Parsing The WAC: Saturday's WAC basketball roundup

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Saturday's WAC basketball roundup

Ferd Lewis has more on the cost of success vis-a-vis UH athletics.

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Help PTW out here. To the best of our knowledge (sounds we're an oil company or Wall Street executive testifying) Utah State and San Jose State are done with recruiting unless further roster changes occur. Fresno State is still open and Nevada has at least one schollie, if not two, available. New Mexico State is still looking to add as is Hawaii. The latter and Idaho want a ready to contribute point. Louisiana Tech has added just one newcomer and have room for 2-3 more. Did we hit the mark with this analysis?

Right now, nobody has landed a Luke Babbitt level-type -- which in fairness shouldn't be the general threshold but the gold standard. However, it seems the overall quality of recruits in the WAC has dropped the past couple of seasons, populated heavily with complementary types rather than at least a few with star potential. PTW isn't sure why this is but it's a trend that needs reversing if the WAC is to have basketball relevance.

2 comments:

student4ever said...: Nevada has three scholarships available, but from what we hear, we aren't particularly looking to fill them. We didn't recruit 2011 very hard because we weren't going to have any available, but then Baldwin was unexpectedly ruled a senior by the NCAA, and Conner and Cukic transferred. With 10 of the top 11 leading scorers returning Nevada is looking for transfers and big guys who are willing to redshirt for this coming season.; April 30, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Babbit and Armon were Mark Fox. Herb Pope and Jahmar Young were Reggie Theus. I think Gillenwater has that "star" potential you speak of but he still has a lot to prove.

I think it's due to the changing of head coaches.; May 1, 2011 at 9:25 AM

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02/25/2009: Nevada paper rates WAC players: "Once again I must give credit where it is due – I pulled these articles off of Parsing the WAC,...an almost daily updated blog run by Kevin McCarthy. It is the authority on all things WAC men’s basketball. If there is a feature or game story put out about one of the schools in the league he will have a link to it (and a corresponding editorial comment). It is one of the first places I go on the Internet each day. We are very lucky to have a fan in this a midmajor league willing to put the time and energy in bring all this great information to all of us. Thanks Kevin."

Silver and Blue Sports

02/17/09 12:24 AM: re: Tyrone Hanson...Stuck in Seattle said: "Hey, Nevada Proud. Chris Murrey snatched up your Hanson scoop without so much as a hat tip, but Parsing the WAC has put your name up in lights...Kevin McCarthy...Parsing the WAC...he was probably the one guy awake in the “Ethics of Journalism” class...or maybe he decided to skip class the day the “There is no ethics in Jouranalism” lecture was given...either way he’s a credible guy."
02/17/09 1:49 AM: "Kevin M. is a good buddy of mine, and a class act all the way. I’m really proud of him for doing the things he’s done, because SJSU has been real hard to work with from a media standpoint despite what his recruiting coverage work could offer the hoops program."

02/12/09 10:58 AM: In the WAC, defense is king: "Kevin McCarthy has an insightful look at team defense in the WAC over at Parsing the WAC, and conference results so far are playing out his prediction: the team that gets the most stops, gets the most wins...Taking a game-by-game look at the Vandals’ conference season proves Kevin’s point. In all four of Idaho’s WAC wins, the team held opponents under .400 shooting."

The Bulldog Bounce

02/06/09 10:26 PM: High praise for incoming hoops recruits..."Ran across some nice nuggets of info on the Parsing the WAC blog, which I must say is a very active and informative one. Kevin McCarthy talks Fresno State quite a bit in it, which is cool with me...So let’s get to the point...McCarthy talked ’Dogs recruiting with Carl Foster, who’s been around a few of the soon-to-be Fresno State players, and he had some pretty impressive things to say."

11/04/08 1:10PM: "Parsing the WAC is a great blog for news on West Coast Hoops. Thanks to Kevin McCarthy, who does a fine job there himself. If you are a fan of a WAC school or just want to keep up with players with local interest like Adrian Oliver at SJS, the Seattle kids at Nevada, or NW schools like BSU and Idaho, this is the place to be."

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12/05/08: The Daily Aggie: "The weekly check-ins are co-authored by us and Kevin McCarthy from the outstanding WAC blog Parsing The WAC."

Reno Gazette Journal

11/01/08: LOUISIANA TECH UPDATE: "Kevin McCarthy over at Parsing the WAC, an excellent source of WAC basketball news, was contacted by somebody familiar with the recent departure of four Louisiana Tech basketball players (which we touched on last week). For those who don't know, Drew Washington, Dwayne Lathan, Orrim Tims and Brandon Mims were dismissed after meeting with coach Kerry Rupp two weeks ago. Lathan said he was blindsided by the decision. McCarthy’s source, who remained anonymous, said there was more to the story than met the eye."