With one scholarship available for next season, UNLV coach Lon Kruger has several options. Some of those options might not even be obvious to him yet.
UNLV Basketball
One problem after another ambushed coach Lon Kruger this past season, and the losses started piling up on UNLV as a result.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the brink of one final embarrassment, UNLV made the type of inspired run that seniors Wink Adams and Rene Rougeau had hoped to see more of all season. But in the end, the Rebels’ comeback Tuesday night typified their entire season. It was a tease that fell short at the finish line — a 70-60 loss to Kentucky in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — If he’s faking enthusiasm for a game that means little in the big picture, Kentucky guard Jodie Meeks is as good an actor as he is a shooter.
When he took a shot at predicting UNLV’s immediate future, senior guard Wink Adams hit 50 percent.
UNLV has a men’s basketball team today preparing not for the NCAA Tournament but rather a first-round National Invitation Tournament matchup at Kentucky for one reason.
Warning signs surrounded UNLV coach Lon Kruger in November. He sounded the alarm several times in the following months, receiving only sporadic responses from his players.
The team no one expected to last this long in the Mountain West Conference women’s basketball tournament was making one final stab at sticking around for another day.
If Lorrenzo Wade could have come up with his dream scenario for his return home for the last time as a collegian, it might look something like this:
What looked like a rebounding year for UNLV’s women’s basketball team could culminate in a way few thought possible when the week began.
Even on one of senior guard Wink Adams’ best days, UNLV was rocked with the worst possible result.
Seconds seemed to tick off like minutes for UNLV coach Kathy Olivier as another big lead began to shrink.
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