In  a thrilling double overtime game, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels defeated the Arizona Wildcats 74-72 in Tuscon. The Rebels, now 6-0, played their first game away from the comfort of home court advantage and managed to pull through in order to prove their worth after being ranked in the top 25 by both ESPN (21) and AP (24) polls.

The game was close the entire game as both teams led by as many as 5 at one point in the first half  and the game remained close throughout the entire game. With 1:15 left in regulation Kendall Wallace made a jumper off a Derrick Jasper assist to take a 54-52 lead. A pair of Nic Wise free throws tied up the game and then both Osar Bellfield and Wise missed three's for the win, sending the game into overtime. 

The first overtime was exciting as the teams traded leads but a Tre'von Willis layup with 52 seconds left gave the Rebels a 63-61 lead, but a Jamelle Horne jumper on the other end tied it up. The Rebels got the ball with 22 seconds left and Willis missed a layup forcing the game into a second overtime.

Neither team was able to take contorl by more than a few points until UNLV took a four point lead with 28 seconds left off a pair of Willis free throws. After that only free throws scored points in the game as the Rebels held off the Wildcats to secure the victory.

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It felt like March Madness had arrived in November as the UNLV Runnin' Rebels (5-0) upset the 16^th ranked Louisville Cardinals (4-1) 76-71, handing them their first loss of the season in front of an extremely energized crowd at the Thomas and Mack center.

The Rebels led the entire game, starting the game strong and building a double digit lead by half time at 40-30.

UNLV then came out strong to start the second half going on a 8-0 run to take an 18 point lead before Louisville was down 53-34 with 14:05 left in the game and went on a 30-11 to tie the game up at 62 with 5 minutes left to play.

The Rebels did not fold then and rebuilt their lead to eight with under a minute to play and managed to hold off the Cardinal's last minute push.

"They threw a big run at us. We took the hit, but we got up and fought back," Tre'von Willis said. "We ground it out at the end of the game. It shows our character, it shows how much fight we have in us."

UNLV was led in scoring by Oscar Bellfield who had 17, while Willis added 16 along with 9 assists and 6 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures for the Rebels was Derrick Jasper with 12 and Darris Santee who had 13.

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The Rebels stayed perfect after defeating the Holy Cross Crusaders 80-59. The came out strong early and managed to get a 15 point lead at one point during the first half. The Rebels, now 4-0, did not let the winless Crusaders think they had a chance throughout.

UNLV was led in scoring by freshman Anthony Marshall and Tre'von Willis who had 14 points and also led the team in rebounds and assists with 6 and 3 respectively. Three other players scored in double figures for the Rebels as freshman Justin Hawkins had 12  and Oscar Bellfield pitched in another 13.

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The UNLV Rebels started off slow for the second straight game but managed to put together some large runs in the second half to pull ahead for a big victory over in-state rival, University of Nevada Reno, 88-75.

The Rebels moved to 2-0 on the season, while the Wolf Pack fell to 1-1. UNR began the game with some hot shooting going 5-9 for threes in the first half while the Rebels shot a measly 1-7. Reno was up 38-33 at the half but the Rebel’s were prepared to wake up in the second half.

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Coming out slow to start their 2009-2010 season, the Runnin’ Rebels got their game going on their way to a dominating 91-52 victory over Pittsburg State to start their regular season with a win.

The game looked like it was going to be a nail-biter through the first 12 minutes as the Gorillas sustained a small lead until Darris Santee tied the game at 19 with just under eight minutes left in the half. From their the Rebel’s hit their stride scoring them 24-7 to take a 43-26 lead heading to the break.

"They were pressuring us and we weren’t knocking down our outside shots," Kendall Wallace said. "Once we started driving they got in foul trouble and we were able to get in the line and that helped get a rhythm started for our offense."

The Rebels shot 52 free throws in the game, making 36 of them, 7 of those were attempted and made by the games leading scorer, Tre’von Willis, who had 17.  The bench provided a lot of support as no other starters scored in double figures while Wallace chipped in 16 points on 5 of 6 shooting while true freshman Justin Hawkins added 11 points.

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Every Thursday I go out to my mailbox and grab the new issue of SI. Today I pick it up and i was initially filled with rage as K*be graced the cover.  But upon further reading I noticed that in fact he got no extra love, however, Two players did. Greg Oden and Rudy.  Oden got a multipage article with some great pictures and Rudy has a nice little insert.  While reading the article I noticed something wonderful.

"A few weeks before the season, Oden elected to lower his profile, even rejecting a request to pose for the cover of this issue"

That allowed me to breathe a sigh of relief knowing that it should have been greg on that cover.  

Unfortanetly it just made me more antsy for the season and I wish i could speed up time until tueday

the philadelphia inquirer had an article on odens rehab and how ahead of schedule its been going.

my favorite quote (which also pretty much sums up the article), "He's so far ahead of what we expected it's not even funny," Pritchard said by phone Thursday. "Having said that, he will not. Come. Back. This. Year." -KP

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20071223_THE_BUZZ_Blazers_wont_rush_rehabbing_Oden_back.html

http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=300019184

its part of the sunday click giving a few articles from other team's reporters on the blazers and blazermania. Its nice getting some recognition finally.                                                                                                                                                          

NBA tv did a segment on the Blazers championship run. Nice interviews and highlights.

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/nbatv/vault_107_block_a.asx&video=&nbasite=nba                                                                                                                                                           .

James Jones got the Mr. Average award this year so while hes not playing he's still winning something.

http://www.nba.com/news/survey_2007.html

*I dont know if anyones posted this already, since i was away for the weekend, but if they have sorry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ,

blazerbilia.com

a new site that my uncle put up to showcase the Trailblazer memorabillia collection he has. Its the largest document one in the world. the site is still in progress but if you all want to check it out some of the stuff hes got is pretty cool.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         .

my uncle has the worlds largest recorded collection of blazers memorabilia and is looking to post it online. We were trying to think of some good domain names and decide to see if other blazer fans had any suggestions.

we figured blazersmemorablilia.com was too long so any other suggestions are welcome

Im heading down to UNLV for college this year and I'm used to listening to every game on the radio. Since there is no KXL down there I was wondering if anyone knows a way I can watch or listen to the games live aside from the boxscore online. I know there are the 12 nationally televised games and NBATV is only airing 7 of their games.