![]() Its top two tailbacks - Devonte Lee and Toa Taua - are averaging 4.1 yards per attempt.ĥ.2 - On its pass plays, it hasn’t been that effective, either. Nevada has ran the ball on approximately 66.1 percent of his plays.ģ.5 - There’s been brief spurts of shine, but the run game has ultimately been ineffective thus far - totaling just 3.5 yards per carry. 73 nationally).Ħ6.1 - Ken Wilson has emphasized that he would like to establish the run much more than the previous Norvell Air Raid regime. Pretty good, no?ģ8.7 - The Pack have converted on 38.7 percent of their third-down attempts, sitting middle-of-the-pack (No. Eliminate those, and it sinks to a ghastly 1.9 yards per play on such downs.ģ8 - Speaking of favorable field position, Nevada’s average starting field position has been at their.own 38-yard line. On first downs (excluding penalties/sacks), they’re averaging 3.6 yards per play - which, in a vacuum, doesn’t seem terrible - but that includes just six plays of 12-plus yards (out of 52). The most it’s occurred in a single year was four times in 2018.ģ.6 - While the Pack have oftentimes been gifted favorable field position, they’ve struggled offensively, especially on early downs. ![]() Nevada’s never accomplished that feat thrice since 2000.ħ - The Wolf Pack have now held their opponent to below 310 yards multiple times in a single season in seven of the last nine seasons. They’ve now accomplished that yet again in, and we’re only two games into the season. Add two more to the sheet!Ģ - They’ve only done it twice in a single season: In 20. But a plus-nine margin is still bonkers.ġ0 - The Wolf Pack defense has forced at least four turnovers in a single game just 10 previous times in the 21st century, per Sports Reference. It’s understanable from the angle that Nevada is one of 15 teams - along with WKU - to have played two games thru Week 1. Only one other team has one above five (Western Kentucky - plus-7). It logged six to start 2019, four in 2014 and three apiece in 2012, 2013, 20.ġ - Nevada’s plus-nine turnover margin is the first across the FBS. Before Ault, Jake Lawlor did the same in 1952.ĩ - Nevada forced nine turnovers for the first time over its first two games this century, the furthest back that Sports Reference will track. That’s a 46-year span Nevada’s had four other coaches since his debut, not including Wilson. 118 (out of 130 teams) in SP+ in 2021, respectively, though some of the results have been very encouraging given the lack of experience across the roster.Īnywho, let’s look at this two-game sample by the numbers through those two games, even though the sample size and competition discrepency across the Mountain West suggest they might not mean anything at season’s conclusion.Ĥ6 - The last time a Wolf Pack head coach began 2-0 in his first ever head coaching season with the program was Chris Ault in 1976. Nevada’s competition of their first two games, however, was subpar they faced two foes that ranked No. The Nevada Wolf Pack moved to 2-0 on Saturday, picking up a 38-14 record over the Texas State Bobcats in their home opener at Mackay Stadium. In fact, a roster consisting solely of Kentucky’s second team (Harrow, Young, Poythress, Wiltjer, Johnson) could easily crack the Top 25.The Ken Wilson era has gotten off to a clean start! The Wildcats would likely field a 10-man rotation consisting wholly of five-star recruits. ![]() Power forward: Julius Randle (Fr.), Kyle Wiltjer (Jr.), Derek Willis (Fr.)Ĭenter: Marcus Lee (Fr.), Dakari Johnson (Fr.)Īlthough the starting lineup would likely project as five freshmen, the roster would be deeper than any team John Calipari has coached in the past. Small forward: Andrew Wiggins (Fr.), Alex Poythress (So.) Shooting guard: Aaron Harrison (Fr.), James Young (Fr.), Jon Hood (Sr.) Following is how the roster breaks down if this indeed occurs: The best-case scenario-speaking purely from the perspective of recruiting rankings-consists of the Wildcats landing Wiggins and Randle. The consensus is that Kentucky will land at least one of these three players, with two out of three being a distinct possibility. This means that the Wildcats could still add two of their top-three remaining recruiting targets, which include forwards Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle and Aaron Gordon. The preceding scenario leaves Kentucky with a total of 11 players (not counting walk-ons) already projected on next year’s roster, leaving two scholarships vacant. Power forward: Marcus Lee (Fr.), Kyle Wiltjer (Jr.), Derek Willis (Fr.) Small forward: Alex Poythress (So.), James Young (Fr.) Shooting guard: Aaron Harrison (Fr.), Jon Hood (Sr.) ![]() Point guard: Andrew Harrison (Fr.), Ryan Harrow (Jr.), Jarrod Polson (Sr.) If we assume this to be the case, the roster will project as follows: ’s latest 2013 mock draft has Nerlens Noel, Willie Cauley-Stein and Archie Goodwin being drafted this spring. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |