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Work in progress that is UNLV basketball begins with victory

The (long) and (obvious) work in progress began against an NAIA Division II team from Mitchell, South Dakota, where a student body of fewer than 800 attend school in the middle of Tornado Alley.

Dakota Wesleyan is in its 100th season playing basketball, and there was a time Tuesday evening when you wondered if the Tigers might attempt that many 3-pointers … in the first half.

We can confirm UNLV has a men’s basketball team this season, as the lights officially were turned on when first-year coach Marvin Menzies was forced to bring the Rebels out of hiding for the first of two exhibitions at the Thomas & Mack Center.