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Caleb, Cody Martin’s return to Nevada makes Wolf Pack dangerous

Loyola v Nevada

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 22: Cody Martin #11 and Caleb Martin #10 of the Nevada Wolf Pack react late in the second half against the Loyola Ramblers during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament South Regional at Philips Arena on March 22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Nevada received some huge news late Wednesday night as Caleb and Cody Martin will return to the Wolf Pack for their senior seasons, a source confirmed to NBCSports.com.

The twins opted to stay in the NBA draft process until the last 30 minutes before the deadline before opting to come back for their senior seasons. With the talented duo returning, Nevada now looks like one of the most intriguing teams in the country next season after the Wolf Pack return most of their Sweet 16 team.

Caleb was the more effective scorer of the two Martin twins last season as he put up 18.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 40 percent from three-point range. Although Cody didn’t match the scoring output of his brother, he became the team’s starting point guard late in the season when guard Lindsay Drew was lost with a season-ending injury.

Putting up 14.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, Martin is perhaps the most versatile player on the Wolf Pack entering next season. If Drew doesn’t properly recover from his injury, Cody also offers a nice insurance policy at lead guard.

Now that both Martin twins, and Jordan Caroline, are all back for next season, expectations are going to be sky-high for head coach Eric Musselman and the Wolf Pack. To put these returns in perspective, the NBCSports.com Preseason Top 25 had Nevada as the No. 16 team in the country without the Martin twins coming back for next season.

Now that the duo and Caroline have all returned, the Wolf Pack look like a potentially scary team -- especially on offense. The program will also have additional reinforcements for next season in form of some talented transfers like Tre’Shawn Thurman, Ehab Amin and Nisre Zouzoua. When you also factor in Nevada landing five-star center and McDonald’s All-American Jordan Brown, this is a Mountain West team with Final Four aspirations for next season.

With the Martin twins and Caroline all coming back for next season, it also leaves Musselman and Nevada with an interesting scholarship conundrum. Currently, the team has 15 scholarship players who are supposed to be suiting up for them next season. The NCAA limit is 13. So, something has to give. Somebody is likely going to have to leave.

But with four starters returning, a McDonald’s All-American joining the mix and some productive transfers adding much-needed depth, this isn’t exactly a bad problem to have at this point in the offseason. After barely turning to its bench by the end of last season, Nevada now might have one of the deepest teams in the nation next season.