Nevada Wolf Pack Men's Basketball School History

Location: Reno, Nevada

Coverage: 71 seasons (1912-13 to 2025-26)

Record (since 1912-13): 1091-830 .568 W-L%

Conferences: MWC, WAC, Big West, Big Sky, WCAC and Ind

Conference Champion: 12 Times (Reg. Seas.), 5 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 11 Years (6-11), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 3 Times (Preseason), 4 Times (Final), 63 Weeks (Total)

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Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

71 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

71 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2025-26	MWC	24	13	.649	12	8	.600	10.34	5.85	76.0	71.5						Steve Alford (24-13)
2	2024-25	MWC	17	16	.515	8	12	.400	9.44	5.25	72.3	68.1						Steve Alford (17-16)
3	2023-24	MWC	26	8	.765	13	5	.722	12.85	4.58	75.9	66.9		23		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Steve Alford (26-8)
4	2022-23	MWC	22	11	.667	12	6	.667	10.01	6.41	72.6	67.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Four	11	Steve Alford (22-11)
5	2021-22	MWC	13	18	.419	6	12	.333	3.71	6.07	72.5	73.7						Steve Alford (13-18)
6	2020-21	MWC	16	10	.615	8	7	.533	5.40	2.12	73.7	69.7						Steve Alford (16-10)
7	2019-20	MWC	19	12	.613	12	6	.667	8.91	4.14	77.1	72.4						Steve Alford (19-12)
8	2018-19	MWC	29	5	.853	15	3	.833	16.00	2.68	80.1	66.8	7	5	20	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Eric Musselman (29-5)
9	2017-18	MWC	29	8	.784	15	3	.833	14.44	4.93	82.6	73.1		20	24	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	7	Eric Musselman (29-8)
10	2016-17	MWC	28	7	.800	14	4	.778	10.49	2.03	79.8	71.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Eric Musselman (28-7)
11	2015-16	MWC	24	14	.632	10	8	.556	2.85	1.79	75.7	72.1						Eric Musselman (24-14)
12	2014-15	MWC	9	22	.290	5	13	.278	-6.03	1.08	60.5	66.5						David Carter (9-22)
13	2013-14	MWC	15	17	.469	10	8	.556	1.98	3.48	72.4	73.9						David Carter (15-17)
14	2012-13	MWC	12	19	.387	3	13	.188	0.35	5.25	67.5	71.9						David Carter (12-19)
15	2011-12	WAC	28	7	.800	13	1	.929	4.54	-0.37	70.3	65.1						David Carter (28-7)
16	2010-11	WAC	13	19	.406	8	8	.500	0.34	1.88	70.2	71.2						David Carter (13-19)
17	2009-10	WAC	21	13	.618	11	5	.688	6.50	2.56	79.5	75.0						David Carter (21-13)
18	2008-09	WAC	21	13	.618	11	5	.688	4.28	1.40	70.6	66.1						Mark Fox (21-13)
19	2007-08	WAC	21	12	.636	12	4	.750	3.92	-0.11	75.4	70.6						Mark Fox (21-12)
20	2006-07	WAC	29	5	.853	14	2	.875	10.58	1.09	77.4	67.5	24	10	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Mark Fox (29-5)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2005-06	WAC	27	6	.818	13	3	.813	10.16	2.26	72.8	63.7	22	17	20	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Mark Fox (27-6)
22	2004-05	WAC	25	7	.781	16	2	.889	9.25	3.02	69.5	61.7		24		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Mark Fox (25-7)
23	2003-04	WAC	25	9	.735	13	5	.722	14.91	5.82	75.9	66.4				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	10	Trent Johnson (25-9)
24	2002-03	WAC	18	14	.563	11	7	.611	6.00	2.06	76.0	71.9						Trent Johnson (18-14)
25	2001-02	WAC	17	13	.567	9	9	.500	2.77	1.88	73.7	71.8						Trent Johnson (17-13)
26	2000-01	WAC	10	18	.357	3	13	.188	0.74	4.08	70.7	73.1						Trent Johnson (10-18)
27	1999-00	Big West	9	20	.310	6	10	.375	-4.29	1.50	64.6	69.8						Trent Johnson (9-20)
28	1998-99	Big West	8	18	.308	4	12	.250	-9.78	-1.46	68.3	75.2						Pat Foster (8-18)
