Morning Download: Nevada basketball lands non-conference video games with Idaho, Sam Houston

On weekday mornings, Nevada Sports Net will recap three large headlines of the day in its Morning Download. Read under for right this moment’s matters.

1. Nevada basketball lands non-league video games with Idaho, Sam Houston

Nevada males’s basketball has added non-conference house video games in opposition to Idaho and Sam Houston State, per faculty basketball author Alex Rosinski. The Wolf Pack was conference-mates with Idaho when each have been within the WAC till 2012. They’ve performed only one recreation since then, an 88-64 house win by Nevada in 2017. The Wolf Pack has performed Sam Houston State twice, with house wins in 2022 and 2024. Idaho went 18-15 final season and completed 152nd within the NET rankings whereas Sam Houston was 19-12 and 109th in NET. The recreation in opposition to Idaho can be performed Nov. 18 and is a part of the Acrisure Series contract. The recreation with Sam Houston can be performed Dec. 12. Nevada additionally has scheduled house video games with Utah Valley (Nov. 14) and Pacific (Dec. 2); have a neutral-site recreation with Saint Mary’s (Nov. 8) in South Tahoe; and can play two video games every within the Acrisure Series in Palm Desert, Calif., and the Dallas Tournament in Frisco, Texas. The Wolf Pack can play as much as 14 non-league video games.

2. John Savage in opposition to MLB proposal that’d ban prep gamers from draft

MLB’s proposed adjustments to its draft would push extra gamers to school baseball, though the chief of the No. 1 crew within the nation this 12 months, John Savage, just isn’t in favor of the change. Savage, a Reno High graduate and longtime UCLA head coach, was among the many many in opposition to MLB’s proposal to ban highschool gamers from the draft. “What has happened to the ‘American Dream’ for America’s pastime,” Savage told Baseball America. “If a player is good enough to sign after high school, he should have that opportunity.” The present system permits highschool gamers to be draft eligible after their senior season. The new proposal wouldn’t enable gamers to be draft eligible till after their sophomore season of faculty. The proposal would minimize the variety of rounds from 20 to eight and slash novice signing bonuses. The finish purpose may very well be to shift participant improvement from minor-league groups to high schools, with MLB lowering the variety of affiliated minor-league franchises from 160 to 120 forward of the 2021 season.

3. Las Vegas athletes sweep soccer Gatorade participant of the 12 months awards

The Nevada Gatorade participant of the 12 months awards in soccer have been awarded this week with each going to Southern Nevada gamers. On the boys facet, Coronado’s Gavin Flickinger received the award after scoring 67 objectives and 25 assists. On the women facet, Faith Lutheran’s Olivia Stark was honored after tallying 22 objectives and 16 assists. The lone Gatorade participant of the 12 months athletes nonetheless to be honored are in girls and boys observe and subject. Northern Nevada athletes have received two of the 9 participant of the 12 months awards handed out this season, these being Bishop Manogue’s Keenan Dolan (baseball) and Galena’s Gioia Coudriet (women cross nation).

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