One prep player Silver and Blue Sports has continued to be impressed with over the course of his high school career is Santa Rosa (Calif.) Cardinal Newman high school product Xavier McCall.  A late rising senior, McCall, who stands 6-foot-2, 190-pounds, is a physical combo guard with an explosive offensive game that is unmistakable on [...]

During the 2009-10 college basketball season, Nevada had about as much depth as a push pin.  It was an off-season of dramatic change, with multiple staff and roster changes.  David Carter’s first club, paced by future NBA Draft selections Luke Babbitt and Armon Johnson, played through the limited bodies to still lead Nevada to the NIT.  [...]

The madness that is March is almost over.  As those in Reno likely can tell by the weather alone, spring is in the air and we are nearing the calendar period for college sports that I like to call “the doldrums”. That is the time of the year between the end of the latest NCAA [...]

He’s easily one of the top point guards to watch in Northern California over the past three seasons, starting from the day he stepped on to the Salesian high school campus.  As a freshman, he manned the point for the Pride, which eventually led to the 2009 CIF Div. IV State Championship.  Few control tempo, run the offense and [...]

For mid-major programs, the NCAA Tournament can be like the sweetest cream you’ve ever tasted.  Just ask programs like Morehead State, a No. 13 seed who knocked off in-state power Louisville on Thursday, or Butler, who could be poised to make another long March run after a physical opening round win over Old Dominion.  However, [...]

Georgia native Charles Mann is one prospect that is going to play college basketball.  On video, his talent is more than obvious. He already holds a scholarship offer from the University of Nevada, plus offers from New Mexico State, Jacksonville and a pair of in-state schools. Silver and Blue Sports recently put together a spotlight [...]

After bringing a huge recruiting class in 2010, Nevada has quickly shifted their focus to the class of 2012.  Silver and Blue Sports has featured a handful of hoops recruits from the class of 2012 already, but the newest name to pop up is Warren Harding high school standout Shaheed Davis. The Wolf Pack were [...]

The best recruiters in college basketball always find a way to turn something that is perceived as a disadvantage into a positive.  That’s precisely what Nevada has done under some of the best young coaches in the game, including current LSU head coach Trent Johnson and current Georgia head coach Mark Fox.  Having spent nearly [...]

Before breaking his hand in a freak accident off the court, Nevada freshman Deontè Burton had an outstanding summer at the 2010 SayNo Classic in Los Angeles. Check out some of his moves from the camp in a video feature from BallisLife.com.

Chicago has always been a hoops haven for talent, and prospects developing in the area and coming to Nevada is nothing new.  Recent NBA Draft Pick and Wolf Pack standout Armon Johnson has roots in Chicago. So does budding NBA star JaVale McGee, who made the move to the NBA after just two short seasons [...]