One in, one out in Logan

As expected, junior college big Igor Premasunac signed a LOI with Utah State and freshman backcourter James Walker opted out.

James Walker?

It's probably much ado about nothing -- except maybe to E.J. Farris -- but PTW caught this tweet from Tony Jones:

"James Walker has been banished from the sidelines after getting into an argument with the coaching staff"

Portnoy and Jones check in

Jeff Portnoy plays Carnak the Magnificent in envisioning how the remainder of the WAC regular season plays out.

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Tony Jones has praise for James Walker's latest effort and also advises readers to focus on Newbold and Williams challenging McConnell and Delladova (and vice versa) come BracketBustin' time.

Wednesday's WAC roundup

Nate Bendall, who will be a finance and economics grad in a few months, gets the front and center treatment today from Shawn Harrison and Tony Jones.

Shawn also has the news that E.J. Farris is in and James Walker out as Brockeith Pane's relief.

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Boise State will be in Moscow on Saturday and Nick Jezierny provides the background.

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Sam Wasson's weekly interview with Coach Marvin Menzies is available.

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With a tip o' the hat to Sam for finding it, Lukas Eggen of the Nevada Sagebrush digs into the Wolf Pack's upcoming games.

The Nevada Appeal's Joe Santoro writes about Coach David Carter becoming enamored with the play of his bench.

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It's Bill Amis time with Brian McInnis' latest and Dayton Morinaga has the details on Late Night with Gib Arnold.

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Marek Warszawski comments about attendance at the Save Mart Center.

Tuesday evening WAC notes

Thanks to Al in Hawaii, the misidentification of J-o-s-t-o-n Thomas has ended. Dayton Moriinaga spells it out for us here.

Brian McInnis serves up a Q-and-A with senior Hiram Thompson.

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Jason Groves offers some quotes from Coach Marvin Menzies here.

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Chris Murray has been busy, having posted a Q-and-A with transfer Olek Cyyz and a backgrounder on newcomer Deonte Burton.

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Freshman James Walker is featured by Tony Jones @ Aggieville.

Tony Jones-ing on James Walker

Tony Jones/Salt Lake City Tribune wasn't around last season (or at least he wasn't blogging about USU sports) but he is furiously making up for lost time. The following are a couple of items about USU signee James Walker.

Here's an entry about Jones talking with James Walker's coach.

Here's Jones with video of Walker in a recent game -- check out #24.

A mini-James Walker update

6-foot-2 backcourter James Walker of Los Alamitos High -- a USU signee -- led his squad against mighty Mater Dei on Saturday and came close. Mater Dei has five or six D-1 talents on its roster and Los Al was missing two starters due to injury.

Walker scored 30, going 11-25 overall from the floor. He went 11-18 from two-point range, missing all seven of his three-point attempts. He apparently 'ran out of gas' towards the end.

Here is the game report.

James Walker to Utah State

Talked with Los Alamitos High (southern California) backcourter James Walker tonight and he indeed has agreed to sign with Utah State come November. Obviously, he didn't get to witness the Spectrum rockin' and rollin' during a basketball game but he said he saw tape of such -- Stew Morrill and Company made sure of that. He's being looked at more as a 1 guard.

Greg Hicks says James Walker to Utah State

Scout's Greg Hicks is reporting that James Walker of Los Alamitos High has given a verbal commitment to Utah State -- the link requires a subscription. Walker visited Logan this past weekend. We hope to talk with him tomorrow.

A James Walker update

Again, we have reverted back to going directly to the source in order to clear up any confusion and we talked with Los Alamitos High (CA) star backcourter James Walker yesterday.

(James Walker photo courtesy of Scout)

Named one of the top five juniors in Orange County after last season, the 6-foot-2 Walker is heading to Logan, Utah this weekend on an official visit. At the moment, Boise State is also seriously interested, with Fresno State and Nevada in the mix. Cal State Northridge rounds out Walker's top five at the moment. Currently, he plans to sign after his senior season.

Here is Scout's Greg Hicks describing Walker this past July: "Walker is a guard who might play some point guard down the road, but figures to be able to defend either spot at the next level. A terrific athlete, Walker is one of the faster players in the class. His stroke is solid to the stripe and he’s got a chance to be a very good defender with coaching."

Here is an August 2009 ESPN evaluation of Walker.

CORRECTION: Walker visiting USU

My bad: Los Alamitos backcourter James Walker is tripping to Utah State. Sorry for the gun jumping.

Gut level sense: he will end up in Logan.

Let's see.

Utah State gets a commit

We're not sure if anything has been posted as yet on the 'net but we understand that Los Alamitos backcourter James Walker has given a verbal to Utah State.

Here is an ESPN August, 2009 evaluation of the 6-foot-1 Walker.

SCOUT describes him as "bouncy athlete with good length and upside. Decent shooter, overall ball skills are solid. Likely mid major prospect with a chance to go higher."

Here is a very short YouTube spoof video featuring Walker.

He was named the most valuable player in the Sunset league last season. It appears he is more of a scorer than a point -- or at least that's what he has accomplished in high school to date.

Here are a series of 26 photos of Walker at the Maxpreps site.