It's all Brady Heslip

This is going to be a fascinating choice.

Brady Heslip is Canadian so cooler and cold weather won't be anything new to him but what is his preference? Winters at Boston College would have allowed him some opportunities to go ice-skating -- summers would have been muggy.

There seemingly isn't much difference in weather patterns between Logan and Boise -- certainly not to any degree that should become a factor in Heslip's decision.

But Miami, well, enough typed.

How about playing time, which might be a factor if indeed he has four years of eligibility and no further redshirt season possibility?

Boise State basketball would be the widest open of immediate playing time opportunities. It might be a year of intermittent court time with Utah State. As for Miami, its leading scorer -- a shooting guard -- graduates, as does the #2 points producer, a frontcourter.

MU's third-leading scorer will be a sophomore next season and is a shooting guard. Coming in as the #4 leading scorer is a will-be junior point. There is also another highly rated sophomore-to-be shooting guard who will be back but he didn't make a very high percentage of his attempts in 2009-2010.

Plus, Coach Fran k Haith signed a 6-foot-5 shooting guard back in November. 5-foot-11 Dominique Brooks, a point out of Texas, is supposed to sign during the current period but is in Florida at a community college near Miami, working on his eligibility.

Then there is the lure of the ACC versus the WAC.

But the fan base in The Spectrum also shouldn't be discounted. Neither can a conference-winning program.

We think that ultimately Heslip, having already sat out a semester at Chestnut Hill, would want to get back on the court as often and as soon as possible. That's Boise State.

But he also has gone through one college coach who obviously desired and signed him and another who discarded him rather ungraciously so possibly which coach he 'connects' with the most will either play or be an overriding factor in the decision.

Tony Jones starts us out here with his latest on Heslip.

Jared Eborn is here with his update.