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UNLV blown out again in 82-65 loss at Utah State

UNLV suffered its third consecutive blowout loss, falling 82-65 to Utah State on Saturday at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.

All-time bad Mountain West affords UNLV the opportunity to rise

The calendar flips this time each year and college basketball welcomes conference play, when even teams that endured some forgettable results the previous month can hold onto the idea that failure is simply the opportunity to begin anew.

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