Because he signed late, Troy Baxter Jr. missed out on the team bonding during the August trip to the Bahamas.
And then he got off to a little bit of a late start in preseason practices, missing about a week because of a left ankle injury.
But, Baxter said, he didn’t feel like the lost time cost him much as he prepares for the UNLV basketball season.
“On the sideline, I watched everything and what everybody was doing, so I wasn’t behind,” Baxter said.
UNLV, which plays an exhibition against Dakota Wesleyan at 7 p.