No team in the Mountain West has been more of an enigma this season than UNLV.
The Runnin’ Rebels opened their season with impressive wins over University of Oregon and University of Indiana, both ranked inside the top 15 of the AP Top 25 poll at the time.
Meanwhile, San Diego State men’s basketball was losing in an uncharacteristic fashion in non conference play, and it looked like the MW had a surprise front-runner going into league play.
Then gravity set in for the bunch out in Las Vegas.
The Rebels dropped their first three MW games to teams — to put it nicely — that were not expected to contend for the conference title (Fresno State, Colorado State and University of Wyoming).