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Las Vegas – A Basketball City
There were a couple sold out basketball games in Las Vegas on Saturday. First, a high school contest between Bishop Gorman (ranked 16th) and Findlay Prep (ranked 3rd) (POWERADE FAB 50 Rankings), which was played at the Cox Pavilion. The game was sold out fairly quickly and Findlay won the game for the 4th year in a row, 73-61.
The second sold out game was next door at the Thomas & Mack. The weather was windy and cold outside, but with 18,577 fans inside, it was quite warm, and the Rebels were quite hot. New Mexico led the first part of the game, but it stayed close Then UNLV went on their first run and never looked back. The crowd, which was 99% Rebel fans, was eager to see the Rebels with some breakaway dunks, steals and more. Mike Moser got yet another double double and the Rebels won the game 80-63.
How about the student section? That would be The Rebellion. After much chit chat, a few students finally got together and started coming up with ideas. They also met with officials at UNLV to get the proper OKs and they are on their way. They passed out chant sheets, which went over very well, had some great signs and were loud and proud the entire game.
They also “kidnapped” some future Rebels who were in attendance and took them to the student section: Katin Reinhardt, Demetris Morant and Christian Wood. A little bit later, Nigel Williams-Goss, made his way over to the student section also, where he is good friends with quite a few current students. All the recruits seemed to have a great time with the students and the Rebel win. The scariest part of the night was when Hey Reb did some crowd surfing. I thought he was going to go over the bar into the Cox tunnel at any minute, but he made it all the way to the top – almost lost his drawers – but he made it. Good times!
You can follow The Rebellion on twitter at @unlvrebellion and like their page ON FACEBOOK To contact them via email- unlvrebellion@gmail.com. The boys will accept all ideas and help for the remaining five home games.
Yes, that’s true, only five home games left and then the Mountain West tournament. The next home game is February 1st against CSU. But next up for the Rebels is Boise State in Boise, this Wednesday at 7 p.m., The game will be televised on the Mtn. channel.
You may have noticed a new face in street clothes on the Rebels bench. A big welcome to Khem Birch from Montreal, Canada who transferred to UNLV from University of Pittsburgh, where he was a freshman starter. He will be eligible to play in December of this year. Hey, we LOVE the transfers as much as the “straight out of high school” kids. Keep up that great recruiting Coach!
REMINDER: Public Open House of the Mendenhall Center on January 28, from 1-3 p.m. The Mendenhall Center is located on the UNLV campus, adjacent to the Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center.
Last, but not least, let’s not forget about the Lady Rebels. They are off to a great start as well, at 15-5 (3-1 MWC) and have 2 home games this week. Wednesday at 7 p.m. (vs. Boise St.) and Saturday at 3 p.m. (vs. AFA) at the Cox Pavilion. Tickets are half price on Saturday so go tour the Mendenhall and make it a fun Rebel day!
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Runnin’ Rebel Business
What a week since the last time I wrote. After a week off, the Rebels headed down to San Diego to open conference play. Going into the game, the Rebels were ranked #12 and the Aztecs were ranked #25. There was a lot of pre-game hype and before tip-off, the Rebels were favored to win by 2 at the local sports books.
My family and I headed down for the weekend. Aside from the last-second bucket by SDSU that beat the Rebels, we had a nice time in San Diego. The final score was 69-67. We ate dinner Saturday night in Old Town with many friends and spent Sunday at the zoo. But it was back to reality Monday morning when the polls came out and Rebels had dropped two spots to #14. San Diego State moved up 9 spots with the win.
This week, the Rebels had two home games on the schedule: Wednesday night against TCU and Saturday night against UNM. The TCU game at home started out pretty good and ended pretty good and everyone in attendance getting free Cane’s chicken with their ticket stub. Now, that’s a win-win situation! Rebels beat the Horned Frogs 101-78 and Anthony Marshall led the way with 27 points.
There are less than 2000 tickets left for the UNM game Saturday night. I hope you have yours!! By the way, tipoff was moved from 7:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. for TV purposes The game will be shown on CBS Sports, which is channel 333/1333 on Cox Cable here in Las Vegas.
Most of you have suffered through the construction and parking around the T&M for the last year. Some of you may have even wasted away hours at work watching the webcam posted outside the facility to watch progress. Finally the Mendenhall Center will be open for business. And by business, I mean RUNNIN’ REBEL BUSINESS. The new practice facility features basketball courts, weight rooms, training rooms, offices, locker rooms, computer labs, and much more for the men’s basketball team to use and enjoy.
