Tuesday WAC link-around

PremiereBall, after a recent Beehive State prep event, offered this on future Utah Stater Jalen Moore:

Jalen Moore-6′8-Sky View HS: Give Moore a stronger handle and his upside goes through the roof. Has a tremendous vertical. Moore is a head-at-the-rim jumper with a surprisingly strong touch from 21 after being in awe from his hops. Excellent looking prospect with great size.

Eldon Khorshidi @ SLAM was also present and wrote this:

Equipped with supreme athleticism and versatility (and, for what it’s worth, a flamboyant afro hairstyle), Moore was hands down the best senior in the gym. The Utah State commit is a true 6-8 swingman, with tremendous bounce, impressive rebounding ability and a complete inside-outside skill set. Moore can realistically play and guard three positions, using active hands and a long wingspan to be disruptive on defense.
Moore is a fluid player—he has a soft touch on his jumper, finishes through contact and runs ahead of the defense for easy transition buckets. He is also a smart, patient player. On many occasions, Moore prudently took what the defense gave him—be it a 3-pointer, a crease in the lane or an opportunity to get the ball to an open teammate—showing he is a dynamic playmaker with a solid understanding of the game.
Of course, a few games of basketball is a small sample size to project or make proclamations upon. Even still, Moore has unquestionable upside. If he can develop his handle, hit the weight room and learn to consistently play with a high level of intensity, he should make an immediate impact and be an all-league player in the WAC.

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Credit Crimson To The Core Site Admin Picoso for the find that New Mexico State has landed a Canadian forward attending prep school in North Carolina. It's been some time waiting for Coach Marvin Menzies to land a 2013-er.

Roger Bohn wrote this in February 2012: "...The athletic four man was dominant on the defensive end against National Christian and continued to show off an emerging offensive game facing the basket..."

Back on November 28, 2011, the young man listed "Marshall, Manhattan, Miami, Tulane, Fresno State & Louisiana-Lafayette"

Monday's WAC basketball collective

Jason Groves checks in with some former Aggies on their current statuses and more. It's always enjoyable to reach this type of piece.

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Chad Groth floats some names: "Marvin Menzies, Craig Neal & David Grace would be a perfect names for Texas Tech, said Area Codes Basketball" 

MM has to be thinking that, despite his accomplishments, where is the WAC heading?

SethC serves up nine replacement possibilities, such as they are.

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Here's Frank Burlison viewing the Elite Athletic Training Utah Showcase:

 "...The 6-foot-7 [Jalen] Moore committed to Utah State University (in Logan) more than a year ago. His father (Jimmy) was one of the Aggies’ best-ever players during his 1972-75 playing career and is now the athletic program’s compliance director.

He scored 29 points and dominated play under both backboards and had the day’s most spectacular play with a soaring, one-handed dunk after beating 6-10 Nate Pollard (Kaysville Davis) on the dribble...."

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Greg Crawford looks at Seattle basketball and what the Redhawks need to achieve this season.

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Cavan Walsh adds a bit to what Texas Arlington will be getting next season with Anthony Walker.

The world of WAC hoops on Saturday -- Utah State edition

Former Utah State big Gary Wilkinson is looking for a new team and the line should be forming as this is being typed.

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Tony Jones reports on the improvement demonstrated by USU commit Jalen Moore.

Plus some tweets:

Moore is playing so much harder than he used to play...has the look of a potential four year starter for Utah state

Utah pump n run coach as well as SLCC coach Todd Phillips paid usu small forward commit the ultimate complement: "he has NBA potential" 

This is why Stew Morrill's program is ahead of everyone else's -- who else get commitments from such prospects so early, especially in-state ones?

Jalen Moore gains another fan

Josh Gershon tweets a thumbs-up for Utah State commit Jalen Moore: "I'm liking 2013 Utah State commit Jalen Moore. 6-7 SF with ball skills and three-point range. Skinny but high basketball IQ. Good pickup"

Wednesday's WAC roundup

Shawn Harrison writes about the Jalen Moore pledge to Utah State.

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Dayton Morinaga offers multiple media on the splashes Shaquille Stokes and Hauns Brereton made during summer league play.

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It's July so that means rental cars and hotel rooms and gymnasium bleachers for college coaches. Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman are experimenting involving the upper crust and the hoi polloi of the coaching fraternity.

ESPN's Dana O'Neill offers more on the July blitz.

Utah State snags another one

Per Tony Jones, it's a 2013 in-state prospect whose father played and later coached at USU.

Speaking of the latter, here's a Shawn Harrison feature from April 2010.