Bradshaw leaves USU

Per Tony Jones, freshman guard Riley Bradshaw has left the Utah State basketball program. His departure will have no effect this season but it's always tough to lose a very promising talent who owns four seasons of eligibility. What's interesting is that now he will have to redshirt somewhere, if that was his concern.

An easy prediction based on no inside knowledge: here comes Montana U and Coach Wayne Tinkle but many others outside of The Big Sky State will be rushing in to fill the void.

Here's mslacat with a 2010 feature on Bradshaw plus one from USUStats.

The interwebs in Logan will certainly be buzzing this morning.

Thursday's WAC hoops roundup

The USUStats site folks are all over Utah State 2012 commit Riley Bradshaw.

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Good for backcourter Keith Fuetsch and Coach David Carter. The longtime Nevada walk-on will be on scholarship as was reported yesterday. Here's the official announcement. It's always nice to hear of hard work being rewarded.

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Inquiring minds would like to hear more about the celebratory “media night” experienced by Dayton Morinaga and Brian McInnis on the last evening of the UH basketball trip to Asia. Details please. Better yet, photos.

WAC basketball on this wonderful Saturday

Hawaii will be down a player as JC transfer DeShawn Mitchell hasn't racked up the necessary units to qualify -- Brian McInnis and Dayton Morinaga both report. Too many stops at too many colleges caught up with him.

Mitchell's athleticism and ability to take he ball to the hoop will be missed but this turn of events clears up playing time for others which offers the opportunity for a 'happier' squad.

Dayton Morinaga also offers a summer league report.

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USUStats.com has posted a Riley Bradshaw video blog. He's a 2012 Aggie commit.

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Bleed Crimson's Sam Wasson serves up an 11 minute video of New Mexico State basketball highlights.

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Dirk Facer reports there will be no Utah versus Utah State in the 2011-12 season.

The world of WAC basketball on Friday

It's inconsequential (so why is PTW posting it?) but there's a spat of sorts taking place between the AD at Louisiana Tech and Keith Richard, the former Tech basketball coach.

The reason for listing it here? Because the pendulum swing between winning and achieving an acceptable APR is always a dilemma for coaches at colleges that don't have access to a wide array of high school and junior college prospects.

Yes, Tech academics weren't what they needed to be at the end of Richard's Ruston tenure and they did improve during Rupp's time but the latter was let go anyway, primarily because he didn't win enough games.

Rupp is still at LT had his team secured even a mid-teens number of wins in 2010-11. An improving APR provided no life line for him.

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In the same vein, new Wyoming Coach Larry Shyatt has some sharp words for coaches he labels as 'sellouts.'

What makes this all more interesting is that Shyatt lists Central Florida Coach Donnie Jones as someone he admires but Jones is dealing with fallout from a recent NY Times article.

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The USU Stats site has a new blog and Aggie commit Riley Bradshaw is boosted in a feature article.

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Dayton Morinaga talked with JUCO beat reporter Brad Winton about Hawaii's contingent of junior college recruits.

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Craig Hislop writes in a column that Utah Valley doesn't have a case against Utah State regarding interference with WAC membership. Tony Jones offers a feature on the subject.