Nevada Silver and Blue - University of Nevada, Reno

Photo by Jean Dixon/Reno Gazette-Journal file
The Way We Were
44 Nevada Silver & Blue • March/April 2004
Lag Time
Members of the 1984-85 Wolf Pack basketball team, from left to right, Tony
Sommers, Ed Porter and Quintin Stephens, catch up on some quiet time
during a layover in the Salt Lake City airport enroute to Albuquerque, N.M.,
where they met the Wolfpack of North Carolina State in the first round of the
NCAA tournament. Nevada lost 65-56, in what was the Wolf Pack’s last “Big
Dance” appearance.
In the two consecutive years Nevada advanced to the NCAA finals, it met
teams toting future NBA players. In 1984, the Pack faced the University of
Washington’s Detlef Schrempf and Christian Welp, who each signed with NBA
teams the following year. Schrempf played 17 years in the NBA with Dallas,
Portland, Indianapolis and Seattle. Welp spent three years with Philadelphia,
San Antonio and Golden State and was on several European teams.
In 1985, the Pack faced NC State’s Anthony “Spud” Webb, a 5-foot-7-inch
phenom who was signed by the Atlanta Hawks following the season. Webb is
best known for his 1986 Slam Dunk championship.
Playing under head coach Sonny Allen, the Pack finished the 1985 season
as Big Sky champs with a 21-10 record.
— Jean Dixon