An 11 p.m. CT start is late, and it may have required a Saturday afternoon nap to keep you awake for the end of the Illinois and Nevada-Las Vegas game on Sunday morning.
For a majority of the second half, it seemed like the battle to stay up would have been worth it.
That was until late foul trouble for Illinois, a ton of UNLV free throws and an injured Leron Black pushed the Runnin’ Rebels ahead for good in a 89-82 win.
Illinois started slow again, finding itself facing a 14-4 deficit early.