The Nevada Wolf Pack (22-11) women’s basketball team returned home where they were overmatched against the USC Trojans (21-12) and suffered a heartbreaking season ending defeat, 78-59, at the Lawlor Center on Sunday afternoon. Nevada was looking to continue their historic season after achieving the first 20-win season in school history to go along with [...]

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, [...]

After a month long hiatus Silver and Blue Sports “Statistically Challenged” is back with a year end review of Wolf Pack basketball.  Led by soon-to-be sophomore Deontè Burton, who was the only freshman included on any of the All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) postseason teams, and ‘11 senior Dario Hunt, the pieces are certainly there for [...]

For the fourth consecutive year at Nevada, we will not be able to Dance with Wolves.  That’s quite a drought, particularly for a program with our expectations.  But there’s another drought that’s been weighing on me as of late…

It really isn’t that hard for the Wolf Pack faithful to look at the 2011 football schedules around most college football programs and see confirmed dates.  They’ve been announced for a few weeks now on a handful of official websites, which is part for the course at this time of the year.  However, the University [...]

It was a banner weekend for the resurgent Wolf Pack baseball team, sweeping visiting Pacific in a three-game series at Peccole Park.  Thanks to three solid performances from their pitching staff, which included two quality starts and three saves from the bullpen, Nevada has now put together a 4-game winning streak.  They’ll look to continue [...]

A little more than a year ago Nevada dropped two games in a three-game set on the diamond in Stockton against Pacific, which halted some of their early momentum.  In 2011, needing a huge boost after starting the year a wretched 0-9, the Wolf Pack busted out the brooms against the Tigers by winning all [...]

When you watch all the mesmerizing postseason tournaments around college basketball, from the powerful Big East to the dramatic ACC, the one thing that really stands out is how well some programs are playing and coming together as a team and how others disintegrate under the pressure and spotlight of the madness. You have your [...]

It was a day to remember for Nevada second baseman Joe Kohan.  The sophomore and native Alaskan reached base 5 times on a perfect day at the plate, going 4 for 4 with a walk to lead Nevada in a 6-5 victory over visiting Pacific at Peccole Park on Saturday afternoon.  Kohan also knocked home [...]

Wins have been a rare commodity this season for the Nevada baseball team.  The Wolf Pack began the year with 9 straight losses, a streak that was concluded in a three-game sweep by rival UNLV at friendly Peccole Park. However, as senior Brock Stassi stated after the final UNLV loss, “One big team win and [...]