WICHITA, Kan. — The lesson is this: That a week and a month and a few months from now, and perhaps into the madness of March, UNLV's basketball team can take from a December game in south-central Kansas along the Arkansas River a definite truth about opposing an elite point guard.
If you allow him to control the pace of things, your odds of winning decrease exponentially.
Fred VanVleet was far from perfect Wednesday night in Koch Arena, but his presence made all the difference in UNLV falling short in its first true road game of the season.