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Wolf Pack women brace for its toughest test ever – hosting No. 1 UConn

Chris Murray, Jim Krajewski and Duke "The Handy Man" Ritenhouse discuss Nevada keeping the Fremont Cannon, the Wolf Pack women hosting No. 1 UConn, Reed vs. Bishop Gorman for the state title and Nevada hoops. Chris Murray/RGJ

When coach Amanda Levens accepted the Wolf Pack women’s basketball job last March and checked Nevada’s schedule for this season, she noticed a home game against the sports’ premier team, Connecticut.

“I thought it was a typo,” Levens joked Monday.

It's rare for No. 1 UConn, which has won four of the last five national titles, to play a road game at a mid-major school, but the Huskies made an exception this season for its star senior Gabby Williams, a Reed High alum who will play in front of the hometown crowd at 6 p.