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 university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is the state's flagship public university and prim ...

. The team is currently a member of the

Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on Ja ...

, 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:

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...

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

*Arena:

Lawlor Events Center Lawlor Events Center is northern Nevada's largest multi-purpose arena. It is located in Reno, Nevada at the intersection of North Virginia Street and 15th Street on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. It is named after former athletic director, ...

(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 List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with NCA ...

(WCAC) (1970–1979) *

Big Sky Conference The Big Sky Conference is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference, affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I with college football, football competing in the Football Cha ...

(BSC) (1980–1992) *

Big West Conference The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's NCAA Division I, Division I. The conference was origina ...

(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, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington. Due to ...

(WAC) (2001–2011) *

(MWC) (2012–present)

Team history

*All-Time D-1 Record: 1,028–793 (.564%) as of November 26, 2023 * NAIA Tournament Appearances: (1) –

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*NAIA Tournament Record: 2–1 * NCAA tournament Record: 6–11 *NCAA Tournament Appearances: (11) – 1984, 1985, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 * 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 ( Associated Press Poll), 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. *

Grand Sierra Resort Grand Sierra Resort (formerly MGM Grand Reno, Bally's Reno and Reno Hilton) is a hotel and casino located approximately three miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The hotel has 1,990 guest rooms and suites, 27 floors, 12 restaurants, including Ch ...

Arena – Announced on September 27, 2023 as the centerpiece of a 10-year, $1 billion expansion of the casino resort. The new facility, planned with a capacity of at least 10,000 and tentatively scheduled for completion in 2026, will be exclusive to men's basketball; Lawlor Events Center will remain home to Wolf Pack women's basketball. The Wolf Pack will start play in the new arena in 2026 or 2027.

Head coaches

Postseason results

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Wolf Pack have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament eleven times, with a combined record of 6–11.

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

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

(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 sel ...

(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 an American former professional basketball player. College career 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 ...

, 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 Mi ...

, 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 Winnipeg Sea Bears of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Nevada Wolf Pack. ...

* Johnny High * 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 c ...

* Caleb Martin * Cody Martin *

JaVale McGee JaVale Lindy McGee ( ; born January 19, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack and was selected 18th over ...

Cameron Oliver Cameron Jaleel Oliver (born July 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack. High school career Ol ...

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 Darrell Sessions (born April 11, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack, earning WAC All-Newcomer Team as a freshman and second-team All-WAC as a junior. He was dr ...

* David Wood

International players

Dario Hunt Dario Nathan Henry Hunt (born May 2, 1989) is an American professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for Nevada, where he was a three-time WAC All-Defensive Team member and a two-time second-team All-WAC honoree. ...

(born 1989), basketball player for

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1962–63, 1965–66 and 1973–74, 2 ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

* Grant Sherfield (born 1999), basketball player in the

References

External links

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