Location: Reno, Nev. | Founded: 1874 | Enrollment: 16,500 | Colors: Silver and Blue
Coach: Mark Fox | Home Court: Lawlor Events Center | Capacity: 11,536 Record:
(21-11, 12-4
Western Athletic)
THE GOOD NEWS The team returns the WAC Freshman of the Year (freshman G Armon Johnson), arguably the league's most talented player (sophomore C JaVale McGee) and will bring in a McDonald's All-American (Luke Babbitt). In a league that was senior heavy this season, Nevada will have to be considered one of two early favorites two win the league title next year.
THE BAD NEWS Like Nick Fazekas and Ramon Sessions before him, senior G Marcelus Kemp's graduation will be tough for the Wolf Pack to overcome. He was the team's best scorer and nobody else on the team was a consistent scoring threat.
What is worse, some mock draft boards project sophomore center JaVale McGee as high as a top-10 NBA draft pick if he leaves school this year.
KEY RETURNEES Depending on his status in the NBA draft, 7-foot sophomore center JaVale McGee could, as a junior next year, be the WAC's best player. He averaged a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game and his 14.1 points per game was second best on the Wolf Pack.
Freshman point guard Armon Johnson was the WAC's Freshman of the Year. Johnson averaged 14.1 points per game in league action and shot an efficient 54 percent in those 16 regular season games.
ROSTER REPORT
--G Marcelus Kemp averaged an even 20.0 points per game for Nevada in the 2007-08 season and will leave the school as its second-highest scorer of all-time with 1,939 points.
Kemp also graduates as the Wolf Pack's all-time leader in 3 pointers made with 227.
Every bit as impressive as the stats, Kemp leaves behind a winning legacy. Nevada played in the postseason in each of Kemp's six seasons (he had a redshirt season and one medical redshirt season).
--Sophomore C JaVale McGee averaged 14.1 points per game (10th best in WAC), 7.3 rebounds (second in WAC), shot 52.9 percent from the field (eighth in WAC) and had 92 blocks for a 2.79 blocks per game average (first in WAC).
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Luke Babbitt
Position: Combo forward
Height/weight: 6-8/215
Previous school: Galena High Mark McLaughlin
Position: Shooting guard
Height/weight: 6-5/175
Previous school: Inglemoor High in Kenmore, Wash. London "Cotton" Giles
Position
Well I leave for Basic at the end of next month. Basic will be in Fort Benning, GA then I'll most likely be stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I will be on here as much as possible while in the Army and hopefully I'll be able to catch a Wolf Pack game every once in a while. Wish me luck folks... And remember, STAY TRUE!
I think the future is looking bright for last year's stars, Sessions and Fazekas. Sessions played 37 minutes and had 13 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals in a loss to the celtics, while I had the opportunity to watch Fazekas score nine straight points for the Clippers last night in the last two minutes of the loss against the Nuggets. The commentators were surprised at ho
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Ok, I know that football is the big rivalry between our two schools but what about basketball. I know, I know as with football, it's a better rivalry if the teams are competitive with each other on a regular basis. UNR seems to have UNLV beat on the football field but good luck on the court.
Do you see UNLV as a major rival in basketball. Also, how great wou
I have been bitter about the way UNC beat Nevada this year, and I've been holding it in. You may remember that mid way throught the 2nd half, up by about 30, UNC began running a full court press to drive their lead up to 40. I thought that was absolutely classless. Does anyone remember this, and does anyone agree with me??? Does anyone care?
