Washington State adds a center -- someone from the Evergreen state

To those of who who are surprised about this destination, well, consult with your pediatrician for he must have removed your cynical bone early on.

WSU Basketball:Coach Ken Bone adds final piece to puzzle
Lew Wright
Washington State Cougars Examiner
July 2, 2009

Weeks of speculation over what might happen with the scholarship slot left open on the WSU roster can now be confirmed.

Coach Ken Bone has won the recruiting battle for Steven Bjornstad. Official word was released by Washington State University Athletics early Thursday afternoon that Bjornstad has signed a Financial Aid Agreement and will join the team as part of the Class of 2009...

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Actually, maybe we are being too glib here. St. Mary's, Santa Clara and Portland (re)offered him after his departure from Nevada. What we haven't been able to confirm is if he (re)visited any of those schools after his release. Bjornstad did make visits to St. Mary's and Santa Clara prior to initially deciding on Nevada. Our guess is Bjornstad tripped to Pullman (officially or unofficially), if anywhere, due to the number of official visits maxing out at five per NCAA regs.

Bjornstad officially freed

Now this is bizarre...or maybe not. It is difficult to believe that the Nevada athletics office was unaware of a new rule so we're going with the school of thought that the Wolf Pack was bigtime nyet at the time of the request but realized there was nothing to gain by drawing out the process.

Bjornstad released from his letter-of-intent to Nevada
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Jounral
6-15-09

Steven Bjornstad has been released from his letter-of-intent to play basketball at Nevada after a technicality freed him of his obligation to the Wolf Pack. Bjornstad, a 6-foot-10 center from Vancouver, Wash., asked for a release April 29, citing the Wolf Pack’s coaching change from Mark Fox to David Carter...

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