There is a public grand opening on January 28, 1-3 p.m. but yours truly got a sneak peek today. Fittingly, the first person I saw upon arrival was Coach Jerry Tarkanian, who was being escorted in to his front row seat. The Mendenhall Center is named after Robert and Paula Mendenhall. There were many other people involved in taking this building from a dream of former coach Coach Kruger to a reality and most were recognized today. The host was Dick Calvert, the voice of the Rebels. UNLV school president, Neal Smatresk, introduced each speaker including Athletic Director Jim Livengood, Head Coach Dave Rice, Board of Regents Chairman Jason Geddes, and Governor Brian Sandoval.
There was a moment of silence for Robert and Paula Mendenhall’s son, Terry, who passed away in December 2011. Then instead of your traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, each of the “Donor All-Star Team” cut some string off the net of a backboard hanging low over the stage.
The Runnin’ Rebel basketball team presented each of the donors with a commemorative plaque to remind them of this special day. Each of the players also shook Coach Tark’s hand as they went to their seats, which I thought was very cool. The UNLV cheerleaders, Rebel girls, band and Hey Reb were all in attendance.
After all the talking, we were free to walk around the three-story facility, where there were many UNLV staff members to answer questions. There is even a tunnel that leads over to the Cox Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center. As I was leaving, I ran into Rebel great, Greg Anthony, who was in town to speak at an event at the Cox right after the grand opening.
Meanwhile, the Lady Rebels are off to a great start as well at 14-5 on the season, 2-1 in league play.
Well Rebel fans, hope to see you Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack. LET’S RUN!
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Conference Time
Your Runnin’ Rebels are ranked #17 in the nation with a 16-2 record, their best start since the ’92-’93 season. I predict they will move up a couple notches in the polls on Monday after six teams ahead of them all lost games this weekend.
The Rebels traveled to Cal State-Bakersfield on Thursday night to play their last non-conference game. The Roadrunners chose to play the game in a stadium downtown instead of their own stadium on campus. I’m not quite sure why because there were only a couple thousand people there, and half of them were Rebel fans, including myself.
Yes, I know I said I wasn’t going, but early in the week I decided I had to be there for the fun … and I didn’t want to get stuck watching the Rebels on a glitchy internet feed. So my friends: Jan Jones and Alex Aragonez plus my son, Michael, and I all drove down Thursday afternoon and returned right after the game. We set up a meetup spot for all the Rebel fans coming to the game at Goose Loonies, a sports bar a half-mile from the stadium. We had a good crowd of 30+ Rebel fans show up and it was a fun pre-game time. I also did a quick interview on Channel 8, where I obviously was very nervous because I mixed my words all up, but it was fun and I thank Scott Bemis and Chris Maathius for asking me! You can watch the video: HERE
The first half of the game was a little nervewracking, with the Roadrunners playing the Rebels pretty well. It was 38-27 at the half. I was never worried, as we seem to always play better in the second half anyway. As expected, the Rebels came out of the locker room fired up and went on a 16-2 run to start the second half. Before the Roadrunners could run, they were down 30 points. Justin Hawkins and Mike Moser ended the game with 17 points each. A highlight of the game was when Karam Mashour came in and finally got one of those dunks he’s been working on. His teammates went wild as did the entire Rebel crowd. After the game, Karam was still smiling. Final score 89-57.
On the ride back to Las Vegas, we all talked about the upcoming trip to San Diego and how fun the games have been so far (well most of them anyway). That 4 1/2 hour drive went pretty quickly, although the next day at work didn’t. What a tired girl I was!
The rest of our games will be televised either on the Mtn., CBS Sports or NBC Sports so we won’t have to worry about the crappy internet feeds anymore (at least in Vegas!). I’ll be heading down to San Diego for the weekend to see our conference opener and hit up the San Diego Zoo with the kids. Should be a fun weekend, and hopefully we come out of there with another W. One thing’s for sure, I won’t miss hearing their announcer say BILLLLLYYYYYYY WHIIIIIIITTTTTEEEEE anymore!
If you can’t watch the game on TV, you can listen on the radio on ESPN 1100 AM OR 98.9 FM, or follow me on twitter @UNLVgirl for updates. GO REBELS!
