It’s not hard to find the most dominant big man in the Mountain West Conference. New Mexico senior Drew Gordon stands out as the obvious choice, because he’s basically the only one.
UNLV Basketball
An hour after basketball practice ended Thursday, coach Dave Rice led UNLV’s players to a unique rally. It was time to strike up the band, let the cheerleaders loose, roll out the red carpet and listen to speeches delivered by important people in suits.
Given his team’s tough loss to San Diego State on Saturday, UNLV coach Dave Rice had to be concerned about his team having an emotional hangover heading into its Mountain West Conference home opener Wednesday.
My buddy is a big New York Giants fan. He has this thing about Eli Manning. He says there is a Good Eli and a Bad Eli, meaning there are days when the quarterback is the best player on a field and days when he, well, isn’t. Days when he is the difference and days when he disappears. Days when you can’t believe how good he is and days when you don’t even realize he’s there.
Anthony Marshall scored a career-high 27 points and Chace Stanback had 21 as No. 14 UNLV led the entire way in a 101-78 rout of Texas Christian in a Mountain West Conference game at the Thomas & Mack Center.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — New Mexico’s big men were struggling and starting point guard Hugh Greenwood was out with an ankle sprain. No problem for the Lobos.
PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young found the perfect way to counteract the outside shooting threat presented by Santa Clara. The Cougars set up shop around the basket and made certain they stayed in control of that area.