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The Lady Griz have received a commitment from Kalispell’s 5-4 Kelsey Hildal. Hildal is dynamo on the floor from the point guard position, averaging about 19 points a game. Her high game this season was a 39 point out burst against Missoula Big Sky. Hildal is the first Montana player this year to commit to the Griz and should be a great walk-on pick up for the Griz. With a little seasoning … i.e. a redshirt year and maybe a development year she should be able to give the Griz a nice change of pace option off the bench.

As a walk-on she will not sign an official letter of intent and will have free to accept any other offer that may come her way, up until she starts classes at UM.

The Bobcats are recruiting a JC center from Ohlone Junior College in California named Alpha N'Diaye. N’Diaye is a 6-9 center who averaged 10 points, 8 rebound and 3 blocks a game while shooting 53% from the field and 58%from the line. N’Diaye is originally from Africa and has only been playing organized basketball for the past 3-4 years. He is a very athletic player, and with a 7-1 wing span would fit the bill for the new key word in college basketball as “plays long”. He earned second team all Northern Division in the California JC ranks, and is ranked by numerous web sites as a top California D-1 recruit. Ohlone JC finished the season with a 25-9 record and was ranked in the California JC top 20 most of the season.

Here is what the website jucojuntion had to say about N’Diaye last August.

Alpha N'Diaye (SO) 6-foot-8 (215) from Mali, Africa, averaged 5 ppg and 4.7 rebounds last season for the Renegades. Alpha has really only played one year of organized basketball

"Alpha is a high major athlete, he has added 15 pounds to his frame since coming back from visiting his mother in Mali. While in Mali he got malaria and his now just getting back to full strength,".

N'Diaye has a 7'1 wingspan.

I have fielded a handful of questions the last few months on Bobcat recruit Dominique O’Connor from Westchester high school in Los Angeles. My response as of late, has been, that I do not thing we have much of a chance and are probably not recruiting him any more. It sounds like I am only half right.

Just to review, Dominique O’Connor is a 5-9 to 5-10 true point guard, with a set of jets, who averaged 16.7 points, 6.3 assists and 2.3 steals a game. He was named the LA City player of the year by a panel of sportswriters. His Westchester high school team went 34-2 this year winning the California state championship. In the championship game his Westchester team beat future Grizzly, Will Cherry’s McClymonds high school. O’Connor’s stock has been going through the roof this year, from a possible D-2 or Low D-1 recruit to a possible Pac-10 caliber player right now.

A few weeks back I read an article where O’Connor stated he wanted to stay close to home, and had crossed a handful of teams off his list that did not meet those requirements. He also stated, USC, Fresno State, San Francisco and San Diego State his four favorites, and schools he wanted to visit. At that time USC had not offered him but was the team he grew up cheering for. In an article published in Scout.com today, O’Connor mentions that that USC offered him this week end and they have moved to the head of his list with San Francisco second and a trip scheduled to Fresno State for this week-end. Now despite this he did, though, mention that he is also still receiving recruiting interest from Montana State, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara, and he may entertain a visit from one of them. It looks like the Bobcat’s are kind of sort-of still in the picture. So for the extreme optimists among you keep you fingers crossed, but I would not go printing up any jerseys quite yet.