Nevada gets rematch with Loyola Chicago next season

Posted April 06, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Nevada Wolf Pack will get a rematch next season against the team that beat them in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament.

The Reno Gazette Journal reported Friday that Loyola Chicago is among the eight non-conference teams Nevada already has scheduled for the 2018-19 season.

The Ramblers defeated Nevada 69-68 enroute to the Final Four before losing to Michigan in the semifinals 69-57.

The rematch at Loyola Nov. 28 is part of the annual Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge.

The Wolf Pack will host Pacific (Nov. 9), Arkansas Little Rock (Nov. 16), Cal Baptist (Nov. 19) and South Dakota State (Dec. 25).

They'll play Tulsa Nov. 22 at the Las Vegas Invitational with a game the next day against an undetermined opponent. They'll also play an undetermined team Dec. 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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