UNLV basketball falls from national rankings
UNLV basketball’s 89-70 loss to Wichita State on Sunday cost the team its national ranking today, with both The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today dropping the Rebels from this week’s Top 25.
The Rebels (8-1), who were No. 18 in the AP media poll and No. 20 in the coaches’ poll last week, head up the category of “Others receiving votes” this week, trailing No. 25 Harvard in the AP poll and No. 25 Texas A&M in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
The Rebels jumped into both polls last Monday after upsetting then-No. 1 North Carolina 90-80 on Nov. 26. But they struggled to beat UC Santa Barbara 94-88 in double overtime on Wednesday and then were routed by Wichita State in a Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge game Sunday, precipitating the fall from ranking grace.