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I remember that a good amount of people stated that they did not believe in opting out of a bowl game. So theres been some discussion on social media about whether LuRod is sitting out against Princeton. I remember some saying that they quit on their team and what not. Do the people that had strong feelings about sitting out a bowl game feel the same way when one of our own sits out a postseason game? Would you view LuRod as lesser or is that only reserved for players that are not associated with UNLV?

What do you all make of the selection chair’s comments on the MWC?

Lamar Rozen must be a horrible coach = Menzies? . They have 3 players in the transfer portal and all 3 are in the Top 10.

Rather....Win the NIT championship or lose in the first round of NCAA....
Decisions Decisions

Looking at the in-coming 3 kids right now, Jeremiah Bear Cherry 6'11 and Pape N'Diaye at 7'0, and James Evans at 6'6, looks like more athletic and length recruits. And the worst school UNLV beat out were BSU/CSU, and some P5 schools for these 3, so no Western Washington ect kids.

Right now on the team:
Backcourt:
Thomas-PG
Hicks-SG
Johnson-SG
Front Court:
Whaley-PF
Hill-SF
Cottrell-C

Looking at the roster as is, that's 9 kids, and 3 openings: i Have Johnson gone and Cottrell?????????? So transfers should be SF/SG/PG, and i assume the Big 12 pipeline is open, so need to look at see what kids might be looking for playing time who have been over recruited. Is there any other FR UNLV recruiting who can come in and play??????

To me year 4, NCAA or bye-bye KK.

Enjoying reading the endless posts by Wazzu Watch's resident loon Mikalalas?

This is a damn near homeless guy who apparently doesn't even own a car and lives outside of Spokane somewhere but is an expert on all things Coug and everything else.

Most Cougs avoid him but I can't help but call BS on his BS. Which results in him doubling and tripling down on his mindless shit. Feel free to poke at his hive.

Aztecs #5 in East and most likely Auburn in 2nd rd

Boise/Colorado in play in game, WTF, big ten has wisconsin 5th seed.

USU 8-9 TCU

UVA/CSU play in game

UNM 11 against Clemson

Reno 10 against Dayton

I think we’re going to the NIT and playing probably at Oregon or Utah.

Slight chance we host a garbage UCLA team which would be a lose-lose situation, imo.

Pleasantly surprised UNR wasn't screwed by the committee. Glad they got in. 6 teams from the MWC is good for the conference overall (unless they all get washed out in the first like usual)

Gonzaga vs McNeese State is a helluva matchup in the first round. Will Wade is going to get picked up by a major program again sooner or later.

NIT. We play Princeton in the first round - but where?

Anyone here going to the ladies game?

Out for SDSU? Ankle.

Hands down. I've never seen someone do so much with less.

Indiana, memphis ,washington ,and old miss all turning down invites? ? UNLV must know if they are in already. I'm sure they don't want anymore egg on their face than they already have. Playing in a tournament to be the 69th best team ?

WTF was that #20?!?

CRhodes

We have a lot of need to be filled by the portal. And we’ve been hit and miss, more miss with it, so far under KK.

Players jump, there’s zero loyalty, it’s about instant gratification.

What does UNLV have to offer? What is our primary point of attractiveness? We have ample playing time available. As much as anybody. And that will shine for some players.

The problem is, I think you want guys whose primary motivation is winning and being part of a successful team, program. That is probably more reserved for perennial top 30 programs though.

So we will (and others) continue to attract “me first” players from the portal. Which leads to selfish ball, tough chemistry … because guys committed so they’d get minutes and they aren’t getting them because their focus is off.

I think you have to sacrifice numbers/close to ready made for character/potential. And you have to fast track that potential. Unless the coach is an extraordinarily strong personality that can break the nature of entitlement found in many of these guns for hire portal guys.

It’d be nice to be the school that portal guys are interested in because UNLV is a good program, they fit a piece of the puzzle and can get us over the top … instead of “plenty of minutes available”.

First, I think it is unlikely to get an at-large but if we win three maybe. Here are some key games to watch and who to root for/against this weekend.

ACC:
UVA vs GT - root for GT, UVA currently last by Lunardi, 10 seed by Palm

Pitt vs NCST - root for NCST, both are out but Pitt is closer to the field than NCST

Wake vs Clemson - root for Clemson, a loss pretty much eliminates Wake from discussion.