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TLC Extreme Couponing All Stars Features Las Vegas Couponers
Did you happen to see tonight’s episode of TLC’s new series Extreme Couponing All Stars? This new series is based on a competition between previous show participants, but with a twist. This time there are rules. For example, shoppers must have a minimum of $500 in products before coupons and they must purchase at least 15 different items. Then the clincher…they have only 30 minutes to complete their shop. Contestants go head-to-head and the winner is decided based on the total percentage saved. It’s almost like Supermarket Sweep meets Extreme Couponing, and it’s all for charity!
When Jen Freeman from Tip Resource asked me to help her with this show and told me the premise was more about benevolence, how could I refuse? Jen and I have worked together for almost a year now teaching couponing workshops in Las Vegas and California. We have tons of fun together and have such similar couponing philosophies. The tricky part to planning this trip was that between myself, Jen, and our other partner in crime, Shannon, we had to juggle planning and traveling over a few weeks. We would sneak off to the store to put down a plan of action, but then the next week different items would be on sale, we would have new coupons, and then would have to redo the master list. It was tons of fun but a little unnerving as well.
On filming day, I must admit I was way nervous that things would not go according to our plan. Sure enough, some items were listed at different prices so there was some quick recalculating going on before “go time”. But I tell ya, we had such a blast. In fact, you will see some shots of Jen and I walking into the store all stone-faced and serious. Those of you who have met me at a workshop or class know that I am anything but “serious”. I think we seriously walked down the parking lot at least five times before we were deemed fierce enough.
The shop went off without a hitch! Jen finished with loads of time to spare and we ended up racking up a bill of over $1,800! Of course we aren’t going to be paying that amount. Our form of payment is our coupons. I remember a point when we were down to our last few stacks of coupons and we knew exactly how much would be left and it was going to be VERY close to $0! Imagine our heartache when we stood there and Bill, our cashier at Glazier’s, was holding one last coupon for .75, but couldn’t ring it through because our bill at that point was only .69! UGH! We were literally pennies away from a zero balance. We thought we had it in the bag though since our percentage saved was still outstanding! Sure enough, Joni, our competitor, got hers down to 100% savings.
We lost. By pennies. Did we mind? Not at all! After all, everything we purchased went to a local charity. We met some amazing people from St. Therese HIV Outreach that evening. They were so grateful for everything we purchased for them and we were filled with gratitude for the opportunity to give. It was such an amazing experience! If you want to see more behind the scenes chat between Jen and I, check out this YouTube video. Make sure to stick around for the bloopers.
I’m sure there are several of you who are looking to learn how to save money. I have an incredible group in instructors all across the Las Vegas valley who are ready to spill the beans on how to save money in this economy. Send me a quick email with a few dates in mind and we will get you saving right away!
Hope you enjoy the show! Happy Couponing!
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Free Tacos and more!!
Del Taco does a promotion at UNLV basketball games that certain sections get free tacos when the Rebels get to 59 points. It’s usually sometime during the 2nd half when that happens. Last night it happened with around 2 minutes left in the 1st half. Later in the 2nd half, Chet Buchanan announced that if the Rebels doubled that score (118), then more sections would get free tacos. They surpassed that score too!
The Rebels hosted Central Arkansas, who had vowed to “Run with the Rebels”. The first couple minutes they did that, and then the beatdown began. Justin Hawkins, who started in place of Chace Stanback, came out with his usual defensive intensity and ended up with 10 points. Chace, who came off the bench at around the 12 minute mark of the first half, quickly made his presence known by hitting a 3-pointer … and another … and another. All the way through the game, one after another. And he wasn’t the only one. Karam Mashour, who usually gets in late in the 2nd half, if at all, came in during the first half and hit a 3-pointer, threw down dunk and played strong. Wade Norman, walk-on and brother of former walk-on Tyler Norman, came in during the 2nd half and also drained a three. It was a barrage of 3 pointers all during the game, along with alley-oop dunks, steals and blocked shots (by Anthony Marshall, our blocked shot expert!). UNLV won 124-75 in front of a happy crowd of about 14,000. The Rebels are now 14-2 and ranked #19/#20 in the polls.
