Do we get these two starters back for tonight?

I know of only a handful of fans that are giddy and still see greatness after a loss, so take it with a grain of salt … yes, some power people are extremely disappointed and have been in Harp’s ear. But it wasn’t necessarily because of last night, I don’t think it made a difference either way. Pretty much everyone is upset. But I don’t see it as being some ready to burst volcano, either. Then again, I don’t have a feel at all for Harp. There were a lot of reasons to fire Arroyo besides record and he did what he felt he needed to do. I can’t say how he feels about KK. I do think there’s something extra there when it’s not the AD’s hire. But that does not mean he should pull the trigger (I’m on the side of no, he absolutely SHOULD NOT be fired). I don’t know where he stands. Unless something stupendous is lined up as a no brainer and the deal is done/near done, I have a hard time believing anything is there, then again, maybe Harp is good at keeping things quieter.

I’m disappointed about last nights game but at least they gave us a ride in that game. The season was really bad, hell, I think we lost 13 of our last 22 with most coming in a very mediocre conference. It may be a year in which we don’t have a victory over an NCAAT team (not sure). The OOC was weak and we feasted on it, a lot of garbage wins along the way. If you compare MM’s last two seasons vs KK’s two seasons … not sure, but I’m guessing they are very similar, maybe a slight edge to Munchies? Either way … another blah season with a disappointing ending.

With KK here, I think we need some drastic changes for next year to have success. We can’t just repeat the same philosophy (on the court, recruiting) and expect a huge jump. And yes, I do think a significant jump is necessary or he will be gone. Anybody saying there’s no hot seat for next year is crazy. It’ll be there.

I’m hopeful he doesn’t try to Menzies his way out of trouble by playing Time Life Books and St Katherine’s 12 times next season so he can get to that (lol) benchmark of 20 wins. That’s an old metric that is absolutely useless nowadays. But the uni and press like to use it to designate a special season. Whatever. Eyes don’t lie.

It’ll be an interesting off-season, seeing if anything is approached differently or if we just stick with what we are doing and go with it and hope with crossed fingers.

I have two tickets for tonight's WAC Semi's if anyone wants to go.
Email me your phone# : dclark625@gmail.com and they are yours. Think they are at 6:00 and 8:00 pm again at the Orlean's.

Lots of talk about him leaving for Cal. Better facilities and more $$.

Harkless needs to put up at least 20, JJ3 at least 10, LuRod at least 10 and 10, and Webster needs to make a couple of timely threes. Gilbert needs to be on a very short leash tonight.

Like @j. spilotro said in a recent post, Boise is not all that good, but they do play within their plans and are always on schedule. We usually hang tough in the first half and the second half is where they always get us. Our effort has been on 100 lately so I'll just go out on a limb and say we squeak this one out just based on our hustle and again, the fact that its hard to beat a team three times.

On the undefeated MW season. Keep the streak going next week at the MW tournament.

Interesting read on what it may cost the PAC to lose USC and UCLA. Makes me wonder what SDSU cost the MWC?

They are playing for a seeding. A loss to us is a bad loss. Plus we win against AF but it was draining.

Boise - 82
Rebs - 71

Hopefully this is true.

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Beat Reno in OT

20-12 now

If UNLV somehow wins tonight 20-12

Tell me who's had better season and next yr team future is brighter?

Outside of Aztecs who are the class of MWC, the rest of league is nothing, and for Miles in yr 2, 5th place now in semifinals, coaching coaching!

F RENO now they can play in CIT!

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Professional gamblers usually have a good take on the talent of a staff.

Survive 64-61 over CSU

They move on, weren't very pretty at all.

I think UNM takes USU tonight.

I love to see SJST beat Nevada, that's toss up.

I want UNLV to win, but all the weaknesses will be exposed tonight, Harkless has to go for 30+, but to me to many droughts.

I might sneak go watch the rebels win live!!

