The terrible start to Mountain West play continued Saturday as UNLV fell to 0-3 with a road loss at Wyoming.
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The most important basketball game in Dave Rice’s career as UNLV’s head coach and for others around him takes place Saturday in the southeastern part of Wyoming, a place west of Cheyenne that can be found at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287.
A snowstorm hit this region Thursday, when coach Dave Rice put the UNLV basketball team on a bus to Denver for practice. It made for a fitting scene. Rice is leading the Rebels into the eye of a storm.
In the bowels of a chilly Moby Arena, on a long wooden bench outside his team’s locker room Wednesday evening, Ben Carter lowered his head and sobbed. A teammate emerged to try to console him. Then a student manager. None could do so.
A difficult start to Mountain West play turned downright ugly on Wednesday night as UNLV fell to 0-2 with a road loss at Colorado State.
With a five-point lead and less than a minute on the clock, UNLV was seemingly in control of the game. A short time later, after his team’s improbable collapse, coach Dave Rice lost control.
Patrick McCaw must play better. He must score more. He must produce.
When losses start to pile up, a team needs a spokesman other than the coach to handle damage control. Ben Carter has stepped up as the UNLV player who says the right things.
One game into the Mountain West schedule, UNLV coach Dave Rice is facing a season on the brink. But is his basketball team on the brink of crisis or recovery? The answer should be obvious by the end of this month.