The school and the team.įun facts: Nevada's coach is Eric Musselman, who once was head coach of the Golden State Warriors for two seasons (2002-04). It's 104 years later and this will be the first meeting between the two programs. Florida's first basketball team played in 1915. Nevada rolled out its first team in 1913. They do an unbelievable job of taking care of the basketball. Defensively, they're long and athletic and can get away with a lot of switching. Experienced, talented, athletic, versatile. They've got to be, probably, the oldest team in the country. "They're trying to play eight guys and six are seniors. They're big and their old," White said of the Pack. ![]() They've won a ton of games over the past couple years. All three average in double figures, with Caleb Martin at 19.1 points and Carolina at 17.3 points and 9.6 rebounds. Nevada will bring a battle-tested bunch that starts five seniors, including a trio of transfers in twin brothers Caleb and Cody Martin (both by way of North Carolina State) in the backcourt, and forward Jordan Caroline (from South Illinois) at the forward spot. Coach Mike Whiteand his coaching staff were up late into the night and early Monday morning crunching numbers, watching tape, calling coaches and formulating the scouting report of the opponent that will tip off their third trip to the March "dance" in as many years. 7-seed Wolf Pack (29-4) in Thursday night's West Region opener for both teams at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. That would be the University of Nevada, a team that has won 110 games the past four seasons playing out of the Mountain West Conference, and last year came seconds from reaching the Elite Eight before falling to Loyola Chicago 69-68 in an NCAA Tournament South Region semifinal of Cinderellas. Of course, the slot that showed up just ahead of UF's read, "Nevada." But I'm glad that we were able to sneak in there." "They waited for the last bracket to put us in, so I was getting very anxious. "Oh my god, man," fifth-year senior swingman Jalen Hudson said about watching watching 65 (of 68) teams revealed before seeing the word "Florida" pop up on the big screen in the Courtside Club at Exactech Arena. ![]() The NCAA Tournament Selection Show took its sweet time Sunday in letting the Florida Gators know they were invited to the party.
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