For the second consecutive season and the 11th time in program history, the Nevada Men’s Basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament.
The Wolf Pack (26-7) earned the No. 10 seed in the West Region, as announced Sunday afternoon on the NCAA Selection Show. Nevada is set to take on the No. 7 seed Dayton on Thursday in Salt Lake City, Utah in the First Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
Nevada has put together a historical season thus far, as the Pack’s 26 victories are the eighth-most in program history. Nevada earned three victories over ranked opponents this season, in addition to securing six wins over Quad 1 opponents. The Pack got it done at a high level at home, on the road, and in neutral court sites, as Nevada was 15-2 at home, 8-3 in true road games, and 3-2 in neutral site contests.
The selection marks the second consecutive season that the Pack has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking just the fourth time in program history that Nevada has earned an NCAA Tournament berth in consecutive seasons.
The NCAA Tournament bid also marks Head Coach Steve Alford’s 13th career appearance in the tournament. Last season, Alford became just the fourth coach to take five different Division I programs to the NCAA Tournament; and, if Nevada advances to the Second Round of this year’s tournament, Alford will become one of two coaches that has won a tournament game at five different schools (Lon Kruger).
Nevada holds an all-time record of 6-10 in the NCAA Tournament, with two Sweet-Sixteen appearances (2004, 2018). Alford is 11-12 in the NCAA Tournament throughout his career, and he has advanced to the Sweet-Sixteen four different times (1999, 2014, 2015 & 2017).
