That's an impressive highlights video on Massamba. It looks like he has an all around, full game of set of skills: 3 point shooting, mid-range jumpers, nice floaters, drives to the rim for dunks, blocks and assists.

247 Sports listed him as the #23 combo guard recruit in the nation for 2025 and they give him a 92 rating which is the highest rating I've ever seen for an Aggie recruit.

https://hornetsports.com/news/2026/5/1/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-signs-uc-davis-transfer-marcus-wilson.aspx

Wilson to Sac State...that's really difficult to understand. Transferring to a program with a losing history that didn't make any progress under Mike Bibby last year either. Not only that but the Big West has been severely weakened with the loss of the Aggies, Hawai'i, San Diego and Santa Barbara. Maybe they gave him a big pay check because nothing else about going to Sac makes any sense.

2025-26

• Appeared in 29 games.
• Averaged 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.
• Scored a season-high 12 points and blocked three shots at VCU on Feb. 18.
• Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds against Saint Louis on Feb. 28.
• Recorded a season-high four assists in a victory over Iona on Nov. 16.
• Tallied a season-best two steals eight separate times throughout the season.
• Shot 70 percent from the charity stripe on the year.

Before Davidson
• Played her freshman season at University of San Francisco.
• Averaged 8.0 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game and 3.2 assists per game in rookie season.
• Named to the WCC All-Rookie team

https://davidsonwildcats.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/angeliki-ziaka/11333

4 FCS Wild Card Teams With Boom or Bust Potential in 2026
We take a look at four teams that are true wild cards entering the 2026 FCS football season.

UC Davis is another team that will have lofty expectations entering the 2026 season. The Aggies have made back-to-back quarterfinal runs under head coach Tim Plough, but it's now time to see if this program can take that next step, especially with a 13-3 Big Sky record over the past two seasons.

Some may question the wild card status for the Aggies, but it stems from the quarterback position. Let me preface this by saying, if there's a head coach I trust to find a quarterback, it's Tim Plough, but it's a major decision because of how much talent the Aggies return for next season.

Championship windows close faster than ever in the transfer portal era, and the Aggies return the 4th-highest percentage of significant contributors in the nation. They return over 70% of their key players on defense, including All-Americans Rex Connor and Porter Connors, who received an extra year from the NCAA.

Offensively, the Aggies have four starting offensive linemen returning, also with their two top receivers in Samuel Gbatu Jr. and Stacy Dobbins. Running back Jordan Fisher is also back after his 1,000-yard season in 2025. All the pieces are here for the Aggies. That's why the quarterback play could really make-or-break this team.

Luckily, the Aggies signed one of the top FBS quarterback transfers this offseason, adding Jackson Kollock from Minnesota. The redshirt freshman was a record-setting quarterback at Laguna Beach HS, where he threw for over 7,000 career yards and 94 touchdowns.

If Kollock lives up to the hype, the Aggies could be a real threat to make some noise in the playoffs, but if he experiences some growing pains, UC Davis could miss their shot to capitalize on one of the most talented rosters in the country.

The whole article including the other 3 teams (South Dakota, Lamar and NAU) here:

https://www.si.com/college/fcs/big-sky/4-fcs-football-wild-card-teams-with-boom-or-bust-potential-in-2026-uc-davis-lamar-nau-south-dakota?fbclid=IwY2xjawRhW_dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEefbGMLKB48rAJC19wc56iEcYkZgo4sfPBmFksYsllwgWNpW365hZgBhO7nPg_aem_SPWcoSoYkIzQ9Rx5m06nhw

Massamba just completed his freshman year at UT, in which he played in 13 games. He totaled just four points, four assists and three assists in 45 total minutes played. While Massamba never earned a significant role, he did play sparingly late in the season, including in the Vols’ NCAA Tournament win against Miami (Ohio).

