University of Nevada Athletics

2003-04 Men’s Basketball Team
Earned Nevada’s first trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen… defeated #25 Michigan State 72-66 and #2 Gonzaga 91-72 before falling to eventual national runner-up and #14 Georgia Tech 72-67 in the round of 16… turned in a 25-9 overall record and went 15-0 at home… tied for first in the regular season to win Nevada’s first WAC championship with a 13-5 mark… won the 2004 WAC Tournament championship to earn the league’s automatic NCAA bid… first 20-win season for the program since 1997 and first NCAA appearance since 1985… started Nevada’s string of five consecutive WAC titles and four straight NCAA Tournament appearances… staff was head coach Trent Johnson, associate head coach Mark Fox, assistant coaches David Carter and Josh Newman, student assistant coach Matt Ochs… student-athletes were Chad Bell (redshirt), Nick Fazekas, Garry Hill-Thomas, Marcelus Kemp, Curry Lynch, Todd Okeson, Sean Paul, Kevinn Pinkney, Kyle Shiloh, Kirk Snyder, Seth Taylor and Jermaine Washington… Snyder was the WAC Player of the Year, WAC Joe Kearney Award Winner (top student-athlete any sport) and a first-team All-WAC selection… Garry Hill-Thomas was named to the WAC All-Defensive team and Snyder and Todd Okeson were named to the WAC All-Tournament team.