No. 20 Nevada to play Florida in the NCAA Tournament in Des Moines Thursday
• No. 20 Nevada (29-4) will play Florida (19-15) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena on Thursday at 3:50 p.m. PT. It will be the first meeting between the two schools.
• Nevada is 6-8 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and Musselman 2-2. Twice the Pack has reached the Sweet 16 with the most recent coming last season.
• The Pack's 29 wins is tied for the school record with the 2006-07 and 2017-18 teams for the most in school history • The 58 wins the last two seasons is the best two-year win total in school history. • The Pack's 29-4 record is the best after 33 games in school history.
A veteran group, Nevada has six redshirt seniors in
Jordan Caroline,
Caleb Martin,
Cody Martin,
Tre'Shawn Thurman,
Trey Porter and
Corey Henson. A redshirt senior has made 163 of a possible 165 starts.
Jazz Johnson and Nisré Zouzoua are both fourth year juniors. • Johnson has two 20-point games in the last four, 27 at Air Force and 20 in the MW quarterfinal win over BSU ... At AF he made 7-of-10 3-pointers. •
Caleb Martin has scored 20 or more points in nine of the last 13 games which includes 30 in the home win over Boise State ... He scores 60.8 percent (386-of-635) of his points in the second half ... He averages 11.7 points in the second half and 7.5 in the first half ... Currently he ranks 17th at Nevada in career scoring with 1,315 points and has scored 1866 in his college career ... He is two points from 16th at Nevada. • Caroline is one of four active Division I players with 2000 points and 1100 rebounds ... Currently he has 2038 points and 1,153 rebounds in 137 college games ... Currently he is second in MW history with 948 rebounds, just two back of CSU center Nico Carvacho's 950 for first ... At Nevada his 1,735 points is fifth at Nevada and his 948 rebounds ranks fifth ... He has 18 double-doubles this season and 45 in his Nevada career that is fourth in school history ... The 45 double-doubles is the MW record that was held by Kawhi Leonard (SDSU, 2009-11) and Andrew Bogut (Utah, 2003-05) ... The Pack is 43-2 when he posts a double-double. •
Cody Martin leads the MW averaging 5.1 assists per game as does his 2.7 assist/turnover ratio ... Nationally he is 24th in assist/turnover ratio and 63rd in assists per game. • Caleb (30) and Cody (21) Martin combined for 51 points in the home win over BSU, two off their combined high of 53 last season at Utah State ...
Tre'Shawn Thurman has scored in double figures in four of the last five games, seven-of-10 and nine-of-14. He has four double-doubles in the last nine games.
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