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Mountain Best: Most of the league is chasing this year's newcomers

College football: The conference schedule is just starting to get into full swing, but UNR and Fresno State already look like the class of the conference

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

By Taylor Bern

As we prepare to enter the bulk of the conference schedule, it appears more and more likely that a newcomer is going to walk away with the trophy.

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Mountain Best: UNR tops the Sun's initial Mountain West college football rankings

UNLV football: Find out where UNLV (0-3) stacks up with the bottom half of the conference and see which teams are poised for a move up or down

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

By Taylor Bern

As UNLV prepares to open conference play on Saturday by hosting Air Force, it’s time to take a look around the league and roll out the Sun’s Mountain West football rankings: The Mountain Best.

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New Mexico ousts Colorado State; Will third win over BYU get Lobos back in bubble conversation?

MWC TOURNAMENT: Drew Gordon, A.J. Hardeman combine for 23 points and 22 rebounds in Lobos' 21st win of season

Thursday, March 10, 2011

By Ryan Greene

This year's NCAA tournament bubble will only exist for about another 48 hours, but does it have room for one more team? New Mexico just might have a chance to get in the conversation Friday night. Though it's still a very outside possibility that the Lobos (21-11) can make themselves a legitimate at-large candidate following two months of bubble irrelevance, they'll get a shot at a third victory over Mountain West Conference co-regular season champ BYU on Friday night in the league tournament semifinals.

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Bellfield keys monster second half for UNLV in 68-61 win at Colorado State

REBELS BASKETBALL: Junior guard a catalyst with four 3-pointers after the break as Rebels notch 20th win

Sunday, February 20, 2011

By Ryan Greene

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — When the door to the visitor's locker room in the corner of Moby Arena swung open on Saturday night, the celebration that could be heard had an accent of relief to it. Pressure had begun to mount on UNLV in the last week, after letting a late lead slip in a 53-47 loss to No. 6 San Diego State, then winning in the ugliest of fashions over Air Force four days later, 49-42. With their NCAA tournament at-large profile on the line, the Rebels got a win that they could feel good about in Fort Collins, Colo., ...

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Stripped of its colors, UNLV heads out for monster showdown with Colorado State

REBELS BASKETBALL: Rebels, Rams meet on Saturday at Moby Arena with huge NCAA tournament implications on the line

Friday, February 18, 2011

By Ryan Greene

At Thursday's practice, UNLV senior guard Tre'Von Willis ran around in a pair of his old purple and black game shorts from Washington Union High back in Fresno. Oscar Bellfield donned some black and orange trunks with a faded logo from a tournament he played in somewhere along the way and a nondescript white tank top.

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Reeling UNLV stomped on its home floor by surging Colorado State, 78-63

REBELS BASKETBALL: Rebels out-hustled, out-muscled and out-played; drop to 2-3 in MWC with New Mexico up next

Thursday, January 20, 2011

By Ryan Greene

UNLV losing to Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center was shocking enough, but how it lost was what many who watched will remember most. The Rebels were out-hustled, out-muscled and simply out-played.

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Rebels rocked on home floor by upstart Rams, 78-63

LIVE GAME BLOG: Final: Franklin's 23-point redemption performance paces Colorado State to upset

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

By Ryan Greene

Well, Saturday's first of two clashes between UNLV and New Mexico lost a lot of luster tonight. The Lobos dropped to 1-3 in the league with a loss at Utah, while UNLV is now 2-3 following a shocking 78-63 loss at the Mack to upstart Colorado State. The Rams are now 13-5 overall and 3-1 in the league, putting them in the early driver's seat for the league's potential third NCAA tournament bid.

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Colorado State out to prove it belongs with league's best against UNLV

REBELS BASKETBALL: Rams enter the Mack with 12-5 record, but remember 0-8 combined record against MWC's 'Big Four' a year ago

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

By Ryan Greene

Without hesitation, Tim Miles rattles them off from memory. "Against Wyoming, we were down 13, end up winning by 13," the fourth-year Colorado State coach begins. "Hampton had us down 17, we got back, had the lead with four seconds left. San Francisco jumped down on us by 10 or 12, we beat them. Southern Miss had us by 15, we beat them. It's been chronic." But the difference between this season and the previous few is that the Rams are in fact winning the better portion of those games.

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UNLV 'stunned' by 43-10 blowout defeat at Colorado State

REBELS FOOTBALL: Rebels routed in one of the easier games on 2010 schedule

Saturday, October 16, 2010

By Case Keefer

UNLV played with a significant talent disadvantage in each of its first five losses this season. The Rebels played one of the toughest early schedules in the nation, as the five teams that beat them all made bowl games last year and three of them were ranked.

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Live Game Blog: UNLV embarrassed at Colorado State, falls to 1-6

Nothing goes right for UNLV, who falls 43-10

Saturday, October 16, 2010

By Case Keefer

UNLV squandered one of its best chances to grab another victory Saturday afternoon in Fort Collins. UNLV and Colorado State both limped into the game with a 1-5 record. But the Rams stormed out with a resounding 43-10 victory against the Rebels.

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Take Five: A closer look at UNLV vs. Colorado State

REBELS FOOTBALL: Rebels hope to improve to 2-1 in MWC play against an equally struggling foe

Friday, October 15, 2010

By Ryan Greene

In short, the UNLV football team now gets a chance to see if playing against mostly elite competition so far this season — and taking lumps while doing so — will pay off against a team more on its level. The Rebels (1-5 overall, 1-1 Mountain West Conference) travel for a second consecutive week, this time to face Colorado State (1-5, 0-2) in a Saturday matinee in Fort Collins, Colo.

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Notebook: Phillip Payne situation to remain 'fluid,' no word on Saturday status

UNLV FOOTBALL: Junior receiver returns to practice, but not listed on depth chart for Colorado State game

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

By Ryan Greene

The updated UNLV depth chart released Monday solidified what many had already expected: Star junior receiver Phillip Payne has some work to do if he wants back onto the field any time soon. Of the five names listed for the two spots, none included the 6-foot-3 Western High product, who was left home from this weekend's trip to West Virginia after making disparaging remarks regarding the program on his Twitter feed.

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Unveiling the Sun's 2010-11 MWC hoops preseason poll, honorees

MWC ATHLETICS: San Diego State, Jimmer Fredette headline UNLV beat writer Ryan Greene's ballot

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

By Ryan Greene

Next week, the Mountain West Conference will release its preseason media poll and All-MWC team. But as has become tradition in my few years here at the Sun, I'd rather give you my votes right now.

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Glance around the MWC: No one disputes TCU as favorite

MWC MEDIA DAY: Utah and BYU follow TCU in preseason poll; UNLV comes in eighth

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

By Case Keefer

Everyone involved with Mountain West Media Days on Tuesday at Red Rock Resort came to at least one consensus. TCU is the team to beat. The 31 media members who voted in the preseason poll unanimously selected the Horned Frogs to win the Mountain West for the second year in a row. No coaches griped at this decision. Even Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, whose Utes were chosen second, agreed.

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