My cousins from upstate NY are in town for a while so I took them to their first D1 college basketball game last night. What a game for them to start with!! Within the first 10 minutes, one of them said, “You’re going to have to get me tickets to the next game.” So that made me pretty happy. I have a feeling they will become Rebel fans before I am done with them. Of course, you all know me … if we would have lost, they wouldn’t have been allowed to come back to the T&M again – haha!
The Rebels woke up early this morning and are heading to Honolulu to play Hawaii on New Year’s Eve at 5 p.m. PT. The game will be shown locally on Channel 8 and can be viewed online for a small fee here. I have gone to 2 of the last 3 games in Hawaii so I’m a little bummed to have to watch this one on TV at home, but it’s in the 60′s and sunny here so I can’t complain too much.
After the Hawaii game, the Rebels head to Bakersfield, California on Thursday, January 5. I know many Rebel fans are going to make the drive down to see the game. I’m saving my road trip for a week later when the Rebs head to San Diego to open conference play on January 14 against the Aztecs. From what I’ve heard, it’s sold out, so I hope you already got tickets, or can find one on stubhub.com!
Here’s a picture of the final score last night, taken by my friend, Taylor Oblad. PS: We haven’t scored that many points since the 1990-1991 season when we went to the Final 4.
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Rare afternoon game this Friday
The Rebels have a weekday afternoon game this Friday when they host the California Bears. Both schools wanted to schedule the game early so their teams would have time to get home and catch flights to see their families for the Christmas holiday weekend. What this means to fans is we will have to take the afternoon off work (or maybe you were lucky enough to already be off that day) and get our butts to the Thomas & Mack to support our #21 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels.
The game starts at 2 p.m. on Friday and tickets are only $18 when purchased before gameday. The Rebels got back into the rankings on Monday morning after beating two good teams last week in UTEP and Illinois, who was ranked #19 at the time.
Luckily, the Rebels didn’t fall into the “let’s lose our next game after getting ranked” trap like they sometimes do and came out with intensity on Monday night against Louisiana-Monroe. L-M tried to slow down the pace, using almost the entire shot clock before launching a 3 (which usually went in!) but the Rebels finally got their running game going when they started stealing the ball, swatting the ball and even alley-ooping the ball!
It was definitely a fun game for Rebel fans to watch, with many highlights for the local news stations later that night. Unfortunately, since it wasn’t on TV, none of them made ESPN, not even Mike Moser’s 2 reverse slam dunks on alley-oop passes. Boy, was the crowd pumped after those 2 plays, which came one right after the other. Plus, Chace Stanback almost tied a school record with 8 of 9 3-point baskets and ended up with 29 points. The Rebels won the game 81-63.
I was lucky enough to receive the game ball before the National Anthem on Monday night for the Review-Journal. As a UNLV alumni and football and basketball season ticketholder, I felt very privileged to walk on the court with Deputy Director of Athletics, Jerry Koloskie, and hear all my friends yelling to me. I’ve included a photo below.
Meanwhile, the Lady Rebels are having a very successful season of their own. They are 10-3 and their next game is December 28 at Arizona. Congrats to Coach Kathy and the Lady Rebels.
Don’t forget to bring your $10 to the next game to buy your Rebel Girls and Cheerleaders 2012 calendar. This is an annual present in my house, so if my kids don’t get one, I will hear about it!
Hope to see you Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. to see the Rebels play Cal. After that, our next home game is Wednesday, Dec. 28 vs Central Arkansas. GO REBELS.
Lori Cox accepting game ball at UNLV game
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Rebels coming back home with a W
Rebel fans can relax again after this week. The UNLV Rebels came home to the Thomas & Mack on Wednesday and played a pesky UTEP squad who ran them ragged the whole game. In the end, Anthony Marshall came out of his shell and scored 20 points to seal the 65-54 UNLV victory.
Then the boys finished their finals and got on a plane to Chicago to tackle Illinois. Now this game had a little nostalgia to it. They were playing in the United Center, where the Rebels beat Georgia Tech and Wisconsin in March 2007 to make it to the Sweet 16. I was there and it was definitely one of the best weekends I’ve ever had. But this time they were playing Illinois, basically in their backyard (although considered a “neutral court” … like us playing at the Orleans), and Illinois was the team that beat UNLV quite badly last year in the NCAA tournament game in Tulsa. So there might have also been a little revenge factor going for the Rebels.
