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New Mexico State is one of the most prolific scoring teams in the Western Athletic Conference (78.6 points per game, tied with Nevada). Much of the scoring prowess comes from its talented guards and its extreme depth (the Aggies have nine players averaging 10 minutes per game or more). So, given that depth and offensive [...]
Scouting the Broncos
RENO, NEV. — Strengths: Boise State’s biggest strength is its depth. While the Broncos lack a star scorer like Nevada’s Luke Babbitt or San Jose State’s Adrian Oliver, the team has depth that few teams can match. With seven players averaging at least seven points per game, the Broncos can depend on a [...]
Scouting the Vandals
RENO, NEV. — Strengths: While not recognized for it, the Vandals possess one of the better defenses in the Western Athletic Conference. Idaho, which allows an average of 68.4 points per game in conference play, ranks second in the WAC in scoring defense.
Idaho’s guards, led by Hopson, also do a good job of [...]
Scouting the Aggies
by Matt Sonnenberg
LOGAN, UTAH — Strengths: In head coach Stew Morrill’s world, defense is above everything else. Allowing just 58.9 points per game in Western Athletic Conference play, this season’s Utah State team has proven to be Morrill’s best defensive squad since joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2005. Aside from stellar defense, [...]
Scouting the Bulldogs
FRESNO, CALIF. — Strengths: With a dynamic starting five, all scoring in double figures on any given night, the ‘Dogs are ready for whatever comes their way. Defensively, the Bulldogs stand out among the other Western Athletic Conference competitors. They are No. 1 in steals with a total of 237 for the season, [...]
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“We lost the lead to Utah State, so I think we learned from that. When teams come back, you don’t panic. Teams are going to make a run. We just have to keep grinding it out.” — Nevada men’s basketball head coach David Carter
As the season wanes, the Nevada men’s basketball team continues to grow, [...]
Mens Basketball
Louisiana Tech falls
Hamidu Rahman scored 22 points and Jahmar Young added 19 as New Mexico State defeated Louisiana Tech. After starting out the conference season undefeated, the Bulldogs have dropped two of its last three games. That has lowered the team’s conference record to 6-2, placing it in a three-way tie for first place [...]
Mark Fox should be enjoying his time at Georgia. I know fans felt betrayed when he left the Wolf Pack for the Bulldogs last year. I know that, after his years of success at Nevada, he felt as though he could win anywhere.
But it’s not so easy when he has to recruit against Southeastern Conference [...]
The men’s basketball team is only six games into head coach David Carter’s reign, yet a troubling trend is already developing. In three of the team’s four losses this season, the Wolf Pack held a lead in the second half, yet faltered down the stretch and gave away the game.
Nevada averages four points fewer in [...]
Swimming & diving
Nevada falls to Idaho
In its final meet of the fall season, Nevada’s swimming and diving team lost to the University of Idaho 151-92.
Nevada was led by diver Aniesa Debaji, who took first place in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events, leading a Wolf Pack sweep of the top three spots in [...]
Utah State
2008-09 record: 30-5 overall, 14-2 WAC
Postseason appearance: NCAA Tournament (first round)
Series vs. Nevada: Utah State leads 27-13
Last meeting: March 14, Utah State 72-62
Meetings this year: Jan. 13, Feb. 6
Player to watch: Tai Wesley, forward
What Utah State is about: The defending WAC champions will begin life without All-American forward Gary Wilkinson this season. However, Utah [...]
There’s little doubt Armon Johnson is one of the best players in the Western Athletic Conference.
Last year as a sophomore, the point guard posted 15.5 points and 4.3 assists per game, making him one of only two players in the conference to average more than 15 points and four assists per contest (Idaho’s Mac [...]
“You can’t worry about people’s expectations. You have to look at your own expectations and try to achieve those.” — Wolf Pack forward Luke Babbitt, who was named the Western Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year
During the 2008-09 season, no men’s basketball player made a bigger splash than forward Luke Babbitt. Throughout his freshman [...]
“They’ve been doing really well,” Babbitt said. “They are both really skilled players. Once they get adjusted to the college game, they are going to play really well.”
Nevada has many young players making the transition to college this season, but few have faced a more difficult time than Patrick Nyeko and Marko Cukic.
Nyeko and Cukic, [...]
“Coach (David) Carter and I actually grew up together … I watched him play in high school and when I got into coaching, he was sort of a mentor to me.” — first-year Wolf Pack assistant coach Keith Brown
When Nevada’s first-year head coach David Carter was working his way up through the ranks, he would [...]
Nevada’s big men have a lot to live up to this season.
There is an impressive history of forwards and centers on the Wolf Pack, ranging from Nick Fazekas (2004-07) to JaVale McGee (2007-08).
This year, sophomore forwards Luke Babbitt and Dario Hunt and senior forward Joey Shaw come in ready make their own mark.
While Babbitt established [...]
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