I've decided to start a blog so all of you will have the privlage of hearing my superior sports opinion whenever your hearts desire. We'll see how it goes and how often I will update it, but I'd imagine it will be quite frequently.
With it now being March I'm sure we are all anticipating the upcoming NCAA tournament, anxiously awaiting the relase of this years brackets. But before we get to the main event, us who are faithful supporters of teams that reside in the Mountain West Conference have another tournament that will take the majority of our attention this week. I'm of course speaking about the MWC tournament which will punch a ticket, for one of the nine schools who will be participating in it over the next four days, to go dancing next week in the NCAA tourney.
As you all know I'm an avid supporter of the UNLV Runnin Rebels and have followed their season closely this year. What I've been hearing a lot of this week is how run down and tired this team is at the present. Critics seem to think, because of some of the off court distractions that have taken place this year, that the team is now currently out of gas and won't be able to make a three game run through the MWC tournament. It is true the roster has thinned out as the season has progressed but I'm not so worried about who isn't on the team as much as I am with who is on the team. The Rebs 10 man roster has enough talent on it to compete, and beat, any team in the MWC as they have proven by beating every team in the league at least once this season. Critics are mostly questioning their endurance and stamina, most likley drawing these thoughts from the lack of depth on the roster. As a response to this, coach Lon Kruger (MWC Coach of the Year) has pointed out that his team is no more tired or fatigued than any other program at this point in the season, but people don't seem to be buying it.
Just a reminder for everyone, UNLV hasn't lost on their homecourt to a conference oponent in two years. Sure they may be tired, but they get to sleep in their own beds, play on a court that is familiar to them, and play in front of their own fans.
I'm saying it right here and right now-UNLV back to back MWC tournament Champs!
And that doesn't necessarily mean we'll have to beat BYU to acheive it.
I Love Sports. I probably spend too much of my time worrying about them, but so be it. My teams vary quite a bit but there are good reasons for my choices. I'm originally from Las Vegas so no home pro teams to support, but I'm a Rebel through and through.
