There are a handful of prospects across the country who fall into the category of being elite prospects, and even fewer that can do it in two sports like football and basketball.  Arik Armstead, a 6-foot-8, 275-pound class of 2012 athlete out of Elk Grove (Calif.) , is one of the few who is that [...]

It took some time, but former Paramount high school sensation Devonte Elliott is now ready to begin his Nevada career this fall.  Standing 6-foot-11, Elliott, who has already spent part of his summer in Reno, brings a lot to the table. SilverandBlueSports spoke with the officially cleared kid known back in SoCal as “The Franchise” [...]

The future is very bright for Nevada basketball, and even our friends at BallisLife know that the Wolf Pack landed a big-timer in future freshman guard Deontè Burton.  Check out the latest Burton highlight play from the 2010 NIKE SayNo Classic.

Coaches from across the country, including Nevada, have been crisscrossing much of the country for the past two weeks during what is alays the hectic AAU summer schedule.  Events include the King City Classic in Cleveland to the Nike Peach Jam in Augusta.

Jordan Burris, a 6-foot-7, 200-pound wing from Stockdale high school in Bakersfield (Calif.) is one of the top athletes in Nevada’s loaded 2010 recruiting class. Check out the future Wolf Pack standout in action once again from this past season.

Very few teams in the Western Athletic Conference welcome more impact players than Nevada, which is why we’ve saved the Pack for the final installment of our annual “Impact in the WAC” series.  When you welcome more than half-a-dozen talented prospects, including recruit Deontè Burton, while subtracting 5 of your program’s top six scorers, that’s [...]

When it was announced that incoming Nevada freshman Jordan Burris was named the ESPN CalHiSports.com Boys State Athlete of the Week in mid-January after his outstanding performance at the Clovis (Calif.) Elks Tournament, we knew the video from the tournament would be perfect for his first senior video release.

SilverandBlueSports will breakdown four more recruiting classes from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in Part II of our annual series, entitled “Impact in the WAC”, which features a close look at each prospect and what they bring to the table.  That includes a look at French big man Brylle Kaman, a JC-addition by San Jose [...]

Last summer, SilverandBlueSports announced our initial “Impact in the WAC” series, which focuses in on all nine Western Athletic Conference programs recruiting efforts moving forward to the upcoming season. In the first half of our look at the impact players entering the WAC for the swiftly approaching 2010-11 season, perhaps the first name you should [...]

In what was the largest recruiting class in the Western Athletic Conference, Nevada added seven new prospects to their program in 2010, including five prep prospects and two junior college transfers.  It is a class that features athletic wings, talented backcourt standouts and a pair of much needed big men. Check out the new faces [...]