SoCal Showdown notes:
6-0 2026 G CJ Aldrich (Rancho Buena Vista) was integral in his 2026 team’s win to advance to the event’s title game. Wired to score, Aldrich scored from each level including showcasing craftiness off the bounce.
RBV wraps up the weekend at Cali-Live with a win over North Bakersfield going 3-1 overall with additional wins over Alameda and Calabasas. Thank you to @BoysCaliLive24 for having us and running a first class event! 🤘🏽🪵🪓
@FullTimeHoops1@gerryfreitas@CoachAbramsSr@icemike1
2026 Rancho Buena Vista guard CJ Aldrich explodes for 41 points and 9 rebounds to lead the Longhorns to a gritty 76-68 comeback win over Alameda.
The 6-0 point guard is as gifted a scoring point guard you’ll see in SoCal.
Nine Up North: A Boys California Live Primer.
Coaches, I’ll be in Roseville covering the SD contingent. We’ve got a number of recruitable prospects. Read more about them here before heading to Roebbelen! https://t.co/vxwxANqutw
Made it safely up to Sac town for Cali-Live. We are ready to Compete and get better this weekend! 🪵🪓🤘🏽
🆚 Alameda
📍Roeblen Center - Roseville
⏰ 3:45pm
📆 6/28
A great high school coach has to keep…
35 players (frosh/jv/var)
70 parents
5 administrators
10 trainers / AAU coaches
100 youth program players
5 assistant coaches
✅ Happy
✅ Healthy
✅ Organized
✅ Satisfied
✅ Together
✅ Smiling
The head coach is the CEO of their program
❌ It’s the Coaches Fault
❌ Bad Referees
❌ School Doesn’t Support Me
❌ They Are Sleeping On Me
❌ My AAU Coach Doesnt Help Me
❌ I Need A New Trainer
🏀 Soon you’re going to run out of excuses.
Sometimes you have to look into the mirror + make changes! 🏀
Sleeper Alert! 6'4 Wing Ayden Horn of @OWBBall is going to help out someone at the nxt lvl, the Hi - Flying slasher who holds a @CSUSM_MBB offer was one of the top 💤 during #GTE California Classic @CSUSM_MBB ✔️out some other top 💤
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https://t.co/BtjX8dqAsh
Highlights of 6-1 2024 G Trent Lotito (Rancho Buena Vista/ Our Way). Late blooming unsigned prospect evolving into an effective three-level scorer with rapidly improving athleticism and physicality. Local junior colleges should take a look.
17U wins the gold division of the Big Showdown with a 60-49 over West Finest Adidas Gold…We now improve to 11-1 on the spring club season. Solid team play and effort from all of our teams this weekend! 🪵🪓 @Grassroots365@CoachAbramsSr@FullTimeHoops1
The typical college coach recruits in this order now:
1. Re-recruits own team
2. Transfer Portal
3. JUCOs
4. Prep/Post Grad
5. High School
You don’t have to like it but it’s the reality of the landscape at the moment.
Heard a parent spazzing on their kid yesterday walking to the car. Told em “you need to go play on a team with 6-7 players and get your stats up…got me wasting money now to see you score 3 pts”
I kept walking but im like…man that seed gets planted into kid’s heads early. Win or Lose..Talent or No Talent…its about “getting your stats up” Coaches can only be as effective as the messages reinforced in the car and at home.
For 30 yrs of being knee-deep in AAU/grassroots ball, I've always thought of it as being the Wild West! But what I'm seeing right now, AAU has NOTHING on the out of control craziness of college basketball transfer portal. It's not sustainable. It's gonna implode if nothing done