29	1997-98	Big West	16	12	.571	11	5	.688	0.77	0.69	77.0	75.7						Pat Foster (16-12)
30	1996-97	Big West	21	10	.677	12	4	.750	3.77	0.54	74.5	71.1						Pat Foster (21-10)
31	1995-96	Big West	16	13	.552	9	9	.500	0.45	0.04	73.1	72.7						Pat Foster (16-13)
32	1994-95	Big West	18	11	.621	12	6	.667	5.65	2.96	77.1	74.4						Pat Foster (18-11)
33	1993-94	Big West	11	17	.393	6	12	.333	-4.71	0.37	74.0	78.7						Pat Foster (11-17)
34	1992-93	Big West	9	17	.346	4	14	.222	-4.58	2.78	74.8	81.0						Len Stevens (9-17)
35	1991-92	Big Sky	19	10	.655	13	3	.813	1.65	-1.53	84.0	80.7						Len Stevens (19-10)
36	1990-91	Big Sky	17	14	.548	12	4	.750	-2.89	-2.42	72.6	73.0						Len Stevens (17-14)
37	1989-90	Big Sky	15	13	.536	9	7	.563	-4.08	-2.90	77.6	77.1						Len Stevens (15-13)
38	1988-89	Big Sky	16	12	.571	10	6	.625	1.00	-0.67	90.2	87.6						Len Stevens (16-12)
39	1987-88	Big Sky	15	13	.536	8	8	.500	-1.10	0.18	81.6	81.1						Len Stevens (15-13)
40	1986-87	Big Sky	15	15	.500	7	7	.500	-0.89	1.70	80.4	82.2						Sonny Allen (15-15)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1985-86	Big Sky	13	15	.464	7	7	.500	-2.86	0.92	69.0	72.2						Sonny Allen (13-15)
42	1984-85	Big Sky	21	10	.677	11	3	.786	3.75	0.96	77.9	70.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Sonny Allen (21-10)
43	1983-84	Big Sky	17	14	.548	7	7	.500	-0.91	0.85	70.0	70.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Sonny Allen (17-14)
44	1982-83	Big Sky	18	11	.621	10	4	.714	2.37	1.85	79.2	75.4						Sonny Allen (18-11)
45	1981-82	Big Sky	19	9	.679	9	5	.643	5.82	3.24	79.2	74.1						Sonny Allen (19-9)
46	1980-81	Big Sky	11	15	.423	5	9	.357	-4.43	-1.21	73.8	74.7						Sonny Allen (11-15)
47	1979-80	Big Sky	10	19	.345	5	9	.357	-5.69	-0.17	73.8	77.4						Jim Carey (10-19)
48	1978-79	WCAC	21	7	.750	9	5	.643	7.10	2.58	82.9	73.5						Jim Carey (21-7)
49	1977-78	WCAC	19	8	.704	10	4	.714	6.48	1.78	81.6	73.3						Jim Carey (19-8)
50	1976-77	WCAC	15	12	.556	7	7	.500	-2.38	0.58	78.3	79.9						Jim Carey (15-12)
51	1975-76	WCAC	12	14	.462	7	5	.583	-1.98	0.72	82.6	80.8						Jim Padgett (12-14)
52	1974-75	WCAC	10	16	.385	2	12	.143	-9.72	3.68	82.2	88.2						Jim Padgett (10-16)
53	1973-74	WCAC	11	15	.423	4	10	.286	-4.07	0.72	75.3	77.7						Jim Padgett (11-15)
54	1972-73	WCAC	10	16	.385	5	9	.357	-8.87	-2.11	81.2	86.7						Jim Padgett (10-16)
55	1971-72	WCAC	2	24	.077	0	14	.000	-26.90	-0.24	71.8	95.0						Jackson Spencer (2-24)
56	1970-71	WCAC	3	23	.115	1	13	.071	-21.57	-3.14	75.9	93.0						Jackson Spencer (3-23)
57	1969-70	WCAC	5	17	.227	2	12	.143	-19.55	-2.65	73.2	87.3						Jackson Spencer (5-17)
58	1947-48	Ind	9	16	.360						57.3	59.4						Jake Lawlor (9-16)
59	1946-47	Ind	19	13	.594													Jake Lawlor (19-13)
60	1945-46	Ind	28	5	.848													Jake Lawlor (28-5)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
61	1944-45	Ind	8	9	.471													Jim Aiken (8-9)
62	1942-43	Ind	14	4	.778													Jake Lawlor (14-4)
63	1920-21	Ind	10	3	.769													Raymond Courtright (10-3)
64	1919-20	Ind	7	2	.778													Raymond Courtright (7-2)
65	1918-19	Ind	5	8	.385													Silas Ross (5-8)
66	1917-18	Ind	3	3	.500													Silas Ross (3-3)
67	1916-17	Ind	6	3	.667													Silas Ross (6-3)
68	1915-16	Ind	7	2	.778													Silas Ross (7-2)
69	1914-15	Ind	5	2	.714													Silas Ross (5-2)
70	1913-14	Ind	7	3	.700													Silas Ross (7-3)
71	1912-13	Ind	3	1	.750													C.E. Holway (3-1)

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