Monday, September 12, 2011

Monday morning's WAC-aroo

Reed Coldiron at OStateIllustrated offers a Fresno-area prep center Robert Upshaw update -- here are two paragraphs:

"...Upshaw indicated that he has in-home visits lined up with each of the nine schools that he is still considering which alphabetically are Arizona, Fresno State, Georgetown, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, Oklahoma State, UNLV, and USC...

..."My decision is going to be in the late spring of next year in the late signing period just to wait to see everything through and make sure I feel all my options out and make sure I have everything I need to go on to the division one level," he said...
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Brad Winton is retweeting D'Vonne Pickett Jr:
" Illinois, Seattle U and Idaho in Our Gym Tonight"
Out of the Seattle area, Pickett is a point at Central Arizona College and he visited Moscow on 8/31.

Here's a YouTube video interview.

Here's a Winton description of Pickett.

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Jeff Goodman talked with Oregon Coach Dana Altman after the Ducks returned from Italy. Here's a comment on former Louisiana Tech star Olu Ashaolu:  
"Altman said that one-year transfer Olu Ashaolu is as adept a 6-foot-6 rebounder as he's been around, but that the ex-Louisiana Tech forward will need to be patient and work on developing his perimeter game.
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2011 southern California frontcourter Damiene Cain, who had interest from Hawaii and others but signed with Colorado, has decided not to play college basketball. The article doesn't mention if he will remain in Boulder or not.

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Not WAC-related but here is Matt Norlander and then Jeff Jacobs on the Andre Drummond/Connecticut maneuvering. It's nothing new but the NCAA comes out tarnished once again, refusing to even speak on the record.

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