Wolf Pack basketball team makes public debut in Sunday exhibition game

Nevada basketball coach previews his team during a media event on campus. Duke Ritenhouse, dritenhouse@rgj.com

Buy PhotoThe most-anticipated season in Nevada basketball history — perhaps in any sport, ever, at the school — begins Sunday.

The game won’t count for any standings or statistics, but the Wolf Pack’s follow-up to its historic 2017-18 season begins Sunday with a 3 p.m. exhibition against Washington at Lawlor Events Center.

“It’s been a long summer of guys really working hard, and I think they’re ready to play somebody new,” Nevada coach Eric Musselman, entering his fourth season leading the team, said Thursday. “It’s going to be a big test … for us, it’s more than a big-time…