Parsing The WAC: Parsing The WAC --- by Chris Murray

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Parsing The WAC --- by Chris Murray

Hey, we've actually been giving it some thought that we should be including Chris Murray's name in the title of this blog since he is supplying so much of the 'updates' we post here.

We are still planning on doing an early WAC preview of each team as soon as things slow down with our other writing.

But in the meantime...Chris offers his take on the latest LA TECH happenings in his most recent column:

Changes aplenty at one WAC basketball school
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
May 27, 2008

The Louisiana Tech basketball team was horrible last season. Some of that was design. The Techsters were 6-24 overall and a WAC-worst 3-13 in league under first-year coach Kerry Rupp. You never want to go through a season like that, but all that pain might start paying off next season. However, it won't come without a little controversy.

Rupp decided to build Louisiana Tech with the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons in mind. He lured three transfers from BCS schools in Jamel White of Nebraska, Magnum Rolle of LSU and Kenny Cooper of Oklahoma State. All three become eligible this season and will have at least two years of eligibility left. The coach also nabbed a pair of prep stars from Canada before last season in four-star recruit Olu Ashaolu and three-star recruit D.J. Wright. Both were redshirted (and Wright failed to academically qualify, which forced a transfer to Salt Lake Community College. He said he will spend two years at SLCC and return to Louisiana Tech).

The next step was adding this season's recruiting class, which included JC transfer David Jackson, who averaged 7.2 points per game as a freshman at Idaho in 2006-07 before transferring to Mesa Community College and then La. Tech. The five-player class includes another JC transfer in Jamel Guyton and prep products Brandon Gibson, Josh Brown and Holton Hunsaker, who won't join the team until the 2010-11 season after going on a Mormon mission to Fiji...

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08/25/2011: Want to also thank Kevin, who writes what I consider to be next to my blog, (just kidding), the best college basketball blog in the country and trust me, I read them all, http://parsingthewac.blogspot.com, it is always fresh and always important info, plus Kevin has often referenced my blog and it is not forgotten and greatly appreciated. Too many bloggers think their you know what does not stink and are not willing to recognize other people. So thank you Kevin and keep up the awesome work.

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02/25/2009: Nevada paper rates WAC players: "Once again I must give credit where it is due – I pulled these articles off of Parsing the WAC,...an almost daily updated blog run by Kevin McCarthy. It is the authority on all things WAC men’s basketball. If there is a feature or game story put out about one of the schools in the league he will have a link to it (and a corresponding editorial comment). It is one of the first places I go on the Internet each day. We are very lucky to have a fan in this a midmajor league willing to put the time and energy in bring all this great information to all of us. Thanks Kevin."

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02/17/09 12:24 AM: re: Tyrone Hanson...Stuck in Seattle said: "Hey, Nevada Proud. Chris Murrey snatched up your Hanson scoop without so much as a hat tip, but Parsing the WAC has put your name up in lights...Kevin McCarthy...Parsing the WAC...he was probably the one guy awake in the “Ethics of Journalism” class...or maybe he decided to skip class the day the “There is no ethics in Jouranalism” lecture was given...either way he’s a credible guy."
02/17/09 1:49 AM: "Kevin M. is a good buddy of mine, and a class act all the way. I’m really proud of him for doing the things he’s done, because SJSU has been real hard to work with from a media standpoint despite what his recruiting coverage work could offer the hoops program."

02/12/09 10:58 AM: In the WAC, defense is king: "Kevin McCarthy has an insightful look at team defense in the WAC over at Parsing the WAC, and conference results so far are playing out his prediction: the team that gets the most stops, gets the most wins...Taking a game-by-game look at the Vandals’ conference season proves Kevin’s point. In all four of Idaho’s WAC wins, the team held opponents under .400 shooting."

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02/06/09 10:26 PM: High praise for incoming hoops recruits..."Ran across some nice nuggets of info on the Parsing the WAC blog, which I must say is a very active and informative one. Kevin McCarthy talks Fresno State quite a bit in it, which is cool with me...So let’s get to the point...McCarthy talked ’Dogs recruiting with Carl Foster, who’s been around a few of the soon-to-be Fresno State players, and he had some pretty impressive things to say."

11/04/08 1:10PM: "Parsing the WAC is a great blog for news on West Coast Hoops. Thanks to Kevin McCarthy, who does a fine job there himself. If you are a fan of a WAC school or just want to keep up with players with local interest like Adrian Oliver at SJS, the Seattle kids at Nevada, or NW schools like BSU and Idaho, this is the place to be."

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Reno Gazette Journal

11/01/08: LOUISIANA TECH UPDATE: "Kevin McCarthy over at Parsing the WAC, an excellent source of WAC basketball news, was contacted by somebody familiar with the recent departure of four Louisiana Tech basketball players (which we touched on last week). For those who don't know, Drew Washington, Dwayne Lathan, Orrim Tims and Brandon Mims were dismissed after meeting with coach Kerry Rupp two weeks ago. Lathan said he was blindsided by the decision. McCarthy’s source, who remained anonymous, said there was more to the story than met the eye."