For those who missed the Brady-izer

Yes, St. Mary's got Brady-ized last night in the second half -- head here.

More from Chris Murray and also Tony Jones

Did you know that Chris Murray's middle name is Prolific? Actually, PTW is guessing but the evidence is mounting. Chris has an article up on a luncheon Q-and-A featuring Coach David Carter and another piece covering Wolf pack basketball subject matter.

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Tony Jones reports that Tai Wesley's nose collided with Brady Jardine's elbow and, yes, a break has occurred.

Tuesday's WAC basketball rollout

As requested, here are the WAC standings as of today:

Utah State 11-0 22-2   
New Mexico State 7-4 13-12   
Nevada 6-4 9-14   
Idaho 6-5 13-10   
Boise State 5-6 12-11   
Fresno State 5-6 11-12   
Hawai'i 4-7 13-10   
San Jose State 3-8 11-11   
Louisiana Tech 2-9 11-14

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New Mexico State had no trouble with Louisana Tech last night. Jason Groves offers a game report as does Sam Wasson. Sam also serves up video highlights and game photos.

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Minus points sparkplug Kevin Olekaibe, host Fresno State played Wile E. Coyote and easily quagmired the Roadrunners of Bakersfield. Daniel Lyght has the details as does Jeff Evans of the Bakersfield newspaper.

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All eyes are on the second seed in the WAC tourney as Chris Murray reports.

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Brian McInnis also digs into the desire for the second seed in the conference tourney. Jeff Portnoy covers the past, present and future of this season's UH schedule. Remember Julian Sensley? If not of if so, Dayton Morinaga has an interview wit5h the former UH star.

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Shawn Harrison features Brady Jardine, who will always have a spot with the Globetrotters at hand besides overseas ball.

Brady Jardine honored

Per Jason Erickson, the WAC Director of Media Relations

Utah State's Brady Jardine has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 22-28. The honor marks the first career WAC Player of the Week award for Jardine.

Jardine, a junior forward from Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls HS), led Utah State to a pair of home wins last week against Utah (79-62) and Northeastern (56-54). Against Utah, Jardine posted his second-career double-double as he had a career-high 20 points to go along with a career-high 13 rebounds. Jardine was 6-of-7 from the field and 8-of-10 at the free throw line in the game. Against the Huskies, Jardine registered another double-double with 15 points and a career-high tying 13 rebounds as he was 5-of-10 from the field and 5-of-8 at the charity stripe. He also tied a career high with three blocks and played a career-high 34 minutes in the game.

On the week, Jardine averaged a team-high 17.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. He shot 64.7 percent (11-of-17) from the field and 72.2 percent (13-of-18) at the free throw line.

Other nominees included:

* Boise State senior forward Robert Arnold

* Idaho junior guard Deremy Geiger

* Louisiana Tech senior guard DeAndre Brown

* Nevada junior forward Dario Hunt

* New Mexico State junior forward Troy Gillenwater

Back on Friday with a few items

Here's the beginning of 54 superb photos from the Utah State - Utah game.

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Jeff Portnoy has another column posted and let's us know he also is hosting a basketball radio show.

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LA TECH faces Arkansas Little Rock this afternoon. Can the Bulldeogs go 6-1?

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Was Friday the emergence of Brady Jardine? Shawn Harrison writes about the junior's monster game against Utah.

Wednesday and the WAC

Gabe Vasquez of the Bulletin in the Zone reports on the Aggie senior night, leading with an item about a missed class resulting in Wendell McKines' reduced playing time. Go here for the entry.

Jason Groves reports here that Da'Shawn Gomez is no longer a New Mexico State basketballer. Jason also has a fascinating post about the standings implications of this weekend's final games and former Arkansas mentor Nolan Richardson here.

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Brian McInnis offers a long feature on senior Roderick Flemings here.

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Shawn Harrison has a lengthy list of USU basketball notes here, including some predictions from Brady Jardine that will be used as lockerroom material during the WAC tourney. But until someone actually beats the Aggies, we'll quote the Walter Brennan character in "The Guns of Will Sonnett": "No brag, just fact." Yes, most if not all of you are rightfully and quizzically asking who, what? Call Sonnett a 180 degree character from Grandpappy McCoy and we'll end our meanderings among prehistoric television now.

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Last but certainly not least, Chris Murray details here -- in a must-read -- the keys for Nevada if they wish to reach the top of the WAC kingdom come tournament time.

The Tuesday a.m. WAC news and link -orama

Jason Groves leads us off here with his game report on New Mexico State's triumph over Hawaii.

Sam Wasson has a dozen photos here from last night's contest.

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Chris Murray has two posts here and here about height in the WAC or, actually, the lack of such.

Okay, all together now with a tip o' the hat to Pete Seeger and a dash of creative license:

Where have all the big men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the big men gone?
Long time ago...

Here is Chris' latest WAC rankings.

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Whi is that masked man?

Well, none other than Brady Jardine as Shawn Harrison reports here.

Shawn has some news and notes here, including some numbers that will astound you.

Back with more later.

Your early Tuesday WAC links

Let's hope ESPN has some regret on not making the New Mexico State - Louisiana Tech game more widely available.

Speaking of the contest, here's Sam Wasson on the Aggie last-second win here and here.

Jason Groves has a game report here and analysis here.

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Chris Murray offers his weekly insider here and updates the Wolf Pack recruiting here.

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Shawn Harrison provides a Brady Jardine feature here.

Jared Eborn has quite a few notes on the surging Aggies here.

Tony Jones has been blogging away. Here (Jared Quayle), here (Aggie - Bulldog game analysis) and here (the odds of a USU at-large bid) are three separate entries.

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It's Brady Jardine mania

We know he is already famous throughout France, already having a number of public places named for him (for example: Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris) and here is the Idaho Statesman furthering the acclaim of one Mr. Brady Jardine:

Hidden Gems: Twin Falls High grad playing earlier than expected for Utah State
Nick Jezierny
Idaho Statesman
1/21/09

Brady Jardine has been on a rollercoaster since returning from his two-year church mission in San Antonio.

The former Twin Falls High standout and 5A All-Idaho Player of the Year in 2006 enrolled at Utah State and expected to redshirt his first year in Logan.

But injuries forced Aggie coach Stew Morrill to play Jardine this season.

"Honestly, there have been like three or four different times where I thought my redshirt was going to be pulled," Jardine said. "It was like a rollercoaster, back and forth. I had mixed emotions because I missed the first 13 games."

A broken hand suffered by teammate Modou Niang was the final straw. Since then, Jardine has played in five games and is averaging 1.2 points and 0.8 rebounds in 4.6 minutes per game...

Go here for the remainder.