If the Nevada basketball team needed any added motivation this season, it got it on Wednesday.
The Wolf Pack was picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West men's basketball preseason poll and did not place any players on the preseason team.
The Wolf Pack, which is coming off a 19-12 season in coach Steve Alford’s first year, returns one starter, junior forward Robby Robinson, but has three four-year transfers and several talented freshman filling out the roster. The Pack was 12-6 in conference play last year, which was tied for second in the 11-team league.
San Diego State was picked to win the 2020-21 Mountain West regular-season title as voted by the Conference media and announced Wednesday ahead of the league’s men’s basketball virtual media days.