Shawn Harrison on USU's signing of Anthony DiLoretto

So much has already been said and posted about all this so we'll leave it with two thoughts:

1) DiLoretto probably says a special prayer at night thanking his lucky stars that he won't be facing the wrath of The Refraction-ers (had he signed with another WAC team).

2) He better have an extra large pair of ear plugs on January 2 because the New Mexico State fans are surely working up quite the greeting, even as this is being typed.

How would the Dookies handle this young man if he arrived to Cameron with an opposing team?

Utah St. hoops adds big man
Shawn Harrison
Herald Journal
August 25, 2009

Classes began Monday at Utah State University, and there was a new big man on campus, literally.

The Aggie men’s basketball team recently added a center to the roster. USU head coach Stew Morrill made it official Monday with the announcement.

Anthony DiLoreto is a 7-foot-1, 230-pound athlete from Minnetonka, Minn., and will be a freshman this fall. With Western Athletic Conference MVP Gary Wilkinson gone, DiLoreto will compete for the vacated post position.

While 7-footers are a welcome sight to any program, this one comes with some extra baggage. DiLoreto was arrested in connection with a Wisconsin bank robbery a year ago in which he was the get-away driver for a teenage friend. Two weeks ago, he entered a plea of no contest to aiding and abetting robbery and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22. With no same or similar offenses, the plea will be vacated and the charges dismissed in one year...

Go here for the remainder.

Here is an August 2008 article on the bank robbery but it sure leaves a number of unanswered questions.

Here is another 2008 article, this one from November.