The Rebels had hoped to have guard Reggie Smith eligible to play for this game. There was a lot of hype for this date and Chicago is his home town. Unfortunately, the grade gods weren’t in tune with any deadlines. He did all the work he needed to do, but by the time that the final grades were posted, there wasn’t enough time to get him cleared by the NCAA and make the flight to Chicago. So the team went on without him, and dedicated the game to him.
UNLV started the game playing well and ended the game playing well. The three big men all had great success under the basket and Mike Moser having (yawn) yet another double double. This is a habit I like to hear about. The Rebels beat the previously undefeated #19 Illinois Fighting Illini, 64-48. This season’s leading scorer, Chace Stanback, went scoreless the whole game until sinking two free throws near the end. Luckily, the rest of the team took care of business and covered for Chace.
My son, Michael, made the trip to Chicago with some of my friends, Jan Jones, Grant Wright, Alex Aragonez, Will Alexander, Jack Buchanan and others. You could clearly hear the Rebel chant on the Big 10 network where the game was televised. Very good work my friends!
The Rebels return home for a game on Monday, 12/19, vs. Louisiana-Monroe at 7 p.m., then again on Friday, 12/23, vs. California at 2 p.m. Make sure you take the afternoon off for this one. California isn’t currently ranked, but they are receiving votes, just like UNLV.
Hope to see you at the games. GO REBELS!
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On the road again
The annual December road trip for the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels (9-1) is almost over, and soon the Rebels will be back at the Mack for more fun.
After the big double-overtime win against UCSB, the boys traveled to Wichita, Kansas to take on the Wichita State Shockers in a rare Sunday game. The fans in Las Vegas were able to watch the game locally on Cox 96. By the end, we wished we hadn’t.
It was reminiscent of the Kansas State game at the Orleans a couple of years ago. Wichita State hit everything, we hit nothing. Wichita State guard, Joe Ragland, had the game of his career hitting every basket he attempted, or so it seemed. The Rebels could never get over the hump and were down the entire game, losing by a final score of 89-70.
Even though it was only one loss, it knocked UNLV out of the rankings (they were #18) but that’s only temporary. After a couple more wins, we will be right back in the polls again.
On Wednesday, the Rebels took on UC-San Marcos at the Orleans. The stands were half-full and the crowd seemed a little tired, but the boys sure weren’t. They played a little slow at first, I think to let San Marcos think they had a chance in hell, and then turned up the heat.
One minute it was 20-19 and the next time I looked up, it was 47-27 at the half! That’s what I get for chatting it up with my daughter the whole game. We don’t usually sit together at the Mack, so it was nice to have 2 hours together. And what better place than watching a Rebel game!
The Rebels ended up winning the game 94-50. Justin Hawkins had 23 points. Brice Massamba had 10 and Chace Stanback 16. Great team effort and a feel-good win that was much needed for the players and the fans!
The boys barely got to bed last night when they had to get back up this morning and head to the airport to fly to Madison for a Saturday matchup against #14 Wisconsin Badgers. They will practice tonight and tomorrow at the Kohl Center. That place holds almost as many as the T & M and should be full and loud on Saturday.
The game is on Saturday at 11 a.m. local time on the Big 10 network. (Channel 312 or 1312 (HD) on Cox cable) Or get out to Born and Raised at 7260 South Cimarron Road to hang out with your fellow Rebel fans to watch it. Of course, you can always listen on ESPN 1100AM/98.9FM also.
Our next home game is this Wednesday, December 14 at the Thomas & Mack. Beware, it will still be a little stinky from the rodeo. The Rebels will host the UTEP Miners at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the box office or online at unlvtickets.com
The Lady Rebels are also starting out the season great with a record of 7-2. They’ll travel down to UCSB this weekend. Good luck with those pesty Gauchos.
I’m including a couple of fan photos!
The first one is from Wichita. Long-time Rebel fan and friend, Scott Gulbransen, who relocated to the midwest last year, was able to catch up with his old friend, Coach Dave Rice, and see his beloved Rebels play in person.
The second one is my little girl with Hey Reb!!
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Is everyone’s heart still beating?
I know mine probably stopped a few times last night during the Rebels game in Santa Barbara against the UCSB Gauchos. The rivalry with this team goes back many years when UNLV was in the Big West conference, and has continued to be a big game for the Rebels every year. In fact, the Rebels have lost to UCSB the last 4 times they’ve played (I said 3 times in my last blog, it was even worse than that)!! Time for that trend to end, right?
