Alford recruited at a high level at UCLA with top-25 recruiting classes in each year and three top-10 classes overall, including top-six classes in his final two years. "To be able to continue my career in a tight-knit community that has demonstrated its support for the basketball program is exactly the opportunity that Tanya and I were looking for, and we are thrilled to be in Northern Nevada," Alford said. Alford was fired 13 games into his sixth season in Westwood after the Bruins started with a 7-6 record that included a four-game losing streak and home losses to Belmont and Liberty. We’re not going to be that big, physical, tough team that was out on the court last year; just because there’s a lack of experience there. He missed the NCAA Tournament just once (twice including his shortened final season), but only thrice advanced to the second weekend of the tournament and never made the Elite Eight. But new Nevada coach Steve Alford knows he has two proven pieces in place as he mixes and matches a group of mostly newcomers into becoming the 2019-20 Wolf Pack basketball team. Nevada will most likely select a candidate with Division I head-coaching … "I can't wait to get to work as we look to build off the established tradition and momentum of this great program. Ready for some Nevada basketball? CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported Wednesday night that Alford and the university were in the final stages of a contract negotiation, with Nevada not expected to interview other potential hires. In Johnson and Drew, though, Alford at least has some known quantities. Johnson, the Mountain West’s sixth man of the year award-winner last season, is one of the nation’s best 3-point shooters (.422 for his career, including .452 last season) and a big-engine player who has played in 98 games in his three-year collegiate career.. Drew has played in 99 games for the Wolf Pack, but none since Feb. 14, 2018, when he ruptured an Achilles tendon at Boise State. RENO, Nevada — Steve Alford was announced as the new head coach of the Nevada men's basketball team on Thursday. "There is no better coach than Steve Alford to continue the rise of Nevada basketball and we are excited for the next chapter," Nevada athletic director Doug Knuth said in a statement released by the school. Nevada lists 15 players on its 2019-20 roster, although three of them — Desmond Cambridge, Warren Washington, and Khristion Courseault — will sit out the season. Hymes picked as Mountain West's freshman of the year. When the Nevada women’s basketball team gathered for its team photo a couple of weeks prior to the start of the 2019-20 season, nobody knew just how different the picture would look a few months later. For more on the Wolf Pack, college sports, and Reno's baseball and soccer teams, follow the author at @RGJduke. He was 124-63 in five-plus seasons with the Bruins, reaching four NCAA Tournaments. :Wolf Pack to get at least 20 national TV spots. For much of the second half of the basketball season, the coaching rumor mill had Eric Musselman replacing Steve Alford at UCLA. "A huge step was trying to put the band back together," Alford said. All Rights Reserved. After redshirting last season — the Pack’s final one under former coach Eric Musselman — Drew is ready to play his senior season under Alford. Ten of the 15 on the roster are either transfers or former junior college players. “Nevada has been a Top 25 team the last three years, so this is high-level basketball, and he’s sat out, and now he’s trying to he’s trying to come back,” Alford said. Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. “Hopefully, we just keep building on what we’re trying to do. 8:05 am ET, The Jim Rome Show: Eric Musselman talks Arkansas basketball, Our favorite hoops stars of the last decade, Calipari, Mack spar over moving UK-UL game, SEC to start conference play in late December, Pac-12 reversal means it starts basketball Nov. 25, Texas State's Kaspar resigns after investigation, Louisville issues response to NCAA's allegations, Maui Invitational moving to Asheville, North Carolina.
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