Here's a discussion with some useful info about Bruno Skokna from the Spokane newspaper's message board covering Gonzaga men's basketball.

http://guboards.spokesmanreview.com/sho ... tian-guard

Doyle, Custer, Skokna, Richardson, Satterwhite, and Smith could make up quite a backcourt.

This class if off to a great start, excited about two players who are going to have the full 4 years at Loyola.

How many scholarships do you have for this class?

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Two spots left according to the chart we have.

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Let's go Braden!

I hope you find a way to land a big post with one of them. You guys appear to have a solid perimeter game and maybe even the 4. I solid low post presence could be huge. I know it's easier said than done. But I have high hopes for you guys and would love to see you find some solid consistency at the top of the conference. I think Wichita, Loyola and UNI could be a solid top. I question consistency elsewhere personally.

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No doubt. We're losing Montel after this year, so we definitely need one if not two bigs for the two remaining spots.

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MBB Scholarship Chart

Exciting to see two nice signees!! It will be interesting to see how Porter mixes up those guys in the backcourt next year.
Sounds like Bruno didn't even visit campus which is a good sign hopefully. Cool to see Porter's crew is finding some of these recruits that might be a little hidden.
But we'll have to find some balance on the big end.

Not many Brunos around to accompany our local Bruno's Lounge.

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Living in the 60660.

Hidden gems are big in developing a program. We went through that here in Wichita and still do to a point. Toure' Murry was one and nobody had heard of Tekele Cotton when he committed. Not even those of us who follow Shocker recruiting closely. We all know about Ron Baker.

Part of it is finding kids early and building a relationship. That's what happened with Fred VanVleet. He ended up being a top 150 recruit and had some power conference schools show up late, but we'd been recruiting him for a couple of years. Same with SO Zach Brown. He had an offer from Texas and others but we'd been on him for a couple of years before they showed up. Finding those guys early can pave the way. We still do that, but are also having doors opened to the next level of recruits. We've been in on some 4 and 5 stars and have two 4 stars in our current FR class.

It's a process and doesn't happen over night. 3G is in his 9th year in Wichita. Moser just needs to know what he wants in a player, as does his staff, and have to see the potential before others do a lot of times to build those relationships before the lure of BcS schools take hold. Doesn't always work. But as your success increases so will the amount of doors opening.

If Doyle can stay healthy and those around him progress, he can benefit your exposure a lot. Especially being a local kid. His success, and that of Loyola, can really open kids up to the prospect of staying home and playing for you.

I'm pulling for you guys.

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Thanks for the kind words SubGod. WSU and Marshall are really a shining example that all in the MVC should look to when building a mid-major program to compete with the big boys.

Looks like we are bringing in two talented kids. I will say that I wish we'd start having more success recruiting Chicago. I thought Doyle and Ingram would open the doors to more Chicago talent but that doesn't seem to be the case. They remain the only two Chicagoans on the roster.

Then again, loading up on Chicago kids doesn't mean guaranteed success. DePaul has quite a few of them and that doesn't seem to be working out too well for them!