What a day it has been. I’ll cut right to the chase. Illinois vs Utah. The Runnin’ Utes, coached by my pal Jim Boylen, were down 16 to top 25 ranked Illinois, and came back in the second half to win the game on a last second outlet pass and runner that was debated for …
Category Archive: 50 Games
Nov
27
2009
Nov
27
2009
UNLV vs Holy Cross, and old Ricky White Suits coming to town.
If this were any other game, I’d have been all in for Holy Cross. They have been a classic small timey team as of late, hail from the Patriot League, and shoot a ton of 3′s. In reality though, this was just a warm-up game for UNLV. They had balanced scoring across the board from …
Nov
22
2009
Hey, It’s game number 3!
My quest continued Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack, with UNLV hosting Southern Illinois, in one of the first Mountain West / Missouri Valley battles of the year. These two conferences have set up a yearly match-up between their teams, and this is its first year. Annually, Southern Illinois isĀ a top tier team …
Nov
19
2009
Reno is full of hillbillies
UNLV played its second game of the season last night, versus its little brother to the north, UNR. Nevada is a pretty decent school in both major sports, probably the best basketball squad in the WAC, and certainly somebody to be reckoned with. Plus, they have a McDonalds All-American big man forward in Luke Babbitt …
Nov
15
2009
Game 1 of 50+, and how I plan to get there
Last night, UNLV kicked off its 2009/2010 basketball season with a 91-52 domination of Division 2 Pittsburgh St. In a direct reversal of play that we saw on Tuesday night versus Washburn, UNLV was a master of the press, both Bellfield and Jasper were hawks on the ball, and Tre’Von Willis gained the lane whenever …



