LAS VEGAS – After the Nevada women’s basketball team won its final two regular-season games before heading to the Mountain West Tournament, coach Amanda Levens posed a question to her team.
“Why not us?” she asked.
Why couldn’t Nevada win the MW Tournament and qualify for the first Big Dance in school history?
Yes, Nevada had lost eight of nine prior to that modest two-game win streak to cap the regular season. Yes, Nevada had only reached a conference tournament final once in its three decades playing in such events. And yes, Nevada entered this week’s event as the No.