Your Wednesday p.m. WAC basketball edition

Although the Broncos are departing and any PTW coverage will be concluding at some point, Boise State athletics has announced the signing of three players to LOIs. We may be wrong but our eyeballs are telling us Kenny Buckner doesn't measure out at 6-foot-9.

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Jeff Portnoy offers up a new Hawaii hoops commit and indications are the 6-foot-5 wing will be a boom-or-bust recruit. Dayton Morinaga had this coverage back in January when the name initially surfaced. Here is an article first published in 2007 when it was Vegas for the young man.

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Daniel Lyght is back with an update on Fresno State recruiting and assistant coach hiring.

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Here's the official announcement of the staff surrounding new LA TECH Coach Mike White.

A description of BSU commit Kenny Buckner

Here is Eric Bossi of Rivals on a Bronco 'big' commit:

"Kenny Buckner, C, College of Southern Idaho- Boise State has landed themselves a classic low post grinder. He's not the most athletic guy around, but he's big, strong and works his tail off in the lane. Works the glass for rebounds, uses his width to establish position in the lane and converts around the basket."

Bossi was recently watching Buckner at the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament.

He also describes CSI point Pierre Jackson who seemingly would be a good fit for Gib Arnold at Hawaii. Go here as the article is a freebie.

More Friday items, including a recruit commit

Credit TurfToeJoe (that sounds painful) for posting this at the Scout BroncoCountry.com Taco Bell Arena Talk MB -- Boise State has landed a frontcourt commit. Head here.

Here is a game report for College of Southern Idaho featuring another photo of Mr. Buckner. who measures 6-foot-9, 245.The height might be a tad generous.

His stats to date: 17 games/16 starts ... 23.4 minutes per game ... 12.2 points per game ... shooting 55% on 166 attempts, has taken and missed his only trey attempt ... shooting 49% on 49 free throw attempts ... a team-leading 8.9 rebounds a game, looks like a solid offensive boarder ... eight assists, 22 TOs ... 19 blocks

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Jason Groves has a blog entry about Troy Gillenwater and also how dribble-drive proficient guards are causing problems for New Mexico State.

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Chris Murray is already on-line with his keys to the Wolf Pack - Louisiana Tech matchup on Saturday plus the lineups and a prediction. Chris also has an article up on David Carter telling his guys not to overlook the Bulldogs.