When Ryan Miller returned to the Thomas & Mack Center on Nov. 25, he had two objectives in mind: Focus on the game and find a way to get through it.
And, he suspects, Dave Rice will come in with that same mindset when UNR visits UNLV at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Rice, the Rebels’ coach for 4½ seasons before being unceremoniously dumped in midseason last year, will be on the Wolf Pack’s bench as an assistant.
“There will be more pressure on Dave, obviously, because he was the head coach,” said Miller, a UNLV assistant under Rice the prior two seasons.