UNLV guard Jalen Poyser (24) goes up for a shot against Fresno State center Terrell Carter II (34) and forward Cullen Russo in the second half of their Mountain West Conference semifinal basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Thursday, March 10, 2016. Fresno State defeated UNLV 95-82. Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Jalen Poyser apparently never got the message, the one that states those who sign letters-of-intent to play major college athletics always do so with a pledge first to a coaching staff and then, somewhere among a list of priorities that include shoe gear and co-eds, a university.