You knew what kind of UNLV basketball opener it was going to be when the biggest question had nothing to do with the Rebels’ opponent, but rather whether a kid who has never played a minute of college ball would see action.
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It might sound crazy today — you know, fresh off an embarrassing 55-7 loss to a Brigham Young football team best described as dead-flat average — but it wouldn’t be in UNLV’s best interest to stop playing the Cougars.
Quintrell Thomas had logged several minutes of basketball Tuesday evening when he raised his hand toward the UNLV bench. He was gassed and needed a break.
Tim Chambers didn’t feel comfortable commenting and left it at that. It’s the reaction you might expect when from a distance you watch a baseball program you built from dust into a national champion turned into one now facing allegations of rules violations and mistreatment of players by a new coaching staff, of allegedly charging kids for mandatory conditioning programs and food while allegedly promoting a culture of drugs and alcohol within locker room walls.