The University of Nevada in Reno competes in the Mountain West Conference and has had several strong basketball eras. The Wolf Pack reached the Sweet Sixteen in 2004 and 2018, and the program has produced NBA players including Luke Babbitt and JaVale McGee, though the school is most known for its 2018 comeback.
The Wolf Pack name traces to the 1921-22 season, when a local sportswriter described Nevada's scrappy teams as fighting like 'a pack of wolves'; students officially adopted the wolf as the school's mascot in 1923, and 'Wolf Pack' was in regular use by the late 1920s.
The 2018 NCAA Tournament comeback against Cincinnati, erasing a 22-point deficit to win 75-73 and advance to the Sweet Sixteen in one of the greatest comebacks in tournament history.
Nevada's 22-point comeback against Cincinnati in the 2018 NCAA Tournament is tied for the second-largest comeback in tournament history, behind only BYU's 25-point rally against Iona in 2012, a game that had fans across the country in disbelief.
The Nevada Wolf Pack compete in the MWC and hold an all-time record of 1090–829 (.568 winning percentage) across 71 recorded seasons dating back to 1912-13.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22-12 | 12-8 (MWC) | Steve Alford | |
| 2024-25 | 17-16 | 8-12 (MWC) | Steve Alford | |
| 2023-24 | 26-8 | 13-5 (MWC) | Steve Alford | AP #23 |
| 2022-23 | 22-11 | 12-6 (MWC) | Steve Alford | |
| 2021-22 | 13-18 | 6-12 (MWC) | Steve Alford | |
| 2020-21 | 16-10 | 8-7 (MWC) | Steve Alford | |
| 2019-20 | 19-12 | 12-6 (MWC) | Steve Alford | |
| 2018-19 | 29-5 | 15-3 (MWC) | Eric Musselman | AP #5 |
| 2017-18 | 29-8 | 15-3 (MWC) | Eric Musselman | AP #20 |
| 2016-17 | 28-7 | 14-4 (MWC) | Eric Musselman | |
| 2015-16 | 24-14 | 10-8 (MWC) | Eric Musselman | |
| 2014-15 | 9-22 | 5-13 (MWC) | David Carter | |
| 2013-14 | 15-17 | 10-8 (MWC) | David Carter | |
| 2012-13 | 12-19 | 3-13 (MWC) | David Carter | |
| 2011-12 | 28-7 | 13-1 (WAC) | David Carter | |
| 2010-11 | 13-19 | 8-8 (WAC) | David Carter | |
| 2009-10 | 21-13 | 11-5 (WAC) | David Carter | |
| 2008-09 | 21-13 | 11-5 (WAC) | Mark Fox | |
| 2007-08 | 21-12 | 12-4 (WAC) | Mark Fox | |
| 2006-07 | 29-5 | 14-2 (WAC) | Mark Fox | AP #10 |
| 2005-06 | 27-6 | 13-3 (WAC) | Mark Fox | AP #17 |
| 2004-05 | 25-7 | 16-2 (WAC) | Mark Fox | AP #24 |
| 2003-04 | 25-9 | 13-5 (WAC) | Trent Johnson | |
| 2002-03 | 18-14 | 11-7 (WAC) | Trent Johnson | |
| 2001-02 | 17-13 | 9-9 (WAC) | Trent Johnson | |
| 2000-01 | 10-18 | 3-13 (WAC) | Trent Johnson | |
| 1999-00 | 9-20 | 6-10 (Big West) | Trent Johnson | |
| 1998-99 | 8-18 | 4-12 (Big West) | Pat Foster | |
| 1997-98 | 16-12 | 11-5 (Big West) | Pat Foster | |
| 1996-97 | 21-10 | 12-4 (Big West) | Pat Foster | |
| 1995-96 | 16-13 | 9-9 (Big West) | Pat Foster | |
| 1994-95 | 18-11 | 12-6 (Big West) | Pat Foster | |
| 1993-94 | 11-17 | 6-12 (Big West) | Pat Foster | |
| 1992-93 | 9-17 | 4-14 (Big West) | Len Stevens | |
| 1991-92 | 19-10 | 13-3 (Big Sky) | Len Stevens | |
| 1990-91 | 17-14 | 12-4 (Big Sky) | Len Stevens | |
| 1989-90 | 15-13 | 9-7 (Big Sky) | Len Stevens | |
| 1988-89 | 16-12 | 10-6 (Big Sky) | Len Stevens | |
| 1987-88 | 15-13 | 8-8 (Big Sky) | Len Stevens | |
| 1986-87 | 15-15 | 7-7 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1985-86 | 13-15 | 7-7 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1984-85 | 21-10 | 11-3 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1983-84 | 17-14 | 7-7 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1982-83 | 18-11 | 10-4 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1981-82 | 19-9 | 9-5 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1980-81 | 11-15 | 5-9 (Big Sky) | Sonny Allen | |
| 1979-80 | 10-19 | 5-9 (Big Sky) | Jim Carey | |
| 1978-79 | 21-7 | 9-5 (WCAC) | Jim Carey | |
| 1977-78 | 19-8 | 10-4 (WCAC) | Jim Carey | |
| 1976-77 | 15-12 | 7-7 (WCAC) | Jim Carey | |
| 1975-76 | 12-14 | 7-5 (WCAC) | Jim Padgett | |
| 1974-75 | 10-16 | 2-12 (WCAC) | Jim Padgett | |
| 1973-74 | 11-15 | 4-10 (WCAC) | Jim Padgett | |
| 1972-73 | 10-16 | 5-9 (WCAC) | Jim Padgett | |
| 1971-72 | 2-24 | 0-14 (WCAC) | Jackson Spencer | |
| 1970-71 | 3-23 | 1-13 (WCAC) | Jackson Spencer | |
| 1969-70 | 5-17 | 2-12 (WCAC) | Jackson Spencer | |
| 1947-48 | 9-16 | Ind | Jake Lawlor | |
| 1946-47 | 19-13 | Ind | Jake Lawlor | |
| 1945-46 | 28-5 | Ind | Jake Lawlor | |
| 1944-45 | 8-9 | Ind | Jim Aiken | |
| 1942-43 | 14-4 | Ind | Jake Lawlor | |
| 1920-21 | 10-3 | Ind | Raymond Courtright | |
| 1919-20 | 7-2 | Ind | Raymond Courtright | |
| 1918-19 | 5-8 | Ind | Silas Ross | |
| 1917-18 | 3-3 | Ind | Silas Ross | |
| 1916-17 | 6-3 | Ind | Silas Ross | |
| 1915-16 | 7-2 | Ind | Silas Ross | |
| 1914-15 | 5-2 | Ind | Silas Ross | |
| 1913-14 | 7-3 | Ind | Silas Ross | |
| 1912-13 | 3-1 | Ind | C.E. Holway |
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Top 100 by all-time D1 wins. Verified against the NCAA record book — and tiered so you can argue properly.
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