Nevada basketball coach Eric Musselman talks about his team's win over UNLV in the quarterfinal of the Mountain West Tournament on Thursday in Las Vegas. Chris Murray/RGJ
LAS VEGAS – With a minute left in the first half of his team’s game Thursday afternoon against UNLV, Nevada basketball coach Eric Musselman moved from his normal spot at the front of the Wolf Pack's bench to the end.
Either consciously or subconsciously, Musselman walked himself within a few steps of the tunnel that led to Nevada’s locker room. His team was getting hammered and the Wolf Pack needed that intermission break to arrive to regroup after UNLV hit back-to-back threes to build a 39-31 edge at the half.