WAC basketball on this fine Thursday morning

Dayton Morinaga fleshes out DeShawn Mitchell, the newest Rainbow Warrior. Call this one high risk-high reward as the young man does bring to the floor something that is missing from the UH arsenal.

Brian McInnis offers more on signee Hauns Brereton.

Is it a guarantee that a point is next what with one schollie left for Coach Gib Arnold?

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Jonathan Ford of the BleedTechBlue site has the latest (a Rivals sub is required) on Olu Ashaolu, who is down to three schools as his next destination.

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Jason Groves fills readers in on Troy Gillenwater's decision to test his NBA and maybe overseas attractiveness.

Continuing in our vein, here's another question: Does the G-Man stay or go? Based on gut feeling, PTW is leaning towards the latter.

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Daniel Lyght has an information-packed article posted, including the announcement of a new Bulldog assistant coach.

Yet another query: why would Tim Steed, who will be a senior, not return? He has the opportunity of being an integral part of next year's squad.

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Nick Jezierny offers the background on Boise State's three signees and also notes a departing player.

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Call this addition by subtraction: At one time, Utah State offered big man Jordan Railey and Nevada also showed interest but neither was able to seal the deal as Railey went with Iowa State. That's actually the good news because the sophomore just enjoyed a second run-in with the law.

Jordan Railey calls it

Jordan Railey, a 6-foot-9 high schooler out of Oregon, has cast his lot with Iowa State.

Evan Daniels has the report here -- Scout sub required.

In the story, Railey had official offers from Drake, Pacific and Portland State. It appears Pacific was his second choice.

Rivals has Utah State offering but our sense is that was from some time ago and one or both parties went in a different direction. Boise State also got a mention at some point way back when.

A Jordan Railey update

Jordan Railey is an Oregon 'big' who is attracting interest from a number of teams, including Boise State. That may change with the Ben King Bronco commitment but who knows? Maybe Railey is also seen as a power forward.

Railey Still Wide Open
Greg Hicks
West Coast Recruiting Analyst
September 23, 2009

Jordan Railey, a promising senior center from Oregon, is drawing interest from schools in the Big 12, WAC, Pac-10, WCC and Big West conferences.

Jordan Railey, 6-9 SR C Beaverton (Ore.) High, is ranked #3 in the 2010 class of West Coast centers. Railey has a solid frame and nice skill level, to go with good hands and feet...

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