Bjornstad officially freed

Now this is bizarre...or maybe not. It is difficult to believe that the Nevada athletics office was unaware of a new rule so we're going with the school of thought that the Wolf Pack was bigtime nyet at the time of the request but realized there was nothing to gain by drawing out the process.

Bjornstad released from his letter-of-intent to Nevada
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Jounral
6-15-09

Steven Bjornstad has been released from his letter-of-intent to play basketball at Nevada after a technicality freed him of his obligation to the Wolf Pack. Bjornstad, a 6-foot-10 center from Vancouver, Wash., asked for a release April 29, citing the Wolf Pack’s coaching change from Mark Fox to David Carter...

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