Air Force forward Kyle Broekhuis, center Frank Toohey and guard Zach Kocur, from left, go after UNLV guard Patrick McCaw during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at Air Force Academy, Colo. Air Force defeated UNLV 79-74. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)
Mountain West notes » In payback win over Rebels, Falcons coach suggests his team “had more heart.”
Memo to Mountain West Conference basketball teams: If you're going to beat Air Force by 36 points, don't rub the Falcons' face in it.
It could mean trouble when you meet again.
UNLV learned that lesson the hard way this week, just weeks after it defeated Air Force, 100-64, at the Thomas & Mack Center.