Emergence of Nevada's 6-6 freshman follows scary scene in Mountain West opener There was legitimate concern Nevada’s now most important reserve would never play basketball again, at least momentarily. Josh Hall, 6-6 four-star recruit from Houston, landed awkwardly on a fast-break finish at the rim in Nevada’s Mountain West opener against San Jose State in late … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: What a Nevada run could mean for Musselman’s future
Speculation about Wolf Pack’s second-year coach to escalate this weekend My Twitter audience is resilient. It puts up with bad jokes. It tolerates far too many Seattle sports references. And every Thursday, it is witness to the same Tweet. In one way or another, I’ll ask for questions for the following afternoon’s radio show. Sometimes an unrelated gif is … [Read more...]
Nevada, Iowa State more alike than most would believe
Cyclones are big boys from Big 12, but parallel Pack in style, coaching, and even emotions Nevada. Iowa State. At first glance, it’s easy to believe the two programs have as much in common as Reno and Las Vegas. They both play the same game, just in entirely contrasting styles. One city gets snow up to four months a year and is famed by a former television show … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Reno’s raucous weekend, Ozoude chooses Colorado State
Reno needs to catch its breath, maybe let the resting heart beat come back down. It endured a marathon this weekend. I’m not convinced you can make argument it wasn’t one of the busiest in Northern Nevada sports history. For the second straight year, the Big Sky played its men’s and women’s conference tournaments at the Reno Events Center. Regular-season champion … [Read more...]
Nevada draws Big 12 champ in first round of NCAA Tourney
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...]