The West Coast Conference tournament begins Thursday at Orleans Arena as college basketball begins its annual March takeover of Las Vegas.
UNLV Basketball
UNLV begins the Mountain West tournament Monday against UNR at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Lady Rebels know they probably have to win the tourney to reach the NCAA Tournament.
UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger refused to blame the Rebels’ 67-61 loss to Boise State on Thursday in the Mountain West tournament on the absence of injured Elijah Mitrou-Long.
Fourth-seeded UNLV rallied from 11 points down to twice cut the deficit to two, but never caught up in a loss to No. 5 Boise State on Thursday.
UNLV athletic events and the ongoing Mountain West men’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center are going on as scheduled.
The Lady Rebels were blown out by 20 points a week ago at UNR. They haven’t forgotten about it.
Schedules/results for all NCAA men’s and women’s conference tournaments in Las Vegas
The Lady Rebels will have a bye on Monday before playing on Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. against Utah State or Air Force.