Nevada, and the rest of the Mountain West, put eyes on its 2017-18 conference schedule for the first time last Tuesday. Due to the 18-game non-balanced schedule, the Wolf Pack will play a home-and-home series with everyone except for New Mexico and Air Force. Nevada is scheduled to host New Mexico on December 30 and play in Colorado Springs on January 6. That means no … [Read more...]
Musselman adds big man late
St. John’s senior grad transfer commits to Nevada, per school It appeared third-year coach Eric Musselman was prepared to go into the 2017-18 season with one center, maybe two, if Jordan Caroline slid down in certain lineups. And that one was Elijah Foster, who missed the final four months of last season after an arrest stemming from a domestic battery charge. That charge … [Read more...]
Nevada, Mountain West reveal 2017-18 basketball schedule
Pack opens year at Fresno State, ends it at San Diego State Nevada and the Mountain West announced the men’s basketball conference schedule last Tuesday. The Pack will look to defend both its regular season and conference tournament titles in the third year under head coach Eric Musselman, who signed a five-year contract with $1 million annually after the season. It is the … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Nevada bolsters schedule, Mountain West presidents tired of low NCAA payouts
Nevada was not going to make the NCAA Tournament last year without beating Colorado State in the Mountain West Tournament title game at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. While the RPI was good enough, the strength of schedule was not. Eric Musselman’s bunch played one team in the KenPom top-100 in non-conference play. And that was on the road at St. Mary’s in the … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: King transferring, Tailgating plans coming to focus, Opportunity awaits Reno 1868 FC
Nevada was at the maximum number of allotted scholarships (13) last month when Muss completed the 2017 recruiting class that featured four additional transfers. So, heads were scratched when CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein tweeted last Wednesday that St. John’s grad transfer Darien Williams intends to visit Reno on Friday. St. John's grad transfer Darien Williams tells me he … [Read more...]
Muss officially agrees to new five-year deal at Nevada, addresses state of program
Nevada hoops coach Eric Musselman and Athletic Director Doug Knuth announced new deal at press conference Tuesday afternoon Forty-eight days after withdrawing his name from consideration at Cal and agreeing in principle to a new deal at Nevada, Eric Musselman smiled. Nevada’s third-year hoops coach and the University officially signed a new five-year contract that was … [Read more...]
Muss completes ’17 recruiting class
Nevada’s third-year coach continues to corner transfer market Eric Musselman has a plan. He’s not straying from it. After taking Nevada to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade and flirting with Cal, eventually agreeing to an extension, Musselman completed the 2017 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon. All three of the classes Musselman has put together … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Time to see the celebs, Rodriguez to finish career at Northwest Nazarene, Pack’s 2017 opponents released
It’s one of the most anticipated events of the year. And it’s this week. Many of the names and faces you grew up watching are hitting Edgewood at Tahoe’s south shore for the 27th annual American Century Championship. The three-day, 54-hole tournament officially starts on Friday, but the three days leading up to the tournament are the most ideal for autograph/photo … [Read more...]