Now, barring some unexpected change, UNLV has to move on.
It’s a role the Rebels have become accustomed to taking on this basketball season.
“We’re rolling with the punches,” interim coach Todd Simon said Thursday. “We’ll do the best we can. We take every situation as it rolls through, but we’ve certainly had a lot of them, no question. The timeline over the last two months or so has been pretty unique to say the least.”
UNLV still holds out some hope freshman Derrick Jones Jr. will return either by Saturday’s 7 p.m. regular-season finale at San Diego State or by next week’s Mountain West tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center.