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...]
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...]
Nevada throttles UNLV – again
Pack routes Rebels in most lopsided win in series history, stays in first place It’s probably fair to say the 2016-17 Nevada squad is better than UNLV’s. The Wolf Pack beat the Rebels by a then-record 27 two and a half weeks ago and re-upped that mark on Saturday in Las Vegas, dismantling the Rebels 94-58. With the rout, Nevada (23-6, 12-4) remained tied atop the … [Read more...]
Free throws keep Nevada in first place
Wolf Pack hits a season-high 30-of-34 shots from the line, completes regular-season sweep of Boise RENO – Free throws aren’t sexy. They’re mundane. They stop the clock. They’re as fun to watch as four wide ones on the diamond. You know what is sexy? First place. Nevada shot 29 second-half free throws on Wednesday night to pull away from Boise State for an 85-77 … [Read more...]
Nevada shoots into three-way tie atop Mountain West
Nevada did something on Saturday night it hadn’t been able to do in three weeks: Put together a second-straight strong outing. The Wolf Pack (21-6, 10-4) moved into a three-way tie atop the Mountain West alongside Boise State and Colorado State with a 77-66 win over Utah State in front of an announced crowd of 10,336 at Lawlor Events Center. The Aggies, who thumped the … [Read more...]
Pack can’t get shots to fall at San Diego State, drops to third
For much of the game, it looked like Nevada’s effort at Utah State from a week and a half ago. The Wolf Pack couldn’t buy a bucket (shot a season low 29.9 percent from the field), allowed a poor shooting San Diego State team to hit 48 percent from the field, and ultimately suffered the same result – a lopsided defeat. Nevada (19-6, 8-4) dropped its second straight road … [Read more...]
Nevada hands UNLV epic beat down, moves into first place
Largest announced crowd in Lawlor history witnesses 27-point rivalry rout RENO – Famous boxing promoter Michael Buffer dropped his trademark in the front of the largest announced crowd in Lawlor Events Center history. “Let’s get ready to rumble” he declared, after announcing the starting lineups, sending 11,841 (Lawlor capacity is 11,536) into a frenzy. The crowd … [Read more...]