Big 12:
Oklahoma vs Texas - root for Texas, OU is a 8/9/10 seed so a loss here and a loss early in the tournament could push them out. Texas is slightly ahead of OU seed wise but has much better NET numbers.

KSU vs ISU - root for ISU, KSU is out but a win at home against ISU and a deep run could push them in.

Big East:
Villanova vs Creighton - root for Creighton, boost our numbers and Villanova is right in the bubble.

Seton Hall vs DePaul - root for DePaul, Seton Hall helped itself with a win against Villanova last time out. This won’t help them much but a loss is devastating, currently lunardi has last four byes and palm has in play-in.

Providence vs UCONN - root for UCONN, Providence is a different case, some mock brackets have them in, Palm doesn’t even have them as a bubble team. Loss isn’t bad here but a win would be painful to all other bubble teams.

St Johns vs Georgetown - root for Georgetown. St. John’s has won four straight after Pitino’s outburst and is squarely on the bubble.

Big Ten:
Michigan State maybe but there NET is so high not sure even a loss to Indiana and a loss first round would keep them out.

Northwestern vs Minn - root for Minn, Northwestern is in at 8/9 see right now but has a small chance to play itself out.

Nebraska vs Mich. -root for Mich, pretty much same boat as NW, in but could play itself out.

Iowa vs Ill - root for Ill, Iowa on the bubble and needs to not play itself in.

PAC-12:
Colorado vs OSU - root for OSU, road loss to OSU would hurt CU’s chances and push them off the bubble.

Utah vs Oregon - root for Oregon, Oregon is farther from the field then Utah and probably will not be able to play it’s way in.

SEC:
Miss St. vs S.Car - root for S.Car, while this loss will not kill their chances a win probably makes them a lock.

Tex A&M vs Miss - root for Miss, I am not sure why A&M is not in over MSU as of now and even some mock brackets don’t even show them just out. They have a head to head if MSU, more quad 1 wins and less bad losses. I don’t think Miss can play it’s way in.

American:
USF vs Tulsa - USF is UNLV without the quad 1 wins, but a conference title. A loss would be nice.

FAU vs Memphis - root for Memphis, currently projected as a 8/9 seed but there NET wins/losses are comparable to UNLV but they have a high NET. I think they are in due to last year but I think they could drop with two losses. Memphis cloud play it’s way in, but would rather see FAU lose this game.

Ivy:
Princeton vs Penn - I don’t think Princeton gets an at large with no games against quad 1 teams and a 3-3 record against quad 2 but a loss would still be helpful.


Conference Tournaments:

Lose/Early or Win Teams:
James Madison (Sun Belt)
McNeese St (Southland)
Indiana St (MVC)

Who do you guys think we’re going to play?

Rebs 7-1 with win over a ranked Stanford team.

And currently leading SJSU 19-1 in the 6th inning.

Good lord mercy rule...

Aztecs, tough battle tested, know how to win under Dutch, they know who they our style wise!

UNLV: 2014 last time won Quarterfinal MWC game, style wise, walk it up, Thomas dribble pass it around to 3 guys at 3, look down low and stand and watch, or have Thomas do it himself. Weak soft rebounding team, at least 3 games beaten on boards by 15-30, totally unacceptable.

Is this start under KK top 4 MWC team with huge dependent on grad transfers or can KK get another top freshman like Thomas? Can he recruit shooters and wings who can create without Thomas?

So what is everyone expecting from this tournament? Up until the UNR game I was hopeful that our seeding would align well for a favorable bracket and a team that is ready to make a serious run at the championship. The UNR loss pushed us into the seeding with SDSU and imo that’s the worst seeding for us. Just a bit too much to ask of this team and coaching staff to beat SDSU twice in a row within a couple weeks, even with a healthy team. If Ka. Boone is a no go any win by UNLV would have to be classified as a major upset.
If it’s not us I’d like to see USU complete its run and win the MWCT with SDSU and UNR losing as early as possible. Can’t stand BSU’s coach and I just don’t have much respect for UNM.
Short of a run in the MWCT I’m at least hoping for an NIT bid, which would at least still be a very positive step for a program that has done nothing in the post-season for over a decade. Who knows if the team is healthy for the NIT we could make some noise and perhaps help a few key transfers see the potential in brining their games to UNLV for the 24-25 season.