Idaho gets another

SeldomSeenSmith is branching out -- on the GoVandals.net basketball MB, he's reporting that Yuba College point Mike McChristian has aligned himself with Coach Don Verlin and Idaho. The young man will help the Vandals in a lot of ways -- look for him to be a candidate for the All-WAC defense squad.

seldomseensmith nails it again

seldomseensmith does it again, with a scoop telling Utah State basketball fans at the USUFans site/Stew's Spectrum MB that Norvell Arnold isn't coming to Logan because...he has horticultural and other issues.

One other thing that jumped out at us from the linked article: Arnold is 23 and was in the midst of finishing up his AA degree -- we can assuredly say that a mission did not contribute to his age/college status.

The WAC on Saturday

seldomseensmith, the primary poster at the Blue Aggies.com site, has the scoop on New Mexico State recruiting target Raphael Giaimo -- "He'll be playing at Midland JC in Texas this year."

sss is the WAC version of Dog the Bounty Hunter -- tracking down WAC players and recruits who have disappeared into the cosmos is his specialty.

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Brian McInnis has more on Gib Arnold's latest signee plus some background on the new UH assistant basketball coach. Go here.

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Bay Area player Davante Adams (6-foot-2, 190, Palo Alto High) is both a footballer and basketballer. Fresno State has interest in him on the court and on the gridiron while Nevada is looking at him as a pigskin-er. Steve Hu at Nor Cal Preps recently did an article on the young man -- go here (a Rivals sub is required).

Wednesday and the WAC

Note: seldomseensmith IS a WAC bigshot in our eyes -- he comes up with as much if not more recruiting news than anyone else. We doubt if he has an entourage (yet) but we will keep checking to see if he changes his moniker to 3s.

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Ex-Nevada point London Giles has surfaced -- at home. Giles has signed with SMU. Go here for the article (a Rivals sub is required).

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Ryan Gorcey at BearTerritory.net says that Sheldon High's (Sacramento, CA) Darius Nelson has many offers, including Fresno State. Go here (and a Rivals sub is required). In our humble opinion, Nelson will not be coming to the WAC.

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According to Steve Hu at NorCalPreps (Rivals), JT Adenrele is hearing from Utah State. Here's an August 2009 article on the young man. Here is a more current one.

Likewise, Boise State and San Jose State (among many others) are eyeballing 6-foot-8 Chad Haysbert. Here's a very nice video feature on Haysbert.

Hu's article can be found here (a Rivals sub is required).

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It's football-related but do read Jared Eborn's blog entry on the fading (on the field) Boise State - Idaho rivalry. Let's just say the passions run high. Call us old-fashioned (that's the mildest description tossed our way in some time) but Idaho battling Boise State in football and basketball is good for the state. There is something larger to keep in mind but it's getting lost in the kerfluffle presently going on. Yes, BSU doesn't have anything to gain BCS-wise by continuing the series but, please, let's not solely utilize that as the ultimate measuring stick. Please keep this tradition.

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That's it for now.

Sunday's WAC report

How is it that Hawaii is the sole WAC holdout in having a student fee supporting athletics? Ferd Lewis has the details here.

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Thanks to seldomseensmith at BlueAggies.com, we have a look at the 2010 California juco ranks and the number of basketballers moving on to D-1. We would have guessed higher, especially considering the number of schools and likewise the out-of-state players playing on CA squads. Go here.

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AW Prince at Silver and BlueSports offers up new interviews with Nevada recruits Jordan Finn and evonte Elliott a sub is required.

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The Ben Mills saga has concluded with the Wisconsin 7-footer aligning himself with Colorado. Go here. Greg Graham is quoted in the feature. Utah State also offered Mills in the his second go-around as listed here.

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