A Jerry Evans feature

Chris Murray has a lengthy feature up on Wolf Pack redshirt frosh Jerry Evans. You'll come away knowing much more about the young man.

A few more Friday items

Nick Jezierny is live tweeting the exhibition opener for Boise State.

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Chris Murray has the Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook Nevada preview here.

He also offers a feature on Jerry Evans, who seemingly can seemingly can go all-Spiderman on an opponent.

Chris Murray with Jerry Evans and more

Chris Murray interviews newcomer Jerry Evans, who has impressed Coach David Carter with a newly acquired skill -- go here.

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Chris also offers the kind of article we love to read, titled Five observations about the WAC basketball season.

Chris Murray on Ross-Miller

This relationship was kaput some time ago and Chris Murray has what appears to be the 'unofficial/official' adios piece on K.C. Ross-Miller.

The latest twist in K.C. Ross-Miller's recruitment
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
2/4/2010

Nevada has a little more competition for the services of top point guard recruit K.C. Ross-Miller, and it's coming from a familiar face. Ross-Miller told the LSU branch of Rivals.com today that Trent Johnson and the LSU Tigers are in the lead for his services...

Go here for the remainder.

Chris also has a feature on redshirt Jerry Evans here.

Evans and Elliott

No, Evans and Elliott is not the name of some one-hit-wonder band from the 70's. Jerry Evans and Devonte Elliott are two freshman basketballers expected to arrive in Reno in December. Chris Murray has more on the pair:

Carter doesn't expect Elliott, Evans to play this year
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
11/4/2009

Nevada basketball coach David Carter said Wednesday freshmen Devonte Elliott and Jerry Evans Jr. will likely redshirt if they join the team for the second semester. Neither player had been cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse at the beginning of the first semester in August and opted to stay home in Southern California to work on their academics...

Go here for the remainder.

Why Nevada fans should only be semi-surprised

Any PTW commentary on Devonte Elliott's academic situation would be useless because we know nothing about his academic/test scores situation.

Having put that to bed, Jerry Evans is a different situation. There were a number of colleges very impressed with Evans' basketball skills and physical abilities but they demurred from pursuing him due to his cloudy eligibility status. The sense was that he wouldn't gain eligibility.

But hopefully, both will be in Reno come January.

Yes, such will ultimately make the Nevada men's basketball program better (more difficult to beat) but it also ups the WAC overall and that is a critical component in getting back to landing multiple teams in the Big Dance.