Utes Hope UNLV Chamber Is Empty
As if the Utes and their fans needed another reason to exult in a loss by rival Brigham Young, there's this:
The letdown effect.
With the UNLV Rebels clearly having been geared up beat the Cougars 76-70 at the Marriott Center last night after their abysmal loss there last season, they might be somewhat spent emotionally, going into their home game against the Utes on Saturday. Happens all the time in college basketball -- look at No. 1 Wake Forest, losing at home to Virginia Tech last night after its stretch of big wins -- and the Utes certainly wouldn't mind if it happened again and gave them a little edge.
After all, winning at the Thomas & Mack Center isn't exactly an easy habit for the Utes.
The Utes have lost five straight to the Rebels in Las Vegas, and seven of the last eight meetings overall. A victory could actually deliver sole possession of first place in the Mountain West Conference, too, if San Diego State loses at BYU and New Mexico wins at TCU.
The letdown effect.
With the UNLV Rebels clearly having been geared up beat the Cougars 76-70 at the Marriott Center last night after their abysmal loss there last season, they might be somewhat spent emotionally, going into their home game against the Utes on Saturday. Happens all the time in college basketball -- look at No. 1 Wake Forest, losing at home to Virginia Tech last night after its stretch of big wins -- and the Utes certainly wouldn't mind if it happened again and gave them a little edge.
After all, winning at the Thomas & Mack Center isn't exactly an easy habit for the Utes.
The Utes have lost five straight to the Rebels in Las Vegas, and seven of the last eight meetings overall. A victory could actually deliver sole possession of first place in the Mountain West Conference, too, if San Diego State loses at BYU and New Mexico wins at TCU.
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3 Comments:
I'm driving down to Vegas tomorrow for this game. Hope the Utes can put a full game together and come out with a win!
Going to be a tough one, but I hope we can get the win. That would be big for us since we haven't played well on the road.
I was surprised that SDSU got a win at UNM. Looks like any of four or five teams could win the tournament title and get the automatic bid.
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