The Nevada men’s basketball program tried on the metaphorical glass slipper last March, upsetting the No. 2 seed Cincinnati Bearcats on the way to the Sweet 16. There, the Wolf Pack went on to lose to an even less believable Cinderella story, Loyola Chicago, but Nevada still had reason to hope its time as a national darling wasn’t coming to an end.
It would all come down to the NBA decisions of the Wolf Pack’s three stars, sharpshooting twin wing players Cody and Caleb Martin and bruising forward Jordan Caroline. On May 26, Caroline announced he was coming back for his final season.