The forgettable journey that has become UNLV's basketball season, some of it the fault of injury, a lot of it the fault of poor execution and again inflated expectations, nearly took one final tumble off the cliff of Mountain West mediocrity Wednesday night before the Rebels rallied to save themselves from complete embarrassment.
A loss to San Jose State, you realize, really would have messed with those at-large NCAA Tournament hopes for UNLV.
We jest, of course.
UNLV survived San Jose State — RPI 295, hasn't won a road conference game since 2014, seemingly hasn't won three straight overall since the Reagan administration — by a 64-61 final before a Thomas & Mack Center gathering that resembled what you might expect from a weeknight battle of seventh place against 11th place.