Another look at the WAC commits to date

So here's how recruiting is so far for this season's WAC members (remember that Nevada is departing):

IDAHO

* Tim Johnson, guard, LA Trade Tech

LOUISIANA TECH

* Demetrius Moore, forward, Northwest Florida State College

UTAH STATE

* Sean Harris, forward, Yuba College

NEVADA

* Rafael Carter, forward, Diablo Valley College

* Marqueze Coleman, guard, CA HS

Is there a sense that these verbals can help get the WAC into a position of having a pair of entries into the Big Dance?

The answer: it's a mixed bag.

Johnson will be a good addition at Idaho but, like the other commits, more as a solid component to the team than a talent on his way to the NBA.

Moore's numbers as a freshman didn't register on the impressive meter but he has another go-around to do so before heading to Ruston. Louisiana Tech needs frontcourt size, which Moore adds but maybe more importantly, his capacity to get up and down the floor, which is the style of play Coach Mike White wants to implement, is a key.

Harris looks to be a bit like a larger version of former Aggie Nate Harris but with a broader skills set and more athleticism. He will really help the Aggies and is the likeliest to have pro possibilities.

Carter is projected as a role player (defense, rebounding) but looks to be a solid replacement for senior Dario Hunt. With Coleman, it's simply too early to prognosticate on the only freshman in the list.

There are no Babbits, Johnsons or Georges among this group and that's the caliber of recruit WAC teams need to land every so often in order to gain back some degree of national attention.

Otherwise, it's incumbent on solid talents simultaneously and cohesively maturing and that is entering harmonic convergence territory.