A spotless record aside, UNLV coach Lon Kruger is well aware his basketball team has been far from flawless.
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Balancing multiple commitments and interests is an act Justin Hawkins learns more about each day. Off the basketball court, the UNLV freshman is plenty versatile. … He writes poetry. He cooks and does laundry. He plans to declare a double major in business management and hotel administration. … “I’m serious about school. It runs in my family,” said Hawkins, whose parents are lawyers.
Utah is 7-1 in record only.
Mike Sanford has to be coaching for his job on a weekly basis now. If he’s not, it will be because his superiors at UNLV have forgotten the most significant rule: the program comes first.
RENO — Imagine how bad it would’ve been for UNLV if UNR hadn’t turned over the football four times.
RENO — UNLV coach Mike Sanford said all week the availability of injured quarterback Omar Clayton would be a game-time decision but that the junior would play against UNR on Saturday.
With Labor Day weekend coming up and more notable opponents later in UNLV’s football schedule, many fans will find other ways to spend their time Saturday than drive to Sam Boyd Stadium to see the Rebels play Sacramento State.
No one had to tell him. He could see it growing on his father’s face. He knew something was terribly wrong.
Expect no tears from Rene Rougeau when he is honored with UNLV’s other four seniors tonight.
“There’s no time to be emotional,” he said. “I’m just trying to get wins. I can be emotional after it’s all said and done and we complete our journey.”
When it comes to football recruiting, Brigham Young, Texas Christian and Utah own the top three spots in the Mountain West Conference. That leaves the other six teams in the league to fight for No. 4.
Mark it down as two losses. That’s how big it could translate in the race for a Mountain West Conference regular-season title. That’s how much UNLV needed to finish a job it couldn’t against San Diego State on Tuesday night.
It certainly wasn’t pretty. But it might well have been a prelude to next month’s Mountain West Conference Tournament.
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