The Rebels today are a team stranded at sea with a giant hole in the raft, not enough life jackets and a radio transmitter engulfed in water. They are as disjointed off the court as they are on it, helplessly searching for reasons why they can’t beat average teams at home.
Soaring in and reaching high above the rim for an alley-oop pass, Deonte Burton threw down a thunderous dunk that reverberated from Las Vegas to Reno. UNLV’s dominant run against UNR was done.
UNR star guard Deonte Burton was shocked when he found freshman Kendall Smith trying to chase him around the floor early in the game at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday night.
Wherever he goes, Deonte Burton tends to draw a crowd of defenders. He also is attracting some not-so-secret admirers of another kind.
When I woke Monday, there were 381 messages in my email box. Too many. For 2014, I have resolved to keep it under 100. So, straight from my email box:
It’s debatable who UNLV’s most valuable player is, but junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones is definitely in the discussion.
Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 24 points, and UNLV’s inside tandem of Khem Birch and Roscoe Smith proved to be too much for Fresno State as the Rebels opened Mountain West play with a 75-62 win over the Bulldogs in front of 5,968 at the Save Mart Center.
