UNLV’s basketball team will awake Wednesday, head to the airport and board a flight for New York, where the Rebels will meet Stanford in a Coaches vs. Cancer Classic game Friday night at Barclays Center.
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Two days later, it was deja vu. Rashad Vaughn triggered a sluggish offense for UNLV, which overcame a double-digit deficit and needed a last-second defensive stop to survive.
There were a whole lot of things UNLV didn’t do well during Sunday night’s 59-57 win over Sam Houston State.
UNLV defeated Sam Houston State 59-57 Sunday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV is a 7.5-point favorite when they host Sam Houston State at 5 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack today.
On and off the floor, UNLV point guard Cody Doolin is a nonstop talker. He orchestrates the offense, directs the defense and then holds court with the media after a game. Someday, he probably could be a coach.
It wasn’t perfect. Far from it. But for a team that suited up six players on Friday who hadn’t competed in a regular-season Division I game, UNLV did more good than bad.
A freshman was the best player on the floor Friday night, and in his first college game when everything was on the line, he was left wide open on the wing. Rashad Vaughn never hesitated to fire the shot.
UNLV fans have a new hero. The team may have also found a new superstar and it’s not even the same player.
UNLV has been pretty strictly a man-to-man team defensively under coach Dave Rice. Expect that to change after how effective the zone was for the Rebels during the second half of Friday night’s win over Morehead State.
UNLV is a 5.5-point favorite when they tip off at home tonight against Morehead State. Who will win the game? Our experts make their picks.
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If he misses home, Rashad Vaughn can make a phone call to his family, just as he did early this week. The weather report from Minneapolis made him appreciate where he is now.
A crazy theory recently was floated. The theory, turned into a question, is this: Did coach John Calipari collect so much talent this season that Kentucky might be good enough to beat a bad NBA team?
Derrick Jones is joining Jalen Poyser in a UNLV basketball recruiting class that suddenly shapes up as a formidable one on a national level for 2015.
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