The Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball program is a

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team that represents the

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, ...

. The team is currently a member of the

Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations o ...

, which is a Division I conference in the

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(NCAA). The program began in 1913 and has won 23 regular season conference championships and five conference tournament championships. Nevada won a CBI Title in 2016 vs. Morehead State 2–1 in the series.

Background information

*Year founded: 1913 *Location:

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*School Colors: Navy and Silver *School Founded: October 12, 1874 *Nickname: Wolf Pack *Conference:

*Arena:

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(11,536) *Head Coach: Steve Alford

Conference affiliations

*No affiliation (1913, 1921–1924, 1940–1953) *

Pacific Coast Athletic Association The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...

(PCAA) (1914–1920) *

Far Western Conference The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was an NCAA Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football that was founded in 1925. It disbanded in 1998 after the majority of its member schools were forced to drop fo ...

(FWC) (1925–1939, 1954–1969) *

West Coast Athletic Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

(WCAC) (1970–1979) *

Big Sky Conference The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eigh ...

(BSC) (1980–1992) *

Big West Conference The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...

(BWC) (1993–2000) *

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington (state), Washington, and Texa ...

(WAC) (2001–2011) *

(MWC) (2012–present)

Team history

*All-Time D-1 Record: 954–742 (.562%) as of June 13, 2019 * NAIA Tournament Appearances: (1) –

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*NAIA Tournament Record: 2–1 * NCAA tournament Record: 6–9 *NCAA Tournament Appearances: (9) – 1984, 1985, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2019 * NIT Record: 4–4 *NIT Appearances: (5) – 1979, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2012 * CBI Record: 5–3 *CBI Appearances: (3) – 2008, 2009, 2016 *Highest National Ranking **No. 5 (

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), December 31, 2018 **No. 5 (

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), November 26, 2018

Regular Season Conference Championships (23)

*PCAA: (1) – 1920 *FWC: (10) – 1927, 1928, 1932, 1938, 1956, 1957, 1958,1959, 1961, 1964, 1966 *BSC: (2) – 1984, 1985 *WAC: (6) – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 *MW: (3) – 2017, 2018, 2019

Conference tournament championships (5)

*BSC: (2) – 1984, 1985 *WAC: (2) – 2004, 2006 *MWC: (1) – 2017

Venue history

*University Gymnasium – built 1896, capacity unknown; located northwest of the Mackay School of Mines between the current Ansari Building and the Pennington Student Achievement Center *Virginia Street Gymnasium – built 1945, capacity 3,500; located on Virginia Street opposite College Drive; currently used as a study and training center for Nevada athletes. *

– built 1983, capacity 11,536; located at the corner of North Virginia Street and East 15th Street; current home of Wolf Pack basketball.

Head coaches

Postseason results

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Wolf Pack have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament nine times, with a combined record of 6–9.

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Wolf Pack have appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–6.

NAIA Division I Tournament results

The Wolf Pack have appeared in the NAIA Division I Tournament one time. Their combined record is 2–1.

NIT results

The Wolf Pack have appeared in the

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(NIT) five times. Their combined record is 5–5.

CBI results

The Wolf Pack have appeared in the

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI s ...

(CBI) three times. Their combined record is 5–3. They were CBI champions in 2016.

Player honors

Retired numbers

The Wolf Pack have two number officially retired, Edgar Jones' number 32, and

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's number 22.

Conference player of the year

* Kevin Soares, 1992 ( Big Sky) *

Kirk Snyder Kirk Patrick Snyder (born June 5, 1983) is a former American professional basketball player. College Snyder grew up in Upland, California, and spent his college career at University of Nevada. In 2004, he led the Wolf Pack to its first Sweet 1 ...

, 2004 ( WAC) *

, 2005, 2006, 2007 (WAC) *

Luke Babbitt Luke Robert Babbitt (born June 20, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack before declaring for the 2010 NBA draft following his sophomore year. He was selected by the Minne ...

, 2010 (WAC) * Deonte Burton, 2012 (WAC) * Caleb Martin, 2018 (

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)

NBA players

Jalen Harris Jalen Harris (born August 14, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Nevada Wolf Pack. Harris was suspended from the ...

Johnny High Johnny Harold "Sky" High (April 25, 1957 – June 13, 1987) was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He spent four seasons with Phoenix and missed only one game in his first three years.

* Edgar Jones *

Armon Johnson Armon Deshawn Johnson (born February 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Nevada. College career In his three-year car ...

* Caleb Martin * Cody Martin * JaVale McGee * Cameron Oliver *

Kevinn Pinkney Kevinn Lamar Pinkney (born October 10, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. Professional career Despite a highly successful career as a power forward at the University of Nevada, Reno where he also played with 2007 draft prospect ...

Ramon Sessions Ramon Sessions (born April 11, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player and a licensed Sports Agent for an independently owned firm, On Time Agency (OTA). He played three years of college basketball for Nevada, earning WAC All-N ...

* David Wood

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevada Wolf Pack Men's Basketball Basketball teams established in 1913