Brandon Goble calls the sensation the “warm tingles,” which jangle the scout’s nerves when he lays eyes on an undiscovered prospect. Over the past year, he’s experienced the feeling twice. The first time was last May, when Neemias Queta, 6-foot-11 big man with a 7-5 wingspan, set foot on the hardwood in Portugal.
After watching the lean rim protector go to work, he turned and grinned at Utah State assistant coach Eric Petersen, one of the few souls sitting in the bleachers with him. “You just go, ‘Oh, you’re different,’” Goble recalled. “You know something cool is about to happen.