UNLV head coach Dave Rice reacts as his team takes on the Fresno State Bulldogs during a basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. UNLV lost 69-66 against the Fresno State Bulldogs. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — When losses start to pile up, a team needs a spokesman other than the coach to handle damage control. Ben Carter has stepped up as the UNLV player who says the right things.
The junior forward is essentially a coach on the floor. Off the floor, he's also doing a lot of motivational work to try to revive the Rebels' season.