Pack lands 12 seed, will play Iowa State in Milwaukee On Saturday, Nevada clinched its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2007 with a win over Colorado State in the Mountain West title game. On Sunday, Nevada learned who it will dance with. The Wolf Pack (28-6) will open with Big 12 tournament champ Iowa State (23-10) on Thursday in Milwaukee at the BMO Bradley Center – … [Read more...]
Pack Back in the Dance
Nevada grinds out win over Colorado State for first Mountain West Tournament title, Caroline named tourney MVP The pundits said Nevada had no chance of an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. The quality wins weren’t there. The strength of schedule lacked. The Mountain West was down. It matters not. Nevada (28-6) took the decision out of the selection committee’s … [Read more...]
Nearly miraculous second half sends Nevada to Mountain West title game
Wolf Pack uses 25-2 second-half run to overcome dreadful start, avenge two regular-season losses to Fresno, and march into Mountain West title game They say it’s tough to beat a team three times. On Friday night in the Mountain West Tournament semifinals, they were right. After losing to Fresno in both regular-season contests, Nevada (27-6) used a nearly perfect second … [Read more...]
Nevada handles Utah State, marches into Mountain West semis
Strong start, finish to first half, dominant interior play, lifts Pack over Aggies Nevada will likely need to win three games in three days at the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. The Wolf Pack started what it hopes will be a run to its first ever MW Tournament title in dominant fashion on Thursday … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Nevada must party one more time before it can dance
There was a party at Lawlor Events Center on Saturday night. Nevada suffocated Colorado State in the second half of an 85-72 win in the regular-season finale and celebrated the program’s first ever Mountain West regular-season title. Not so long ago, just reaching the game would’ve secured a NCAA Tournament berth. Five MW programs were in 2013 field (Boise State, … [Read more...]
Baseball: Pack drops two of three at Fresno to open conference play
Nevada opened Mountain West play over the weekend by dropping two of three games at reigning regular-season champ, Fresno State. The Wolf Pack (3-8, 1-2) missed the opportunity to win consecutive games for the first time of the season, falling 9-5 in the series finale on Sunday evening. The Bulldogs improved to 6-5, 2-1. Fresno scored five times in the bottom of the … [Read more...]
Oliver leads Nevada to first Mountain West regular season title
Pack pulls away from Colorado State in second half, heads to Vegas as No. 1 seed RENO – The pool of superlatives to describe Nevada’s meteoric rise is all but dried up. After inheriting a program that won just nine total games two years ago, coach Eric Musselman ripped his shirt off on Saturday night, waving it in the air while getting showered by silver and blue … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Nevada will try to make history on Saturday, All-league/all-participation, Gorman boys win sixth straight
Maybe the Mountain West knew what it was doing when it pitted Nevada and Colorado State against each other in the final game of the regular season. Maybe it just got lucky. While a much stronger argument can be made for the latter, the process doesn’t matter. On Saturday evening, Nevada will host Colorado State at Lawlor Events Center in the unofficial Mountain West … [Read more...]