Mondays's WAC basketball links and notes

Dayton Morinaga features Bill Amis' professional plans (no, not in the videography field, at least not yet) and what the young man is doing to get ready for the challenges.

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Tony Jones has the scoop on a very recent test of the friendship between Stew Morrill and Larry Krystkowiak. Yep, it involves recruiting.

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With Dave Rice now in at UNLV (it that the end of Reggie Theus' college coaching return?), will Fresno State and Steve Cleveland juggle some contract numbers, thus allowing the latter to return to BYU and assist Dave Rose? Of course, Cleveland is 'home' but it will require departing if he wishes to stay in the coaching ranks.

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The second basketball signing period begins on Wednesday so the 'season' has actually yet to end.

What's up with the Boise job?

Regarding the search for a new basketball coach, is there some sort of 'net 'godfather' program in play up in Boise that isolates content featuring rumors/news and prevents it from being presented? Is AD Gene Bleymaier is using a body double to curtail the tracking of his moves?

With the Hawaii coaching position, news and rumors were rampant. That's not so regarding Greg Graham's replacement unless there's a gold mine of items we are overlooking.

Why the relative absence of coverage? If Chris Petersen had departed, for whatever reasons, the entire state of Idaho -- minus Moscow, of course -- would be on red alert looking for/offering crumbs of speculation about his replacement. We know at least one media outlet would have someone stationed at the Wide Stance bathroom in the Boise Airport pinning down what the users know and when did they know it.

So PTW will settle for what Jeff Goodman/FOX is offering:

"Boise State’s leader in the clubhouse, at this point, appears to be former Montana and NBA coach Larry Krystkowiak – but Gonzaga assistant Leon Rice is also in the mix."

Krystkowiak certainly has some cachet considering his alliances as an NBA player and coach -- his hiring would generate major publicity for the Broncos. Here is his Wikipedia entry.

Leon Rice is past due for a head coaching spot. Here's his Gonzaga bio.