Shooting to the point

Credit warriorbow for posting this link at the Warrior Sports Network MB  on UH signee Manroop Clair. A point with distance shooting ability will be a nice asset for Gib Arnold.

Saturday's WAC basketball link collection

Based on interviews, Chris Murray offers an all-about-the-MWC post. Chris also reports that Coach David Carter is thisclose to signing an extension. Then Chris beats everyone to the punch and covers what the football and basketball teams of the new MWC composition have been accomplishing, or not.

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Matt Sonnenberg looks at the good and the bad, very heavy on the former, of the new MWC. No ugly whatsoever.

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Tony Jones reports on Friday's announcements, as does Jon Wilner, Shawn Harrison, Rhett Wilkinson and Mark Purdy.

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Jimmy Watson and Jerit Roser are all over Louisiana Tech's move to C-USA.

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Dayton Morinaga has a video interview Kerry Rupp on his move to Montana.

Brian McInnis writes about Rupp's departure plus has an interview with Coach Gib Arnold all about signee Manroop Clair.

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It's looking at options time for New Mexico State and Idaho as Jason Groves and Josh Wright respectively report.

The MWC wants two more football members so ...

Hawaii gets to the point

Alex Kline/The Recruit Scoop is reporting: "Hawaii has landed a commitment from Manroop Clair, a 2012 guard from Huntington Prep (WV)"

Some sites have Clair listed as a 2013 recruit but he probably reclassified. He certainly has a touch from outside. 

Here's a September 2011 article with a nice photo.

Below is an April 2012 video:

More suitors for Manroop Clair

Tariq Sibiet offers much more on the recruitment of 2013 Canadian guard Manroop Clair. As posted earlier, Seattle has offered but this article also mentions interest from New Mexico State and Hawaii.

Thursday's WAC hoops collection

Jason Groves has the news about a pair shooters launching into Las Cruces.

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Two championships in a row and Gary Wilkinson might not be back in New Zealand. Here's another article covering that territory.

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From a Gilbert Muako tweet: "Weber St, Seattle & UC Riverside offered '13 G Manroop Clair of @DRIVEBasketball expect more to come. Kid is talented"

He's a 6-foot-1 backcourter. Here's a late July 2011 article.


Here's videotape from last summer:

Utah State interested in a British Columbia guard

Alex Kline/The Recruit Scoop tweets that 6-foot-2 Canadian backcourter Manroop Clair is listing Utah State (and many others) as pitching him some love.

Here's more.

In this video, his form looks very good and his distance shooting tremendous.