UNLV

Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, Kansas State, Duke, Villanova, Ohio State are all teams that have been regarded as being Final 4 good. Why has no one talked about the possibility of New Mexico being a final 4 contender. New Mexico is my more than dark horse final 4 contender. For those of you who don't know much about New Mexico let me try and fill you in on what impresses me about the Lobos.

At 4 pm Eastern Time Saturday the Oklahoma State Cowboys could be potentially putting their season on the line when the 27-1 Kansas Jayhawks and they tip off. The Jayhawks are a perfect 13-0 coming into the game while the Cowboys are 19-8 overall 7-6 in conference play. Oklahoma State is coming off a loss to Texas without starting forward Matt Pilgrim which people seem to be forgetting. Meanwhile Kansas is coming off an 81-68 victory over Oklahoma where Xavier Henry continued his hot play scoring 23 points on 9 of 13 shooting.

This week the Las Vegas Weekly named UNLV Runnin' Rebel front man Tre'Von Willis one of Sin City's Most Beautiful People. Check out why Willis' confident attitude on the basketball court earned him the cover on this magazine.

The Las Vegas Sun has confirmed that UNLV basketball legend and long time Runnin' Rebel radio host, Glen Gondrezick, or Gondo, has died at the age of 53. See the link above for further information. We'll miss you Gondo!

This is a link from the Las Vegas SUN about Wink Adams' performance at the Portsmouth Invitational:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/sports-unlv/2009/apr/14/adams-performs-pro-scouts-portsmouth-invitational/