However, injuries also reared their ugly head in Massamba’s freshman season. He dealt with a hip flexor for a solid portion of SEC play. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes frequently spoke positively about Massamba’s work ethic and mentality as a result.

https://www.rockytopinsider.com/2026/04/30/tennessee-basketball-freshman-wing-clarence-massamba-commits-to-new-school-in-transfer-portal/#goog_rewarded

-Full name is Clarence Nelson Fondeur-Massamba.
-Last name is pronounced muh-SAHM-buh.
-Born Dec. 14, 2005, in Paris.
-Parents are Florent Fondeur, an RATP safety agent, and Julia Massamba.
-Has two older brothers, Cameron and Sidney, as well as one younger brother, Mylson-Davis, and two younger sisters, Charlie and Orphée.
-Majoring in recreation & sport management.
-Enjoys playing various sports in addition to basketball, especially soccer.
-Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant because he feels pushed to go harder by the mental component of Bryant’s game.
-Best sports memory is winning the state title as a junior at The Rock School.
-Wears No. 4 because he has kept it ever since he first got it during his sophomore year of high school.
-Committed to Tennessee over interest from schools such as Arkansas, Duke, Kansas, Ohio State, North Carolina, Southern Cal, Virginia Tech and Xavier.
-Chose Tennessee because of his good connection with the coaches and how they made him feel like it was the right place for him.
-Follows one prior Tennessee letter winner from France in Yves Pons, a Fuveau native who played from 2017-21 and was the 2020 SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
-Owner of an 8-5 standing reach, he put on 15.5 pounds and increased his standing vertical jump by 2.49 inches over his first two months—arrived Aug. 17, 2025—at Tennessee.
-Recipient of the Holland Family Athletic Scholarship.

https://utsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/clarence-massamba/22163

From the Tennessee athletics website:

[quote]2025-26 - FRESHMAN

-Played in 12 games in his first collegiate campaign, missing five due to injury.
-Totaled four points, four assists, three rebounds, one steal and one made 3-pointer across 42 minutes
of action.
-Tied for second on the team by throwing down the pregame “One Fly, We All Fly” dunk five times, three of which came in the postseason, including two in the NCAA Tournament.
-Notched one rebound and one assist in two minutes of action against third-ranked Michigan (3/29/26) in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
-Made his NCAA Tournament debut in the Round of 64 win over Miami (OH) (3/20/26).
-Missed the games at Mississippi State (2/11/26), at No. 19/18 Vanderbilt (2/21/26), at Missouri (2/24/26), versus No. 17/18 Alabama (2/28/26) and at South Carolina (3/3/26) due to a right hip injury.
-Distributed a season-best two assists, the first two of his career, against North Florida (11/12/25).
-Connected on a corner 3-pointer versus Northern Kentucky (11/8/25) for the first points of his career.
-Earned his first collegiate action in the season opener against Mercer (11/3/25).[/quote]

https://utsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/clarence-massamba/22163

Les excels at finding and developing under recruited and overlooked guards. We have seen that time and time again over the years. Massamba will have a chance to grow into an elite player here under the guidance of Les.

Tennessee averaged 19,251 fans for their 17 home games last season so, in terms of game environment, playing here will be like night and day for him though.

Russ Turner has a reputation for recruiting very big post players. I think many of us here remember Mamadou N'Diaye who was 7'6" tall and played for the Eaters for 3 years 2013-2016. We had some memorable games against them when he played and I remember how often he would flop trying to draw fouls. He was quite a character with a big personality.

Damn...Williams has had such bad luck with injuries! He's been through a lot and I'd love to see him get healthy enough to have a great season. He's one of the team leaders IMO.

i think Preston Neumayr is in the portal! — DrMike

:lol:

The portal closed on the 21st but I think verbalcommits.com is just getting caught up.

Niko is listed in the portal now also.

Aggie Athletics sets a new record for donations on Give Day:

UC Davis Athletics delivered a record-setting Give Day in 2026, raising $652,122 from 1,817 donors in support of its student-athletes, programs and key department initiatives.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2026/4/20/uc-davis-athletics-marks-record-setting-give-day-2026.aspx

That's a huge amount of recruiting activity by Hawai'i. I wish we had the same kind of coverage being reported for the Aggies but I'm not surprised that we haven't heard anything official. Aggie Athletics generally never releases any information about recruits until the ink dries on their commitment signing.

The portal closes on the 21st but I doubt that we'll hear much for quite a while. It's going to be interesting to see the roster we end up with considering how many players we've lost already. I'm hoping that we have come into some cash for NIL. If it's true that we are paying Incarnate Word $75,000 to come to Davis for a game, one would think we've got some money to spend on the program and we certainly wouldn't burn through it just bringing in teams for home games.

Article about the top returning players in the MWC for next season:

https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/mountain-west-basketballs-top-10-returning-players-as-transfer-portal-is-set-to-close

That's a whole lot of money which always seems to be in short supply here. Did we just inherit a sugar daddy recently?