Not there (yet)

Two items:

From Jerry Meyer:

Three-star prospect Nate Grimes has set up in-home visits with Boise State, Fresno State and San Francisco.

The 6-7, 190-pound forward from Las Vegas (Nev.) Desert Pines High School will meet with Boise State September 9, Fresno State September 15 and San Francisco September 17. Iowa and Minnesota round out the top five school list for Grimes, who is ranked No. 136 by 247Sports and No. 133 in the 247Sports Composite.

So how/why can Mountain West Conference members Boise State and Fresno State plus USF of the West Coast Conference land visits for this prospect but not SJSU?

Grimes is exactly the type of prospect SJSU needs to land. He's not a high major but he displays the potential (nice inside/outside game) to be a go-to guy after a year or so for a college team. Not to be provincial but why even consider Raisinville versus Silicon Valley? It's not like the Bulldogs program is turned around as yet and the weather is abysmal, but, to be fair, the FSU roster contains much more potential right now than that of the Spartans. As a choice, Boise State is more understandable, even USF, but Fresno State?

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Via Jeff Eisenberg:

New coach Wayne Tinkle secured a key commitment Tuesday from 6-foot-10 Drew Eubanks, arguably the top Class of 2015 prospect in the state of Oregon. The addition of the three-star center gives Oregon State a chance to assemble a formidable class given the ties the Beavers have to a pair of other top prospects.

Tres Tinkle, the son of the older Tinkle, is a 6-foot-6 small forward rated the No. 88 recruit in Rivals.com's class of 2015 rankings. And Stephen Thompson Jr., the son of Oregon State assistant Stephen Thompson Sr., is a 6-foot-3 shooting guard rated No. 74 in the 2015 class.

Both hold scholarship offers from numerous top programs out West, but both are thought to favor the Beavers.

SJSU has only received the added benefit of also landing one player when hiring a basketball coach and the was the late Ricky Berry. And it took a year at Oregon State plus a redshirt season before being able to put him on the floor.

Bill Berry, Stan Morrison, Phil Johnson, Steve Barnes, George Nessman and now Dave Wojcik. One.

Wayne Tinkle is going to get his son (got to make sure Dad turns the program around in Corvallis) and his hiring of former Syracuse great Stephen Thompson assures Tinkle that Thompson Jr. is coming too. The elder Thompson assisted at Cal State Los Angeles for three years before assuming the head coach position there for the last nine -- he's looking to move up in the coaching ranks and a resurgent Oregon State program is the best way for that to happen.

But what San Jose State University can pay for a head coach, let alone the assistants, certainly prevents package deals involving higher level recruits.

What's interesting is that Tinkle pursued (or was interested in, or both) the Fresno State program before the Bulldogs hired Rodney Terry and was asked to consider the SJSU but demurred.