UNLV’s basketball season is on a slide that might not end.
The Rebels (10-15, 3-9 Mountain West) take a five-game skid into Saturday’s 3 p.m. game against San Jose State (12-10, 5-6) at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Though the betting line opened UNLV favored by four points (it later dropped to 2½), the Rebels figure to be underdogs in their final five regular-season games. UNLV appears headed toward its first losing season since going 10-16 in 1995-96 in coach Bill Bayno’s first year.
“I am wondering if they’re going to win a game the rest of the way,” Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall said.