The Wolf Pack’s ultimate goal this year is play in the NCAA Tournament and one of the lessons it learned last season, its first under Eric Musselman, is a game in December can determine your fate in March.
Whenever Nevada hits the floor, a spot in the 68-team NCAA Tournament could be on the line.
“We have to take every game like it’s an NCAA Tournament game,” star sophomore Cameron Oliver said earlier this year.
Playing in the Mountain West, a one-bid league last year and a conference that appears to be trending in that direction this year, the Wolf Pack knows it has to be nearly perfect if it wants to put itself in the conversation for an NCAA Tournament at-large berth come March.