Tuesday's WAC items

It's never this simple but Steed and Fresno were too much -- 80 to 74 -- for visiting Czyz and Nevada Monday night.

Check out Daniel Lyght's game report while AW Prince and Chris Murray also offer looks at the game.

Alluding to our pre-game buildup, Dario Hunt earned a 13/12 double/double and Greg Smith put up 15/9. The Bulldogs were better in assists (18-11), steals (11-2) and turnovers 8/15.

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Dayton Morinaga reports that Bill Amis is ill -- what more can hit the senior?

Is Dominick Brumfield ready and able to fill the hole left by Amis' absence? Brian McInnis takes a look.

Jeff Portnoy has posted new entries, (1) and (2). The second looks at the Mississippi State circus.

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Head to the last few paragraphs of Sam Wasson's Daily Aggies for a look at Wendell McKines' coming back this season or redshirting and returning in 2011-2012.

A few early Thursday items

Jeff Goodman's list of available and taken D-1 transfers is here -- notice the distinct lack of height among those listed.

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Jeff also has the official list of NBA draft entrants here -- May 8 is the last day to pull out and return to college (if you don't already have an agent). The WAC entries are Luke Babbitt, Paul George, Armon Johnson, Jahmar Young and, very surprisingly, C.J. Webster of San Jose State.

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Brian McInnis reports on Dominick Brumfield's signing with Gib Arnold and Aleksandar Milovic's departure.

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Here's the official report from UH athletics on Brumfield's coming aboard

That's it for now.

More on Dominick Brumfield

 Without getting it straight from the proverbial horse's mouth (and even then who really knows), it's impossible to tell why a certain recruit selects a certain school.

In Dominick Brumfield's particular case, he selected Hawaii.

Why?

All that can be done is guess and here goes:

* Heck, you can't find a more beautiful place.

* Gib Arnold and Brumfield knew each other from their respective stays in southern California as a high schooler and a USC assistant coach.

* Not having to fly into LA and then also take another 3-hour-or-so flight to get home probably was a factor.

* Brumfield's coach, Mark Poth of Big Bend Community College, coached with Gib Arnold's father and earned his master's degree from UH (go here and scroll down).

* Opportunity for major playing time is certainly available for the earning.

* Brumfield is a hula enthusiast.

No, we're kidding about the last one.

Maybe.

What we do know is we talked with Coach Poth yesterday and he shared some information on his player.

"Dominick has a real good upside and and great footspeed," Poth said. "He was a pleasure to coach -- he's  a great kid,"

Poth added, "He led our team in three-point shooting and is more of a perimeter player than an inside one."

According to Poth, Brumfield will earn his AA degree this summer and has three years of eligibility remaining, having redshirted at his previous school (Missouri State).


Doing this post got us to thinking, is there some sort of vortex between Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest (or at least some of the community college coaches up there)?

We recall Riley Luettgerodt‎ from Chemeketa Community College (Salem, OR) and his deciding on UH. His coach,
David Abderhalden, previously had 'big' Chris Boaz -- out of Portland -- come to the islands.

Cliff Wegner of Clackamas Community College had 'big' Brian Freeman who seemingly was headed to Hawaii until a molasses-like coaching search took on "Waiting For Godot" dimensions and Freeman finally ended up at Long Beach State.

Dominick Brumfield makes his choice

Dayton Morinaga reports that wing Dominick Brumfield, not surprisingly, has cast his lot with Hawaii.

UH men's basketball signs another recruit — 6-8, 220-pound forward
Dayton Morinaga
Honolulu Advertiser
April 28, 2010

The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team scored yet another new recruit today, as versatile forward Dominick Brumfield said he is committed to playing for the Rainbow Warriors.

Brumfield is a 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward at Big Bend Community College in Washington. He averaged 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game as a freshman this past season...

Go here for the remainder.

Dayton also reports on someone on another player leaving the UH program.

The what we could find Wednesday morning WAC entry

The Bobby Miles signing gets play from both Brian McInnis and Dayton Morinaga -- the days of an injured/worn down Hiram Thompson having to play 38 minutes at the point for UH are over.

Poster al at the sports hawaii.com site basketball forum posts that community college wing Dominick Brumfield will go with Gib Arnold and announce it this morning.

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Longdog at the Bulldog Barks and Bytes site (go to the basketball message board) tells us that Kerry Rupp has signed another frontcourter.Here is another link -- the story that is referenced -- to check out.

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Plus, we just have to post this. We have to. For reference, Fred Hoiberg is a former Iowa State and NBA backcourter who is currently the vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves -- the team that employs Reggie Theus as an assistant coach. Jeff Grayer, another former Iowa State star and an assistant on the former ISU coaching staff, has already been announced as part of Hoiberg's coaching staff as has T.J. Otzelberger, another retainee. The latter will act as associate head coach. Is there 'room' for Reggie?

I laughed at ISU....

When I heard they were hiring Hoiberg...but now I'm not so sure if this is a good thing. One of my Clone friends (who is well connected) says Hoiberg's salary is going to be very low a ton of money is going to be thrown at assistants. According to him both assistant coach positions will be filled by current NBA assistants...one being Reggie Theus. That would make things interesting.