UNLV fans react as the team begins to trail San Diego State in the final moments of the second half during a Mountain West Conference tournament basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. San Diego State defeated UNLV 62-52 in overtime.(Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Depending on which side bettors were on, it was either a miracle cover or a bad beat of epic proportions.
In a fitting end to UNLV’s worst men’s basketball season, the Rebels not only blew an 18-point halftime lead over San Diego State — which opened as an 8½-point favorite — but also failed to cover the spread for most backers Wednesday after getting outscored 12-2 in overtime en route to a 62-52 loss in a Mountain West tournament first-round game at the Thomas & Mack Center.