With the Golden Knights serving as a catalyst for major league sports, the Las Vegas Valley has become known for its packed schedule throughout the year.
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Few college basketball recollections compare to UNLV-Duke in 1990 and ’91.
Sophomore guard Bryce Hamilton is a deserving first-team all-conference pick by media and coaches. He averaged 20.8 points and 6.7 rebounds in Mountain West games.
Las Vegas remains a knowledgeable basketball market, so can the up-tempo system of new head coach T.J. Otzelberger’s re-energize the Thomas & Mack Center?
Marvin Menzies hadn’t been hired at this time last year, a few days removed from the national championship, and inheriting a program with three scholarship players generated predictable results.
This defeat was worse than the one to Duke — much worse — because the Broncos aren’t in the same zip code as the Blue Devils for talent or much of anything else.
In defeat, UNLV just might have defined its season-long mantra better than any of its previous 29 games. All In, All Together. And a few players short.
Three years ago, Connecticut won the national championship. Shabazz Napier was a freshman on that team. So too was Roscoe Smith.
Senior Night stories are often vast and elaborate and emotional. You can pack a lot of memories into four or five seasons. If you’re Kevin Olekaibe, you can also make an incredible impact in just one.
Dave Rice sat in the Superdome on Monday evening and saw firsthand what today’s elite means in college basketball. Saw the bodies. Saw the disruption. Saw the length.