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Louisville’s Kyle Kuric, right, grabs a rebound away from UNLV’s Anthony Marshall (3) in their NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Kuric finished with 17 points and 5 rebounds as No. 24 Louisville beat No. 20 UNLV 77-69.
Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 | 1 p.m.
Rebels fall to Cardinals
Highlights of the UNLV men's basketball team's first loss of the 2010-11 season, a 77-69 defeat at Louisville.
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Despite suffering its first loss of the 2010-11 season on Saturday at Louisville, the nation's voters still found UNLV worthy of hanging around in both Top 25 polls.
After moving up last week to No. 20 in the AP poll and No. 19 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, the Rebels (9-1) slipped to No. 22 in both on Monday.
Meanwhile, Louisville (8-0), who stormed back in the second half en route to a 77-69 victory over UNLV on Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center, got a small bump from the voters. The Cardinals went from No. 24 to No. 20 in the AP poll and from unranked to No. 21 in the other.
As for the rest of the Mountain West, San Diego State (10-0) simply continues to roll, with resounding wins over Cal and rival San Diego in the last week. The Aztecs are now up to No. 11 in the AP poll.
Also now at 10-0 is BYU, who surprisingly slammed Arizona on Saturday in Salt Lake City, 87-65. The Cougars jumped to No. 16 in the AP rankings.
BYU is up to No. 5 in the RPI rankings, while UNLV is at No. 9. SDSU checks in at No. 22 there.
The Rebels on Wednesday night will play their first home game at the Thomas & Mack since their 68-65 victory over Wisconsin on Nov. 20. UNLV hosts UC Santa Barbara (4-3), who last season won the Big West Conference tournament and advanced to the NCAA tourney.
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