Jan. 14, 2016
Ari Wolfe and Blaine Fowler provided commentary on the University of Nevada men's basketball pregame warmup prior to the Boise State game. The unique routine was first performed before the Wolf Pack's home game with Portland State on Nov. 25.
The Wolf Pack performed the routing to honor Bill Musselman and Flip Saunders. The University of Minnesota used the warmup in the early 1970’s. The Gophers were coached by Bill Musselman, the late father of the Wolf Pack’s first-year head coach. One of the members of those Gophers teams was Saunders, the long time NBA head coach, who recently lost his battle with cancer.
After Bill’s passing in 2000, Eric found the detailed diagram of his father’s pregame routine and now uses it at Nevada home games in his first season as the Pack’s head coach. The pregame routine was loved by Gopher fans and made Minnesota basketball the hottest ticket in town. Williams Arena was stuffed to the rafters on game nights with fans arriving an hour before tip-off to see the show.
