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Two more indications of the Nevada basketball program’s rise to prominence were revealed Saturday morning.
First, the Wolf Pack (22-1) was announced as a No. 4 seed for the NCAA Tournament on CBS’ third annual bracket preview show. Then, moments later, the CBS announcing crew interviewed head coach Eric Musselman, who was the only coach the network talked to during the half-hour program.
The top four seeds in each of the four tournament regions were announced Saturday by NCAA Tournament selection committee chairman Bernard Muir, athletic director at Stanford. The show uses an “if the tournament began tomorrow” format and will have no bearing on which teams are actually selected — or the seeding they’ll receive — for the NCAA Tournament next month.