6’8” junior Drew Gordon (Mitty/San Jose CA) made a much anticipated announcement on Monday by declaring he will sign a national letter-of-intent with UCLA next November. Gordon is one of the elite post players in the nation and has the work ethic, passion and attitude

necessary to be an integral player in Ben Howland’s physical system of play. “I am excited for the recruiting phase to be over for me, and I can’t wait to get to UCLA, even though I have another year of high school” said Drew. Gordon picked the Bruins over Duke, North Carolina, Arizona, Washington and Cal………..……… Gordon’s frontcourt partner at Mitty 6’8” junior Enoch Andoh is also attracting legitimate D-I interest. The strong and physical post with a soft touch is hearing from the likes of New Mexico, Stanford, St. Mary’s, Santa Clara, Liberty, Missouri State and SE Lousiana……………....6'6" senior guard Julyan Stone (Dos Pueblos/Goleta CA) has signed with UTEP after visiting the El Paso TX campus last week. Stone (who was impressive playing for Belmont Shore last month at the Las Vegas Easter Classic, Houston Kingwood Classic and Las Vegas Showcase) picked the Miners over serious interest from Penn State, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington State, Miami FL, Long Beach State, San Francisco, Marshall and Lamar……..6’10” senior center Malcolm Campbell (Fairfax/Los Angeles CA) has signed with Hartford after visiting there a week ago. Campbell is a rapidly developing big man (wears a size 21 shoe) whose best days are definitely ahead of him. Malcolm’s uncle is former UCLA star and NBA center Brad Wright …………6’3” senior Cameron Jones (Los Alamitos/Los Alamitos CA) has signed with Northern Arizona. Jones is one of the most underrated Class of 2007 lead guards in California………Jones’ Los Al teammate 6’10” senior center Clint Amberry has signed with San Jose State…………6’5” senior Deirunas Visockas (University/Los Angeles CA) has signed with Lafayette. Visockas is a skilled wing with good size that has nice potential to develop into a solid Patriot League player…………..6’4” junior wing Brendon Lavender (Mountain View/Mesa AZ) has committed to Arizona. Lavender was starting to generate a serious national buzz after this April viewing period and the Wildcats acted fast to secure a commitment from him after it became very apparent that Lavender was starting to attract interest from national elite programs……….

6’3” sophomore Roberto Nelson (Santa Barbara/Santa Barbara CA) scored 24 points to lead Mike Lewis’ California Hoops squad to a 59-52 win over Utah Pump-n-Run to capture the Las Vegas Spring Showcase over the weekend of April 28-29. 6’7” soph Aaron Moore (Dominguez/Compton CA), 6’3” junior Chris Jones (Newark Memorial CA) and 6’8” junior Tim Williams (Antioch/Antioch CA) also played key roles in California Hoops’ marathon march to the title…………….

Bob Gottlieb’s Branch West-Team Reebok had one of the most successful spring runs this year, playing its way to a 18-4 record including a championship game appearance at the Las Vegas Easter Classic. While 6’7” junior Tyreese Breshers (Price/Los Angeles CA) anchors Gottllieb’s interior, Bob (the father of ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb and San Diego State assistant Gregg Gottlieb and the patriarch of the exploding Gottlieb clan) has also received good contributions from several unsung and underrated senior prospects including 6’7” Zareh Zagaryan (Hoover/Glendale CA), 6’0” Alex Tucker (Redondo Union/Redondo Beach CA), 6’2” Cosmo Morrabi (Beverly Hills/Beverly CA) and 5’11” Jeffrey Osborne (Chatsworth/Chatsworth CA)……………

New Long Beach State coach Dan Monson has completed his new 49’er staff. Besides bringing in long-time associate Vic Couch, Monson also added two assistants with legitimate SoCal ties: Rod Palmer (former Compton Centennial HS coach) and Eric Brown (former assistant at Iowa State, USC and Cal State Northridge).

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