Lean pickings so far

Brian Murphy confirms that Coach Leon Rice is really preparing for the future with a verbal from a 2011 backcourter.

New Boise State men's coach lands his first recruit for 2011
Brian Murphy
Idaho Statesman
4/20/10

Joe Hanstad has known new Boise State basketball coach Leon Rice for more than three years, and Hanstad knows Rice wouldn't have left Gonzaga for just any job.

"It'd have to be pretty big time. Gonzaga is really nice. I know he wouldn't go from a winning program to a place he wasn't sure they were going to win," said Hanstad, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound combo guard who committed to play for Rice and the Broncos...

Go here for the remainder.

What we find interesting here -- besides the landing of a down-the-road recruit which is atypical for a WAC team -- is that Coach Rice reached out immediately to Hanstad. Was this something Rice and Mark Few agreed upon or did Rice act unilaterally? Maybe it was a situation where Hanstad was viewed as more of a WAC-level prospect than that a prominent 'national' team or possibly that the Zags have so many more options in the recruiting pool than the Broncos that Few bowed out on this one.

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Keith Shamburger's Twitter account has this as its latest entry "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow. :-)" -- it was posted late last night. He returned home yesterday from his weekend visit to UH.

A couple more Saturday recruiting items

Leon Rice has added a PAC-10 transfer to his roster and Nick Jezierny informs us about the move:

Boise State men's hoops team lands transfer from Oregon
Nick Jezierny
Idaho Statesman
4/17/10

Drew Wiley, who played for two seasons for his hometown Oregon Ducks, said he will transfer to Boise State. He visited the campus this weekend and gave his commitment to new coach Leon Rice...

Go here for the remainder (including a quote that will not play well in Eugene, Oregon).

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Also, a certain Joe Hanstad (apparently the pride of North Dakota) is getting major mentions at the Taco Bell Arena Talk message board at the Scout BoiseCountry.com site. He's a 2011 backcouter with this brief ESPN description.

This Gonzaga site has him giving a verbal commit to BSU.

Here's a bit more on Hanstad. Plus, another article.