UNLV
The easy thing would be to overreact because, well, that was one good ol’ fashioned butt whipping. UNLV’s basketball team got what it deserved in an NCAA Tournament game here Friday evening, thoroughly out-classed by Illinois at every spot and in every way.
TULSA, Okla.
With an opportunity to make a bold statement on a national stage, UNLV instead made an embarrassing one. It left Oscar Bellfield at a loss for words.
There is a section of UNLV’s postseason basketball media guide titled “The Men in the Middle.”
Once the relief of seeing its name pop up as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament subsided, Illinois set its sights on a team it hadn’t seen much of that is coached by a man the program knows well.
UNLV has received an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 8 Rebels will play No. 9 Illinois on Friday in Tulsa, Okla., in the Southwest region. Gametime TBA.
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