Before their senior season, Wink Adams and Rene Rougeau envisioned a script for UNLV to follow.
UNLV Basketball
It took four years for Utah center Luke Nevill to quiet the criticism that he was a 7-foot-2-inch, 265-pound underachiever. He stood head and shoulders above the crowd but seldom was a standout as he made progress seemingly at the pace of his lumbering stride.
Jamie Smith is the basketball player that has undoubtedly kept college coaches up late visualizing all the rebounds and instinctive plays and clutch shots they might have owned had they just looked harder at those darn highlight tapes.
It was Brigham Young. It couldn’t be easy.
Shamela Hampton and Brittany Halberg came to UNLV in 2005, joining a program that was used to winning.
Optimism surrounded UNLV and senior guard Wink Adams in October, when a promising season seemed to await.
SAN DIEGO — As the regular season ended in anguish and more disappointment for UNLV, Lorrenzo Wade had reason to celebrate.
It’s hard to say how UNLV will play this week when it moves next door to the Thomas & Mack Center for the Mountain West Conference women’s basketball tournament.
SAN DIEGO — In the six years since Lorrenzo Wade left Las Vegas, his basketball journey has taken several twists and turns. Still, the most intriguing part, the final chapter, is yet to be written.
It’s a constant buzz that begins in January and becomes deafening in early March. As unavoidable as it might seem, Lon Kruger claims he tunes out the noise.
In the final regular-season home game of his career, Wink Adams made certain UNLV avoided what could have been one of its most embarrassing losses in several years.
Peach baskets were long gone by then, but the shot clock and 3-point eras still were a long way off.
No one had to tell him. He could see it growing on his father’s face. He knew something was terribly wrong.
Expect no tears from Rene Rougeau when he is honored with UNLV’s other four seniors tonight.
“There’s no time to be emotional,” he said. “I’m just trying to get wins. I can be emotional after it’s all said and done and we complete our journey.”
When he reminisces about his first time, Wink Adams wants to hide his eyes. It was far from his best basketball game.
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