By the time Thurman's last dunk went through, all UNLV could do was prolong the game with fouls.
Lawrence Mower, one of my students when I taught journalism and advanced magazine writing at UNLV, did exactly that.
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Cal withstood a late UNLV push for its first tournament win since 2010.
And an extra incentive for Nevada-Reno was the ability to join the same conference as their heated in-state rival, UNLV.
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The Spurs signed undaunted sharpshooter Gary Neal to a guaranteed deal after watching him scorch the nets on the UNLV campus.
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Pitino had resigned as the Boston Celtics' coach and was considering interest from UNLV and Louisville when he took the job, he said.
My own favorite upset occurred in college basketball in 1991 when Duke defeated the heavily-favored and previously-undefeated UNLV in the Final Four.
Cobbs and UNLV's Anthony Marshall each went 1 for 2 on free throws before Marshall hit a pair to trim Cal's lead to 62-61.
It's also important to note that if the UNLV players did consider this move or had acted on it they would not have been breaking any laws.
Cal confused UNLV with 40 minutes of zone defense, which Montgomery couldn't recall employing for such a long stretch since he was at Montana from 1977-86.
For those who only remember Vegas for the notorious UNLV teams coached by Jerry Tarkanian, the city's rise as a hoops hotbed might come as a surprise.
Greg Anthony, UNLV's star point guard, who is now an NCAA tournament commentator for CBS, passed on a chance to settle the mystery once and for all.
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After the NCAA put UNLV on probation in 1976 for "questionable practices" involving recruiting, Jerry Tarkanian sued the NCAA in a Nevada court and won only to have the ruling overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 15 points and freshman NBA prospect Anthony Bennett shook off a poor start to finish with 15 points and 10 rebounds for UNLV, which beat Cal 76-75 in Berkeley on Dec. 9.
In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) where he will push Congress to pass his proposals to create jobs and improve the economic standing of middle class families.
TCU, which beat lowly UNLV 56-9, would need to move into the top 16 in the final BCS standings on Sunday to earn an automatic bid, because the Big East's conference champion West Virginia will most likely not jump ahead of the Horned Frogs.
Buoyed by the support of a strong contingent so close to the Berkeley campus, Crabbe had 19 points and nine rebounds, Thurman scored all 12 of his points on dunks and 12th-seeded California held off fifth-seeded UNLV 64-61 in the second round Thursday.
Danny Tarkanian, the son of the team's head coach who was in his late twenties during the 1990-91 season said in an interview that several UNLV players offered to sit out the 1991 NCAA tournament as a show of solidarity with his father, who had been battling the NCAA since the 1970s over alleged rules violations, but they opted to play.
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