After two wins last week the University of Nevada men’s basketball team is No. 23 in the Associated Press Poll and USA Today Coaches Polls released Monday. The Wolf Pack is 20-4 on the season and atop the Mountain West standings at 9-1.
The Pack has two home games this week with intrastate rival UNLV on Wednesday and San Diego State Saturday.
The current is Nevada’s third appearance of the season in the AP Poll and second in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Pack appeared at No. 22 in the AP poll and No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Dec. 4.
Nevada is the first nationally-ranked team from the Mountain West since March 2015 (Boise State, No. 25 in AP Top 25 and San Diego State, No. 25 in USA Today Coaches Poll).
Prior to this season, the last time they were ranked in the top 25 was the final Coaches Poll of the 2006-07 season on Apr. 3, 2007. Nevada finished the year No. 21 in that poll. The last ranking in the AP Poll was March 12, 2007 at No. 15. The AP does not conduct an end of the year poll.
In the 2006-07 season Nevada appeared in the Coaches Poll 20 times and attained the highest ranking in school history at No. 9 in the Feb. 27, 2007 poll. The Pack was ranked for 19 weeks in the Associated Press poll that same season.
Prior to this year Nevada has appeared in the national polls in just three seasons; 2004-05, 2005-06 and in 2006-07.
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