Reports: More COVID-19 issues for Nevada basketball; game at North Texas canceled

The Nevada men’s basketball team, already down one head coach, looks like it took another COVID-19 hit on Thursday.

The Wolf Pack will not play its scheduled Saturday game at North Texas due to virus issues within its program, according to multiple reports. Nevada last played Tuesday, picking up a 79-66 win over Pepperdine with head coach Steve Alford absent after a positive COVID test.

As of early Thursday evening, Nevada had not officially confirmed that the North Texas game would be canceled.

The Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle reported Thursday that UNT officials said the game would not be played; CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish, among others, also said Thursday on social media that the game…