Ed Graney
Ed Graney is a sports columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, covering a variety of topics and the Las Vegas sports scene.
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The Tre’Von Willis-Jimmer Fredette rivalry was born when they were competing for Mountain West Conference player of the year honors last season (which Fredette won). The two since have traveled in opposite directions.
UNLV should at least try something different Saturday than what it offered Jan. 5, when BYU star Jimmer Fredette scored 39 points and the Cougars pasted the host Rebels 89-77.
Let’s review: They played a Mountain West Conference basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday night supposedly featuring one of the league’s top four teams and another hoping to prove itself worthy of being mentioned among such a group.
There was a banana and a gecko and something that resembled an orange crayon and another that looked like Jabba the Hutt. The sign with Tre’Von Willis’ booking mug shot from the Henderson Police Department was very creative. So was the one with Gary Coleman’s face and the words, “Whatcha Chokin Bout Willis?”
