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.
There is a section of UNLV’s postseason basketball media guide titled “The Men in the Middle.”
UNLV basketball fans can take solace today: Should the Rebels meet San Diego State a fourth time this season, it would be no sooner than the Final Four.
College basketball teams always have something to prove in March.
