In nine home games against D-I teams, the average game score is 82. In nine road games, Nevada's average game score is 65.2 (out of 100). I don't think Sherfield was a bad guy, per se, but there were immaturity issues there, and when your best player displays that, it's not a great sign for the rest of the team.įor the men, it's a continuation of not playing to its potential on the road. On Saturday, he scored 30 points on 11-of-20 shooting in a beatdown of No. Sherfield has certainly played well this season at Oklahoma as he's averaging 17 points per game and shooting 43.6 percent from three (he was at 33.3 percent last season). Everything was more or less fine the first year that group was together, so it was a bad reaction to last year's losing that fractured the team and meant a parting of ways was best for both sides. The staff was disappointing in losing Washington, although both he and Will Baker couldn't really play together at the same time last season, so I didn't view that loss as that big of a deal, and Baker has blossomed without Washington blocking his minutes at center. That became an issue as the losses mounted last season to the point Nevada was not fretting when Sherfield and Desmond Cambridge Jr. I do think the leadership from Grant Sherfield was less than ideal in terms of making players around him better and instilling confidence in those role players. I haven't heard anybody say anything negative about Warren Washington during or after his time at Nevada. If you favor that team, you'd have to go back to 2014-15, which went 53-of-58 on dunks (AJ West went 35-of-37 with no other player making more than six dunks). ![]() But even that team had Jalen Harris (22-of-26 dunks). We need more dunks for Blackshear! This is Nevada's least "dunky" team since 2019-20 when the Wolf Pack made 64-of-73 dunks. Blackshear only had three made dunks last season. Last year's Wolf Pack made 95-of-112 dunks. The only player on Nevada this season with more than six made dunks is Baker with 21 (in 22 attempts). Nothing wrong with that, but it's different from recent years when Nevada had the Martin twins/Jordan Caroline, Cameron Oliver, Deonte Burton and Olek Czyz/Dario Hunt, who were all dynamic dunkers. I was actually talking about that with a co-worker last month when we were putting together a video montage of Nevada's "Top 10 plays of the non-conference season." Blackshear is a powerful dunker and Baker has had some nice dunks, but this is generally a below-the-rim team. I don't think the game was decided by the officials, but the refs were suboptimal.Īs for the question about road success, they need Baker and Blackshear to play better on the road, as noted above. But UNLV, led by EJ Harkless, did do a better job of attacking the rim. Nevada was called for 25 fouls to UNLV's 19, so I can see why Wolf Pack fans were upset with the officiating, which led to 29 Rebels free throws to the Wolf Pack's 17. Tré Coleman, Kenan Blackshear and Darrion Williams each had four fouls, with Coleman, Williams and Will Baker having their minutes limited by foul trouble. ![]() Where Nevada got the short end was the foul trouble the Wolf Pack had to deal with, which definitely impacted the game. UNLV got screwed out of three possessions (two balls off the hands of Nevada players and a missed timeout call when UNLV had the ball). It wasn't biased in favor of one team over the other, and it wasn't an easy game to officiate because of how physical both teams played. Nevada's game against UNLV on Saturday was its worst officiated game of the year. 27)Īt Utah State (the Spectrum is the loudest arena I've ever been inside)Īt New Mexico (the Lobos have shown some vulnerability in the Pit) Nevada's hardest remaining road games from easiest to hardest are:Īt Fresno State (Bulldogs' offense is problematic but the team does defend)Īt Wyoming (it'll be interesting to see if Graham Ike is back since the game is Feb. ![]() It's hard to win on the road in the Mountain West to start, but that's especially true if there's a noticeable drop in the productivity of your stars. ![]() But Blackshear and Baker haven't been the same players on the road. The team's third star, Jarod Lucas, has actually been better on the road where he's averaging 16.8 ppg on 43.4 percent shooting compared to 16.1 ppg on 34.8 percent shooting at home. On the road, that's 13 ppg on 36.6/21.7/81.1 percent shooting. On the road, that's 7.9 ppg on 40.3/10.0/84.2 percent shooting.Īt home, Blackshear is averaging 17.7 ppg on 57.0/23.5/78.8 percent shooting. The play of Will Baker and Kenan Blackshear is the biggest difference.Īt home, Will Baker is averaging 17.4 ppg on 67.4/46.2/80.6 percent shooting.
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