Unless Nevada finds a late rising ‘11 standout, it certainly appears that the Pack will be pocketing three available scholarships for the upcoming ‘11-12 basketball season.  When combined with Nevada’s two projected losses, Wolf Pack head coach David Carter, who brought a ton of talent to Reno a year ago in what was a massive [...]

If you’ve followed Nevada football for any length of time, especially here at Silver and Blue Sports, you’ll know we don’t put much stock into star rankings for prospects by national recruiting services like ESPN, Rivals and Scout. It’s not the Nevada way, and under Hall of Fame Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault, it’ll [...]

Jesuit high school in Sacramento (Calif.) has sent a handful of talented players to Nevada in the past two decades, including potential All-WAC senior cornerback Isaiah Frey.  One of the Marauders top prospects in the Class of 2012 is Akachi Okugo, a point guard with plenty of athleticism and skills.  Silver and Blue Sports put together [...]

As we’ve chronicled since the end of the most recent hoops season, Nevada, which has yet to add a player to the roster while seeing three players depart, will be adding some talent this summer.  Even though the late signing period has come and gone, a handful of prospects the Wolf Pack staff have been [...]

For the 2nd time in 4 years, Nevada football lost one of it’s top offensive coordinators to a BCS program when Jim Mastro, the Wolf Pack running backs coach, departed for UCLA. Prior to that, O-Line assistant coach Chris Klenakis took the same position at Arkansas.  It really isn’t that surprising to those around the [...]

One of the more enjoyable aspects of covering the future of Nevada athletics is the way that both Wolf Pack football and basketball have appealed to extremely talented, yet often underrated and under-ranked prospects across California. From recent NFL Draft selections like Colin Kaepernick and Virgil Green to the reigning WAC Hoops Freshman of the [...]

With 10 returning players on his team next season, Nevada head coach David Carter knows the key to recruiting this year is not finding immediate impact players.  He did that last year by adding players like Deontè Burton, the 2010-11 WAC Freshman of the Year, plus transfers in Olek Czyz and Malik Story and a [...]

Nevada head coach David Carter and his staff have been connected with a number of late-rising 2011 prospects since the season ended.  Some of those players include TCU signee Adrick McKinney, a 6-foot-8 JUCO big man from the Lone Star state, and Hawaii signee Dillon Biggs, a lengthy 6-foot-6 prep forward from Los Angeles.  But [...]

With the NFL Draft just a week away and Nevada likely to have at least 3 players drafted, you might forgive pundits if they were to say the Wolf Pack will be in rebuilding mode next season. But take one look at Nevada’s loaded receiving corps, with it’s mix of veteran returning starters, talented new [...]

With Nevada’s annual Silver and Blue game on tap this weekend, plus the late signing period for Nevada basketball on the doorstep Spring is most definitely in the air.  The competition at Wolf Pack Park has been intense, with players at numerous positions all trying to make an impression on Chris Ault and his staff, [...]