Nevada has terminated David Carter as its basketball coach. He has two years remaining on his contract at $300,000 annually which will be a big hit on the athletic department budget unless negotiations lessen that amount.
Chris Murray has whipped up a long list of contenders for the opening.
What's fascinating is yes, recruiting went down the past few years in Reno but a case could be made that the success achieved during the Nick Fazekas, Luke Babbitt and Armon Johnson tenures was actually an anomaly. Fazekas was surprisingly way, way under-recruited coming out of Colorado and hometown ties led Babbitt and Johnson to go with the Wolf Pack. Babbitt originally committed to Ohio State before changing his mind. The role players Mark Fox and Carter landed dovetailed well with these star talents but, when the latter moved on, role players by themselves aren't a recipe for success.
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