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UNLV unravels in rout

Well, that will bring you down to earth fast. Like a base jumper whose chute doesn’t open.

Dogged Willis is difference

TUCSON, Ariz. — Tre’Von Willis is the basketball player who acts as if he has never committed a foul, whose face can contort into a maze of annoyance, who can give the impression of a guy perpetually perturbed by the mistakes of others.

Response to success is crucial

Success was the 19-point lead and not surrendering when it disappeared. Success was discovering the resolve to finish with a win and send a ranked opponent and its arrogant coach packing.

Following legends not an easy feat

Jerry Tarkanian remembers Utah, how that NCAA Tournament regional semifinal in 1977 came down to a block-charge call that could have gone either way.

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Leadership No. 1 need for Rebels basketball

Expectation vs. reality. It’s a common encounter for UNLV basketball this time of year, for all college teams the second week of October.

UNLV should call Smith’s number

The point guard in Robert Smith could handle tonight without dropping a tear or bead of sweat. Calm. Cool. A massive grip around his emotions.

With all his heart, ‘Gondo’ was UNLV

Here comes the call from death again, being its ironic self. A fight had just broken out during the Wranglers playoff game Monday evening at the Orleans Arena when the news of Glen Gondrezick’s passing arrived.

For Rebels, all that glitters is fool’s gold

UNLV has a men’s basketball team today preparing not for the NCAA Tournament but rather a first-round National Invitation Tournament matchup at Kentucky for one reason.

Smith rewards Olivier’s scrutiny

Jamie Smith is the basketball player that has undoubtedly kept college coaches up late visualizing all the rebounds and instinctive plays and clutch shots they might have owned had they just looked harder at those darn highlight tapes.

As father recovers, Darger forges on

No one had to tell him. He could see it growing on his father’s face. He knew something was terribly wrong.

UNLV’s only path now: three wins in three days

SALT LAKE CITY — The best thing you can say today: A strategy for UNLV’s basketball team to make a third straight NCAA Tournament has become abundantly clear.

Rebels Can Be Good … When They Want To Be

If it were a movie, it would have more twisted endings than “Planet of the Apes” and “Perfect Stranger” combined. It would be even crazier than when you discovered Dr. Malcolm Crowe was dead all along in “Sixth Sense.”