The topic of court storming has been debated for decades and took center court again this past month with incidents involving two prominent college players.
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UNLV stayed close for about 15 minutes before things like forgettable shot selection and not being able to guard anyone and never getting to the rim painted an inevitable fate.
Landing a coach with supreme name recognition is exactly the path UNLV should travel in football, one that could ultimately affect all other sports in a positive manner.
Kathy Olivier knew of the challenges, of convincing enough Division I talent that UNLV basketball didn’t begin and end with the men’s program.
The origin dates to Tom Izzo’s first season as Michigan State basketball coach in 1995, when his Spartans weren’t all that great at scoring and he needed to discover ways to get more shots.
The level of disappointment for former UNLV star Chris Wood had to have reached epic levels, and yet this is the risk one takes when deciding to forfeit remaining college eligibility and chase a professional dream.
Immediately after beating Arizona, Rebels coach Dave Rice looked ahead to Saturday’s game and called it “the biggest of the season.” In college basketball, there is no such thing as a night off any more.
The college basketball season is a grind, for so long beginning with a practice on Oct. 15 and, for those teams competent enough to qualify for a postseason tournament, not ending until the calendar had passed into March and the madness had commenced.
Savon Goodman is responsible for his own actions, an adult at 19 and every bit capable of knowing right from wrong. That the UNLV player will miss the coming season due to his impending arraignment on first-degree felony charges of burglary and grand larceny and a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit burglary falls directly at his high-tops.
If there were traffic delays along East Tropicana Boulevard on Wednesday night, it was because President Obama had landed in town or perhaps Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was trying to divert the accompanying motorcade to Mexico.