Hawaii gets a LOI plus a Fresno State note

Player number one for 2009-2010 has signed on with Coach Bob Nash and Hawaii:

UH men's basketball team signs guard from California high school
Honolulu Advertiser

Jordan Coleman, a 6-foot-4, 175-pound guard at Calabasas High in California, has signed a national letter of intent to play for the University of Hawai'i men's baksetball team.

Coleman is currently a senior at Calabasas, and will be eligible as a freshman with the Rainbow Warriors in the 2010-11 season. He averaged 11.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game as a junior at Calabasas last season...

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Here's Andy Katz/ESPN on Fresno State (and thanks to Roberto I. Montalvo for bringing this to our attention):

10 programs primed to rise this season
Andy Katz
ESPN
November 12, 2009

Here are 10 programs that will jump within their respective conferences after a disappointing 2008-09 season:

...Fresno State
2008-09 season: 3-13 WAC, 13-21 overall

Reason for optimism: Paul George. Can I say it again? Paul George. He is a star and one of the NEXT athletes ESPN has been pushing. The Bulldogs under Steve Cleveland have been all over the place, but there is a sense that things should settle down in a league that doesn't have an intimidating team. Sure, Utah State is the favorite in the WAC, and Nevada has Luke Babbitt, but it's not as if Fresno State can't climb from three wins to at least eight in the league.

What could happen: The Bulldogs should be in the mix, at least in the middle of the pack.

What's likely to happen: Expect Fresno State to affect the WAC race but fall short of a postseason berth.