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.
* IN THIS SPACE AT THIS TIME last year sat a column with a similar headline. I argued that Nevada coach Eric Musselman deserved to be the Mountain West coach of the year. He turned nine wins into 24 wins and took a moribund program and made it a championship program (after the CBI title).