LATEST NEWS...

Seahawks will travel to Chico for NorCal Jamboree.....

The Cabrillo College Men's Basketball team will travel to Chico, CA for the NorCal Jamboree at Chico State University. The Jamboree is a series of scrimmages featuring 16 California Community College teams. Cabrillo will play College of the Redwoods (Eureka, CA) at 11:00 am and then scrimmage Feather River College (Quincy, CA) at 1:00 pm. Both scrimmages take place on Sunday Oct. 28th.

Cabrillo will open the 2007-2008 campaign against Shasta College (Redding, CA) in the John Wallace Memorial Tournament hosted by Ohlone College in Fremont, CA Nov. 9th at 5:00 pm.

Seahawks Start Official Practice Monday October 15th......

The 2007-2008 Cabrillo College Men's Basketball team will begin official practice on Monday October 15th. The Seahawks, who won a share of the Coast Conference South Championship in 2006-2007 for the first time in school history, are ready to begin preparations for what will no doubt again be a very competitive Coast Conference South. The 2007-2008 version of the Seahawks will have plenty of experience back from last years team with five returning sophomores (four of which started) and two redshirts who would have played considerable minutes on last years championship team. Aaron Pearson and Dom Dunham return in the backcourt and were both Honorable mention All-Conference picks along with Chris Sharp at center, who was a Second team All-Conference selection.

Cabrillo opens the season on Friday Nov. 9th in Fremont, CA at the John Wallace Memorial Tournament (hosted by Ohlone College). They will open with Shasta College (Redding, CA) at 5:00 pm.

Seahawks Announce Changes in Coaching Staff.

Head Coach Tony Marcopulos has announced that Assistant Coach Tony Raffetto will not return as assistant coach for the 2007-2008 season. Raffetto who had been on staff for the previous three years and had been teaching at San Benito High School in Gilroy. For personal reasons, Raffetto has relocated to the Bay Area and has taken a similar position with Merritt Community College.

Coach Marcopulos has announced the hiring of former University of the Pacific Assistant Coach Ben Sanders. Sanders, who previous to his three year stint with Pacific was an assistant at San Jose State University under Phil Johnson (now an assistant at USC). Sanders also played at the Community College level at Fullerton College before accepting a full scholarship to play at UNLV. Coach Sanders is currently enrolled in the graduate program at SJSU pursuing a Masters Degree.

Patterson, Atang, and Cole Move on to 4 Year Schools.

Aaron Patterson, Coast Conference South MVP and All-State selection, has signed with Minot State University. Patterson has accepted a full scholarship to attend the North Dakota based university in the Fall of '07.

Joe Atang will continue his basketball career at Houston Baptist University in the Fall '07. Atang, a Houston native and graduate of St. Pius X High School, is a welcomed addition to the HBU Basketball roster.

Jason Cole has committed to attend Hunter College in Manhattan, NY. Cole, a native of Brooklyn, NY, will be an instrumental part of the Hunter College Men's Basketball Team in '07-'08.

Cabrillo Basketball:

"Soaring to New Heights!"

When Head Coach Tony Marcopulos arrived at Cabrillo in March, 2000, he was taking the reigns of one of California's worst community college basketball programs.  In the seven seasons since then, Marcopulos has turned the once-downtrodden program into a perennial championship contender.  Under the guidance of Coach Marcopulos, the Seahawks' winning percentage has improved every season except one.  Over the past three seasons, the Seahawks have an overall record of 50-34, including 23-13 in Coast Conference play.  The program's recent success reached new heights this past season with 19 victories, a Coast Conference Championship, and several players earning all-league or all-state recognition... see below for more about the 2006-07 season.

Looking Back:  Highlights from the 2006-2007 Cabrillo Basketball Season

Most Victories in the Tony Marcopulos Era

2006-07 was another breakthrough season for the Cabrillo basketball program.  The Seahawks finished with 19 victories overall, the most in Coach Marcopulos' 7-year tenure. 

Seahawks Win Coast Conference Championship

With a 9-3 record in league games, including season sweeps of perennially strong rivals West Valley & San Jose City, the Seahawks were the 2007 Coast Conference Co-Champions!  It's the first men's basketball league championship in school history (since Cabrillo was founded in 1959).  Santa Cruz Sentinel Article

Cabrillo Finishes Season with Strong RPI Rating

Cabrillo finished the 2006-7 season with and RPI rating of .548, good for a #13 ranking in NorCal and #25 in the state.

Four Seahawks Earn All-League Honors

The Coast Conference coaches voted Cabrillo forward Aaron Patterson as the league's Most Valuable Player.  Chris Sharp was named 2nd team all-league and both Aaron Pearson and Dom Dunham were honorable mentions.  Santa Cruz Sentinel Article

Patterson Voted First Team All-State

California Community College Association named Sophomore guard Aaron Patterson to the All-State First Team.  Patterson is only the second Cabrillo player in the last two decades to earn All-State recognition (the other was Maurice Miller in '05).  Patterson is the first player in Cabrillo basketball history to be voted Conference MVP and First Team All-State in the same year.

Cabrillo Goes on the Offensive

Already one of the state's best defensive basketball teams year after year, the 2006-7 Seahawks were a high-scoring bunch, averaging over 77 points a game to rank 21st (out of 90+ teams) in that category.

2006-2007 Game Summary Archive