Stuff’s happening
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 @ 8:28 pm
Nevada athletics is having a good week. The softball team is on a rampage, the basketball program is getting some exposure without even doing anything and former star Nick Fazekas is proving that addition by subtraction really is possible.
Oh, and baseball is back at Peccole (despite a 6-0 loss to UC Irvine) and we’ve got BracketBusters action coming up tomorrow.
-Wolf Pack softball coach Michelle Gardner’s team looks like it’s going to spend some time in the top 25 this season.
The team is already 3-2 against top 25 teams, and that includes a win against then-No. 1 Arizona (one of the biggest wins in school history, regardless of sport).
A lot of people can complain about the lack of home games, but the Wolf Pack is playing the toughest schedule in program history. It’s going to be tough, but the ladies have a chance to make some real noise this season.
The Pack has games against a few more top 25 teams, including Washington, Ohio State, and a doubleheader against current No. 1 Alabama, and against a bunch of top 25 contenders.
And that’s before you consider that UNLV and Hawaii are both ranked, and Fresno State is on the doorstep. The WAC season should be amazing.
-Luke Babbitt is officially a McDonald’s All-American, the Wolf Pack’s first. Mark Fox and Co. should get tons of props during the nationally televised game in March, Babbitt is the only mid-major kid in the game. If he can do some damage in the either the dunk or 3-point contest, there will be even more buzz around next season’s team than currently exists.
-Nick Fazekas got cut by the Dallas Mavericks to help facilitate the Jason Kidd trade, but he’ll catch on somewhere else soon enough.
Faz was tearing up the D-League before getting called up. He stands to actually get more money and more playing time out of this deal.
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