while earning All-Pacific West Conference honors in three of his four seasons.

“I want to thank Coach Prioleau for the opportunity to be an assistant on his staff,” Cooper said. “I really enjoyed working with him in year one as the director of basketball operations. I love San Jose State and really enjoy our staff chemistry. I’m looking forward to a great season.”

Miyagishima, who has been involved with the Spartans’ program since 2015, will take over for Cooper as the director of basketball operations.

“When I think of Trent, I think of a young man that really deserves the opportunity,” Prioleau said. “He went to San Jose State and graduated from here, and he was actually volunteering for us all last year. He has shown that he really wants to be a part of this and has shown that he wants to be a head coach, and now I’m giving him the opportunity to step in to the Director of Basketball Operations position and I think he’s going to do a great job for us. He will be able to lean on Coach Cooper a little bit, because Cooper held that position for a couple years, and he will also be able to lean on me and the other coaches. This is going to be a big jump for Trent, but at the end of the day he just loves San José State and I think he will do a great job for us.”

A 2017 San Jose State graduate, Miyagishima previously served as the team’s video coordinator in 2017 and was the head manager in 2015 and 2016. The 24-year old product of Woodland Hills, Calif., will now oversee all of the men’s basketball day-to-day operations in his new role.

“I am blessed an honored to continue to be a part of this Spartan Program,” Miyagishima said. “As an alumnus, it means a little more to represent the Spartans. I just want to thank Coach Prioleau for giving me the opportunity to be the next director of basketball operations. I’m ready to get things rolling and excited to be a part of the upcoming season.”

San Jose State men’s basketball announces 2018-19 TV schedule

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By: Ana Kieu

San Jose State men’s basketball will play on a nationally televised stage five times during Mountain West play during the 2018-19 season. The conference and its national TV partners finalized the schedule and made the announcement on Wednesday.

“I’m excited that our team will get multiple opportunities to play on a national stage, especially at home,” head coach Jean Prioleau said. “We enjoy having the chance to make some noise and perform at a high level in front of a lot of viewers. The national spotlight is great exposure for this program and I’m excited for our fans and the San Jose community as a whole.”

Two of the five games broadcasted will be played in the Event Center. The Spartans welcome UNLV for a 2 pm PT contest on Sunday, February 16, and New Mexico for a 7 pm PT tip on Tuesday, February 26. Both games will be broadcasted by AT&T SportsNet.

The Spartans’ fans’ first chance to catch SJSU on television will be Wednesday, January 9th at Nevada on CBS Sports Network. The Spartans also have televised road contests slated for Saturday, January 19th at UNLV and Wednesday, February 13th at New Mexico.

Additionally, any SJSU men’s basketball game not on national television will be broadcasted on the MW Network via watchstadium.com. Links for those games will be available all season long on the MBB schedule page and TheMW.com.

Date                                     Location                            Opponent         Network                           Time

1/9/2019                           Reno, Nev.                          Nevada               CBS Sports Network     8:00 p.m. PT

1/19/2019                         Las Vegas, Nev.                 UNLV                    AT&T SportsNet             4:30 p.m. PT

2/13/2019                         Albuquerque, N.M.          New Mexico      AT&T SportsNet             6:00 p.m. PT

2/16/2019                         The Event Center            UNLV                    AT&T SportsNet             2:00 p.m. PT

2/26/2019                         The Event Center            New Mexico      AT&T SportsNet             7:00 p.m. PT

San Jose State names Julius Hodge as an assistant basketball coach

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After two seasons as a Santa Clara University men’s basketball assistant coach, Julius Hodge is joining the San Jose State University men’s basketball staff in a similar capacity. Spartans head coach Jean Prioleau made the announcement on Tuesday.

San Jose State will be Hodge’s third position in a coaching career that started at the University of Buffalo in 2015 as the director of player development. In his lone season with the Bulls, Buffalo recorded a 20 win season for the sixth time in school history. Buffalo also defended its Mid-American Conference championship and played in the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history.

Hodge then joined his former NCAA coach Herb Sendak at Santa Clara University as an assistant coach. In his first season at Santa Clara, the Broncos produced their first winning record in four seasons.

“We are extremely excited to have Julius in our program. He played three years in the NBA and he’s well connected around the country. He understands the game of basketball and more importantly, he understands the level of commitment needed to move our program forward. He’s a very well-rounded coach,” said Prioleau.

The 2005 North Carolina State University graduate was a two-time All-American, the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year and a two-time All-ACC player. He was a second-team consensus All-America as a junior and an Associated Press honorable mention All-America as a senior.

Hodge was a first round draft pick of the Denver Nuggets and the 20th overall selection in the 2005 NBA Draft. He played for the Nuggets and the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA and overseas in Europe, Asia, and Australia before embarking on a coaching career.

