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As he gets ready for his senior season, one thing St. Mary’s High swingman Dominique Lee won’t have to worry about is picking a college.

Lee said Thursday that he has orally committed to play at Utah in 2010. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound wing said familiarity with the Utes was his No. 1 reason for choosing them.

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Richmond High is turning to a familiar face to front its boys basketball program this season, as former coach Rob Collins has accepted an offer to once again coach the Oilers, the longtime coach said Wednesday.

Collins resigned as coach at Amador Valley after the 2008 season. He amassed a 30-21 record in two years at Amador. Before taking over for the Dons, Collins was tremendously successful at Richmond, leading them to the NCS Division II championship game in 2006 and reaching the NCS playoffs twice in four years. Collins also coached at Acalanes for 11 years, leading the Dons to the NCS playoffs nine times.

Like last year, I took a peak at the rosters of every Division-I team in the nation to locate where the East Bay Alumni are playing. I can almost guarantee there are a few I missed, so if you have any to add please chime in.

By League: EBAL 30, OAL 20, HAAL 17, DFAL 8, ACCAL 6, DVAL 5, BVAL 3, MVAL 3, BSAL 2, BFL 1

By School: De La Salle 9, McClymonds 9, San Leandro 8, San Ramon Valley 7, Skyline 6, California 4, Monte Vista 4, Castlemont 3, Clayton Valley 3, Granada 3, Hayward 3, Mt Eden 3, Acalanes 2, Alhambra 2, Berkeley 2, Campolindo 2, Foothill 2, James Logan 2, Las Lomas 2, Oakland Tech 2, San Lorenzo 2, All the rest have 1: College Park, De Anza, El Cerrito, Encinal, Freedom, Irvington, Liberty, Piedmont, Pinole Valley, Pittsburg, Richmond, Salesian, Ygnacio Valley
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CalHiSports.com released it’s 31st annual All-state boys basketball team on Tuesday. The East Bay region landed one player on each of the three 10-man teams.

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Former Kennedy boys basketball coach Michael Booker has agreed to become the new head coach at El Cerrito.

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The Road to Arco finally reaches its end today for the Division II and Division V brackets. The St. Joseph Notre Dame boys will get it all started with a 1:30 p.m. tipoff against Windward-Los Angeles. Then at 6 p.m., Carondelet plays in its first state final in the Post-Jayne Era. We’ll be here with detailed play-by-play and conversation during both games. And we might just throw in occasional updates on Friday’s other two games, as well. So if you’re still stuck in your cubicle and can’t make it up to the capital, stick with us. 

The Two Geeks come out of hibernation to pump up this weekend’s state basketball championships at Arco Arena in Sacramento. They head west for the first time, visting a first-time entry into the state title games, Salesian.

Maybe it’s not the bright lights of Arco Arena, but if you’re a BSAL basketball fan, the place to be today is Folsom High School. The BSAL will be represented in each of the last three games of the day. Matt Smith and Chace Bryson are there to bring you updates throughout.

With two titles being decided tomorrow, the quick turnaround was a bit much for us to put together championship previews for the paper. But at least we can breakdown the matchups here. So here’s a quick title game breakdown for Divisions I-V.
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