“UNLV was always at the top of my list. I didn’t want to lead on other schools that were recruiting me. I want to go somewhere I was genuinely wanted, and no one gave me that feeling better than UNLV.” — Nigel Williams-Goss, December of 2010.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The last seconds ticked away in a Final Four game Saturday evening, and not a few hundred feet from one another were two figures that, as much as anything the past eight years, shaped the current state of UNLV basketball.
On the court, Nigel Williams-Goss was being interviewed by CBS after the junior point guard led Gonzaga past South Carolina and into Monday night’s title game against North Carolina at University of Phoenix Stadium.