Reno Gazette-Journal columnist Chris Murray has been known to be a bit wordy, so we're giving him 1,000 words (no more than that) to share his thoughts from the week that was in the world of sports.
* WHEN THE WOLF PACK MOVED from the WAC to the Mountain West in 2012, the thought was it was entering a much more difficult basketball conference but also one that provided more margin for error in making the NCAA Tournament. That immediately proved true as five of the league’s nine teams went dancing in Nevada’s first season in the league, two in its second season and three in its third season.