A piar of northern California players commit

Sheldon (Sacramento) High teammates Darius Nelson and Ramon Eaton will be playing their final season together in 2010-2011. Nelson just committed to UTEP and Eaton to Pepperdine.

Here is a very frank ESPN evaluation of Nelson.

Here's the same for Eaton.

Fresno fans were anticipating landing, or at least the possibility of such a event, of Nelson and there was talk (and some print) about the duo wishing to play together in college.

The WAC basketball world on Saturday

Fresno State is to get a fall visit from Sacramento's Darius Nelson. Adam Gorney of Rivals has that detail and more here (a Rivals sub is required).

Here is an ESPN evaluation of Nelson.

Here is a YouTube highlight video.

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Damien Cain is visting Boston College this weekend. Hawaii has previously been mentioned as also in the running but it seems BC is the leader, at least according to a compilation of items on the 'net.

Here is a fairly current evaluation.

Here's a July 2009 ESPN evaluation:

Damien Cain (6-6, 215)
2011, North Hollywood, Calif./ Harvard-Westlake

Although Cain is an undersized 5-man, he has definitely progressed since the regular season. He uses his strong frame, long arms, and savvy to score over taller bigs hit a couple of nice turn around jump shots on 6-9 John Ryan. His feel is tremendous and he is a very astute passer out of the post. In addition, he nailed a spot-up 3-point jump shot and his stroke looked pretty smooth. Overall, he competes each and every time out and is an advanced player for his age.

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Wednesday and the WAC

Note: seldomseensmith IS a WAC bigshot in our eyes -- he comes up with as much if not more recruiting news than anyone else. We doubt if he has an entourage (yet) but we will keep checking to see if he changes his moniker to 3s.

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Ex-Nevada point London Giles has surfaced -- at home. Giles has signed with SMU. Go here for the article (a Rivals sub is required).

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Ryan Gorcey at BearTerritory.net says that Sheldon High's (Sacramento, CA) Darius Nelson has many offers, including Fresno State. Go here (and a Rivals sub is required). In our humble opinion, Nelson will not be coming to the WAC.

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According to Steve Hu at NorCalPreps (Rivals), JT Adenrele is hearing from Utah State. Here's an August 2009 article on the young man. Here is a more current one.

Likewise, Boise State and San Jose State (among many others) are eyeballing 6-foot-8 Chad Haysbert. Here's a very nice video feature on Haysbert.

Hu's article can be found here (a Rivals sub is required).

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It's football-related but do read Jared Eborn's blog entry on the fading (on the field) Boise State - Idaho rivalry. Let's just say the passions run high. Call us old-fashioned (that's the mildest description tossed our way in some time) but Idaho battling Boise State in football and basketball is good for the state. There is something larger to keep in mind but it's getting lost in the kerfluffle presently going on. Yes, BSU doesn't have anything to gain BCS-wise by continuing the series but, please, let's not solely utilize that as the ultimate measuring stick. Please keep this tradition.

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That's it for now.