Monday, August 4, 2008

Chris Murray is back bigtime

The Reno Gazette-Journal's Chris Murray has been on vacation but he's back today in a major way. Maybe the RGJ powers-that-be should consider more vacations for Murray considering his bountiful return offering (and no, we are neither related to Murray nor his agent ;-)

Recapping a Pack basketball July
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
August 4, 2008


The month of July brought a couple of big pieces of Wolf Pack basketball news, first and foremost being the release of the team's 2008-09 schedule. Since I was unable to do a blog entry on that, I thought I would take the chance to make up for it by doing one today even though we have crept into August. You know what they say: Better late than never. Here is a look at the Wolf Pack's 14 non-conference games with a brief comment and a ranking (on a 1-10 scale) on how good the game should be.

Game 1: Saturday, Nov. 15 at Montana State
The skinny: This is a return game from last season's 82-76 Wolf Pack home win. The Bobcats went 15-15 last season and lose three of their top four scorers from last season. No season-opening road game is easy (especially considering the Wolf Pack's youth), but this one should enable the team to ease into the season a little.
Ranking: 4 out of 10

Game 2: Tuesday, Nov. 18 at San Diego
The skinny: This is one of Nevada's three non-conference games against NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago. The Wolf Pack chopped down the Toreros, 76-62, last season at home, but don't expect another romp like that. San Diego returns two all-conference players in PG Brandon Johnson and PF Gyno Pomare and should be swelling with pride after its big NCAA Tournament win over UConn.
Ranking: 8 out of 10...

Plus, Murray provides updates on a number of former Wold Pack basketballers -- go here for the remainder.

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