Monday's WAC roundball report

Robert Kuwada has a blog entry up on Robert Upshaw's becoming a Bulldog, followed by a full report.

This may not be the most important point but Upshaw's presence on the Fresno State roster allows a greater degree of normality for a number of the rest of the players. Jerry Brown's days (actually nights) in the middle should be a thing of the past for the 6-foot-7 junior. The option for 6-foot-10 Tanner Giddings to redshirt as a frosh and upgrade his body just increased. Even Kevin Foster can stay away from having to handle guys so much bigger than himself, at least for the most part. The days of being forced to play a number of his guys out of their true positions are over for Coach Rodney Terry. Additionally, the outside shooting of Kevin Olekaibe and Allen Huddleston will make the jobs of Upshaw and Braeden Anderson much less double-teamed inside, but also vice versa.

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Sportsbow reports that Indian Hill College backcourter Brandon Spearman is tripping to the islands next weekend. He's a well-built shooting guard but his accuracy numbers all-around are a bit low for such a role.

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Jason Groves tweets that New Mexico State had a backcourt visitor this weekend. The young man is a catch-and-shoot distance shooter (think Gordo Castillo) who finished second on his Santa Rosa (CA) Junior College team with 12.3 points per game. He went 99-247 from long distance (40%), taking but 83 two-point attempts, as part of an offense built around precision patterning.