RENO — The Nevada Men’s Basketball program and Head Coach Steve Alford have officially unveiled the non-conference portion of their schedule for the 2023-24 season.
The Pack will play a 14-game slate, highlighted by a trip to Seattle, Washington to take on Pac-12 foe Washington, two home contests against WCC opponents, as well as a trip to Hawaii to participate in the 2023 Diamond Head Classic.
"We are thrilled to announce the non-conference portion of our schedule,” Alford said. “We have an exciting home slate, as well as some challenging neutral/away games on the schedule. We are greatly looking forward to competing against an excellent field of teams at the Diamond Head Classic, and the opportunity to play an exempt game against Hawaii, giving us 14 non-conference games. We very much appreciate our great fan support and with eight home games and an exhibition game this season there are nine opportunities to see our program before we begin Mountain West play.”
Nevada fans can get their first glimpse of the 2023-24 squad on November 1, when the Pack will host an exhibition game at Lawlor Events Center against Cal St. Stanislaus.
Tip times and TV information for the Pack’s non-conference slate will be announced at a later date.
Nevada will officially commence the regular season on Tuesday, November 7 at home, as they are set to host Big Sky opponent Sacramento State to kick off the 2023-24 season.
Following their season-opening contest, the Pack will hit the road and head to Seattle, Washington, where the team will face the University of Washington on Sunday, November 12.
A five-game homestand awaits the Pack following their trip to Washington, beginning with a contest against Pacific on Wednesday, November 15. Three days later, Nevada will welcome WCC foe Portland to Lawlor Events Center on Saturday, November 18.
Nevada will then return to the court on Wednesday, November 29, when they will host the University of Montana.
Another WCC opponent is next on the schedule for the Pack, as they will welcome LMU to Lawlor Events Center on Saturday, December 2.
Nevada will then close out the five-game homestand with a contest against UC Davis on Wednesday, December 6.
The Pack will head to Henderson, Nevada next, where they will face the 2022-23 Missouri Valley Conference Champions, Drake, at the 2023 Jack Jones Classic on Saturday, December 9 at the Dollar Loan Center.
Nevada will return to Lawlor Events Center following the contest against Drake to face Weber State on Wednesday, December 13.
The Pack will then hit the road once again, as they are set to travel to Honolulu, Hawaii for a road contest against the University of Hawaii on Saturday, December 17.
The 2023 Diamond Head Classic is next on the slate for Nevada, as they will begin tournament play against Temple on December 21.
Depending on the result of the Pack’s first game, Nevada will either face TCU or Old Dominion the following day, prior to closing out tournament play on December 24.
Nevada will close out the non-conference portion of its schedule with one final home game against Fresno Pacific on Saturday, December 30.
Nevada will return 67.5% of its total scoring from the 2022-23 campaign, in which they went 22-11 and made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019.
The Pack has worked diligently to bring in strong new talent this offseason, as the team aims to make its second straight tournament appearance and compete for a Mountain West Championship this year.
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