The boys flew down to Burbank and then bussed it to Santa Barbara on Tuesday night. Many of my friends drove down Wednesday morning and you could definitely hear the Rebel fans in the crowd during the game.
The game wasn’t on TV so our choices were to listen on the radio or pay the Big West $9.95 to watch streaming video. I called my kids and bribed them with pizza to come watch the game with me. As it turns out, my son invited 4 more people, so we ended up with 9 people watching my little computer monitor in the dining room. Talk about cozy.
We had a great time yelling at the computer while listening to the local Santa Barbara radio broadcast. The video guy was standing in the back of the stands, at times he would zoom to the scoreboard and show us the time left and score. My son was keeping score on a piece of paper so I could update on Twitter!! I thought this was 2011! I guess I was wrong.
Near the end of the game, Rebels were up by 6 with 42 seconds left. Remember that game in San Diego where Rebels came back from 10 down with that much time left? I do, I was there. I guess UCSB thought the same thing, and sure enough, they caused the Rebels to make enough mistakes to tie the game and send it to overtime.
Rebels almost lost the game in that overtime when UCSB hit all 3 free throws with 13 seconds left, but after a missed 3-pointer by Anthony Marshall, Chace Stanback grabbed the rebound and swish! I couldn’t watch!! I just heard screaming from everyone else. Incredible. The game went to a 2nd overtime.
At the end, the Rebels got the win, 94-88. Chace Stanback had 19 points, ESPN’s player of the week, Mike Moser, had 34, Anthony Marshall had 13 and Oscar Bellfield finished with 11. All players contributed immensely.
The Rebels are back home safely but will leave again on Saturday for Wichita, Kansas to play Wichita State on Sunday at 1 p.m. As of right now, no TV is scheduled. I am hoping for another chance to watch Grandma’s video camera from the dining room to see the Rebels play. These are good times.
Make sure you follow me on twitter for your updates @unlvgirl
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Am I dreaming?
Did last night really happen? Yes, yes it did.
We came, we saw, we conquered. We conquered the #1 team in the country. All day Saturday (which was one of the longest days of my life, by the way) the talk on my Twitter, Facebook, Rebel-net, texts, etc. was about the Rebels being able to beat North Carolina. I saw “I believe” written many times. Rebel fans talked about the last time we played a number 1 team and won, or lost. None of that matters anymore! The last time that matters was on November 26, 2011 and it will be up to another year’s team to surpass that goal of beating #1.
The unranked (but receiving votes) UNLV Rebels went into Saturday’s game as an 8-point underdog and won the game by 10, with a final score of 90-80. Not only did they win, but they did it with confidence and authority. They did it by making free throws and playing some stifling defense. North Carolina has a quick team, and we got burned quite a few times by that, but the Tarheels weren’t great form the free-throw line and when the going got tough, the Rebels didn’t back down. The Rebels also took advantage of every UNC mistake and, most times, turned it into points.
I sat in the second row behind the Rebels’ bench with my friends, Joe Spilotro and his fiancee, Jennifer, Mike Yohay, Matty Mahoney and Chris Pandelis and his brand-new fiancee, Leslie Denton. My kids, Diana and Michael, were across the stadium, but we were within eye contact the whole time. It was pure craziness. We screamed the whole game, I had no voice afterwards. As the time ticked down, and the Rebels hit 3 after 3 it started sinking in that this could really happen. Joe and Mike decided to rush the court with the crowd so Jennifer and I stood back and watched the madness. None of us liked the Orleans Arena atmosphere before that game. We don’t mind it so much now.
This was such a big win, not only because of North Carolina being such a great team and ranked #1, but also because our young coach, Dave Rice, who some were wary about when he was hired, proved he could run with the big boys …just like he did back in 1990 and 1991 when he played with Larry Johnson and (current UNLV assistant coach) Stacey Augmon.
The Rebels are now 7-0 and should be ranked Monday morning. The only question is: how high?. They play at UC-Santa Barbara on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. UCSB has beaten the Rebels in their last 3 meetings. THAT needs to stop this year!! If the Rebels play like they did last night, they will do it with no sweat. There is no TV for this game, so listen in on ESPN 1100AM/98.9FM.
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