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with someone that has the background, character and leadership ability of Jean Prioleau,” said Hodge. “Coach Prioleau is unmatched in his ability to relate, connect and empower young men in their quest to reach their full potential. I am really excited to work with our student-athletes and help them become better young men and achieve a new level of success on the court.”

For Hodge, he is reacquainting himself with the Spartans. In his second major college game of his freshman year at North Carolina State, Hodge was a starter in the Wolfpack’s win over San Jose State in the 2001-02 season-opening BCA Tournament in Raleigh, N.C.

San Jose State signs two all-state guards and a emerging frontcourt player

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By: Ana Kieu

Two all-state guards and an emerging frontcourt player from winning high school basketball programs signed a National Letter-of-Intent to enroll at San Jose State University and continue their men’s basketball careers this fall. Jean Prioleau, the Spartans head coach, made the announcement on Friday.

6-foot-9 forward Christian Anigwe from Desert Vista High in Phoenix, Arizona, 6-foot-4 guard Kaison Hammonds from ThunderRidge High in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and 6-foot-6 guard Seneca Knight from Northside High in Lafayette, Louisiana, are joining the Spartans.

“These three guys are versatile perimeter players. The two guards (Hammonds and Knight) can pass, dribble and shoot the ball. Seneca is a big guard. Kaison is a player that can make shots. He is another big guard at 6-foot-4,” says Prioleau, who is entering his second season at San Jose State. “Christian is very athletic. We needed another athletic big guy in the front line who is active.”

The three Spartan newcomers are coming from programs that won at least 44 games the last two seasons and have high-level athletic family bloodlines.

Knight was a first-team Class 4A all-state and first-team All-District 4-4A honoree as a senior for Northside High. Ranked by Gulf Coast Basketball as the No. 16 overall prospect and the No.1 scoring forward in state, Knight averaged 25.0 points a game his senior season. His dad, Seneca Knight, played college football at Grambling and professionally for the Arena League’s Grand Rapids (Michigan) team.

Hammonds was a two-time first-team selection by the Colorado High School Athletic Association. In his junior and senior seasons, ThunderRidge had a 49-5 win-loss record in the 5A/4A Continental League. He averaged 14.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists as a junior and 15.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists as a senior. His dad, Tom Hammonds, starred at Georgia Tech and played 11 NBA seasons (1990-2001) for four teams.

Anigwe averaged 10.7 points and 5.7 rebounds a game and shot 64.5 percent from the field last season at Desert Vista High. D1Nation.com ranked him as the No. 15 high school prospect in the state. His sister, Kristine Anigwe, a three-time honorable mention All-America basketball player and the 2016 USBWA National Freshman of the Year, will be a senior at the University of California in the 2018-19 season.

Knight, Hammonds and Anigwe now give Prioleau eight new players for the 2018-19 San Jose State team. Earlier, guard Zach Chappell of Capital Christian High in Sacramento; guard Brae Ivey, from Riverside City College; 6-foot-9 forward Craig LeCesne, a San Bernardino Valley College transfer who played as a freshman at Pepperdine University; 6-foot-10 Michael Steadman from City College of San Francisco; and 6-foot-11 Samuel Japhet-Mathias, a transfer from Wake Forest University, signed with the Spartans.

With one of the largest signing classes in recent San Jose State men’s basketball history, Prioleau expressed his appreciation for the teamwork by many campus departments and units throughout the recruiting process.

“As a new coaching staff, we leaned heavily on and learned quickly how much San Jose State department heads and staff members want to see us recruit the best possible players to be a part of our university and succeed in all aspects of college life and beyond. It all starts with Dr. (Mary A.) Papazian, our President, and Athletics Director Marie Tuite and their vision for our program,” concluded Prioleau.

San Jose State to host Indiana State in Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge

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By: Ana Kieu

San Jose State University will be one of 10 Mountain West schools participating in the eighth annual Mountain West-Missouri Valley Men’s Basketball Challenge Series during
the 2018-19 non-conference season.

The Spartans will host Indiana State University on Wednesday, November 28, at The Event Center. The game time and television assignment will be announced at a later date.

“We’re excited to be a part of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Men’s Basketball Challenge Series this season and are looking forward to hosting Indiana State at The Event Center,” says SJSU head coach Jean Prioleau.

Indiana State was sixth in the Missouri Valley last season with an 8-10 conference record. The Sycamores were 13-18 overall.

This non-conference home game will be the second time these schools are facing each other in men’s basketball. These two teams faced each other in the 1948 NAIB Championship Tournament (now the NAIA Championship) in Kansas City, Missouri. Coached by the legendary John Wooden, Indiana State pulled out a 59-52 win in the quarterfinal round of the 32-team tournament.

The Challenge Series consists of each conference hosting five games each season. This year’s series runs from November 27 through December 1. Matchups are based on the previous season’s records and RPI rankings and projections for the upcoming season. Games from the previous year’s Challenge series aren’t returned.