Buzzer beater breaks Wolf Pack's hearts in Mountain West championship game

The Nevada women's basketball team lost to Boise State, 62-60, in the Mountain West Tournament title game. Chris Murray/RGJ

Buy PhotoLAS VEGAS – As the buzzer sounded and the ball fell through the hoop, Nevada’s T Moe dropped her head, bent at the waist and put her hands on her knees as if the wind was sucker-punched out of her.

The Wolf Pack women’s basketball team had pushed forth on an incredible ride at this week's Mountain West Tournament and put itself on the brink of a miracle championship as well as the school’s first NCAA Tournament berth.

Nevada had knocked off the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds. Two of its three tournament victories had come in overtime. And it had led top-seeded Boise State…