Tuesday and the WAC basketball galaxy

So much for the projected M - W - F publishing cycle...

UT Arlington Coach Scott Cross announces his new director of basketball operations.

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Joe Lunardi has New Mexico State matched up with Duke in Salt Lake City come the opening round of the 2013 Big Dance. No reasoning is supplied, it's just a listing of qualifiers. Expect Logan-ites to fill up Lunardi's mail box but not with bonbons and petit fors.

Speaking of the southern Aggies, not much is appearing even on Twitter regarding recruiting which is unusual.

Wednesday's WAC roundup

Tony Jones breaks the news that JUCO wing transfer Marvin Jean is academically ineligible to play D-I. Matt Sonnenberg offers analysis.

Jean would have been the best athlete at the three spot, a solid defender and a nice all-around talent but it's not like Stew Morrill is bare on the wing.

PTW has always wondered about such situations -- who is responsible for the cost of Jean's thumb surgery when he was working out in Logan this summer if he never was an official Aggie? Funny how the mind works, or doesn't.

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The USU Stats folks have an update on Jared Stutzman, an Aggie recruiting target.

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Former UT Arlington star LaMarcus Reed has landed a paying gig in Antwerp.