Winning a f***ing basketball game at home. You are COY in my eyes. Please do it three more times in as many days.

I get not wanting to have a home broadcast team, but the MWN has to do better than that. Richie Schueler, the color guy, had no clue what the Rebel chant was and kept thinking it was airball. He only knew players by stats. He even said this is the first time I have seen these teams all year at one point.

Somebody had posted about watching classic Runnin' Rebels or Big East games if they wanted to see good college basketball. Those were the days, for sure. Big East had coaches like Thompson, Carnesseca, Boeheim, Calhoun, and some young, whipper-snapper named Pitino. Are we seeing the final vestige of that era finally become one for the ages? I mean, really, what will we do for live nose-picking?

ESPN

Down Gilbert and Parquet. Tight till the end.

Rebs 61
Cadets 56

Currently the Rebels are closing out Air Force in OT with 40 seconds left 76-68

Great effort by Harkless!

I wanted to reach into the monitor and punch the announcer that kept saying "These Rebel fans really love the "air ball" chant". Finally in OT the other guy told him "I think they are saying "Rebels""

Is a joke. Yes, UNLV should be handle AFA without Gilbert but that’s beside the point. If I were a ref on that court, I’d have merely separated the two and given a warning. And that’s it.

Two games is a gd joke. I hate this conference.

Kids yap, it happens. Issue warnings instead of trying to sanitize and pussify every little element.

If we were a threat, I seriously would think this was planned and they were out to get UNLV. With UNLV not being much of a threat, it just tells me the league flat out sucks across the board.

And this went under review and they still came to the same conclusion?

I don’t get it, I really don’t. I’m pissed off about this.

Bid 12 has been having talks with CU, ASU, U of A and Utah again about consoli the Big 12 conference out West. The Big 12 reached out to the four schools and we all know how fast things can happen. The Pac is the Titanic and I hate that the Wack 12 may be the only thing left for UNLV to grab on to!

Did we push him out or did he want to leave on his own?

Whatever: He was announced as an All-WCC player.

Probably could have used him. Average 15 and 6. Shoots 40% from three. ( Averaged 19 Pts and 6 rebs against Gonzaga)

This is getting excessive now. In no way am I saying Gilbert is our savior, but suspending him for this game after he was basically out all of last game is ridiculous.

I went to the WCC semis last night and it was entertaining, (St. Mary's vs. BYU and Gonzaga vs. San Francisco) Enthusiastic crowds and good games. Not one of these teams ran a weave. They all ran high pick-and-rolls with huge centers who could actually catch and handle the ball.

Surrounding me where I sat were 8 Gonzaga fans. Two traveled from Miami and six were local. The locals lived here between 6 and 13 years. None were originally from the Northwest. All of them became Gonzaga fans by watching and enjoying past NCAA runs.

NOT ONE OF THE LOCALS HAD EVER BEEN TO A REBEL BASKETBALL GAME. They had zero interest in Rebel basketball. When I asked why, they couldn't come up with reasons other than they just don't even consider them.

So, my point is, if Gonzaga and the Rebels had changed records I believe most of these people would be Rebel fans at least, and season ticket holders at best. They were all knowledgeable about basketball. They are attracted to Gonzaga because they win.

In the 90's we were the Gonzaga of the time. And for no valid reason, we threw the program in the dumpster. Had we been able to keep going we would have Millions of fans Nationally and regularly fill the T&M.

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My takeaways from the game
1. Fundamentals, Augmon used the glass like it was meant to be used.
2. Soft hands in the post and post position, Johnson and Butler make it look easy. I have forgotten what soft hands look like at UNLV.
3. Constant motion in the offense. I hate this stupid era of ISO.
4. Point guard play is huge. A solid point guard makes everything smooth.
5. .This maybe the biggest one. Traveling was called consistently.
6. Teamwork, I don’t think we will ever see great team basketball ever again. And I don’t just mean at UNLV.