Wink Adams fighting abdominal strain
Big news on the eve of a dangerous "please god don't let these guys be looking ahead" matchup with UNLV, as the playing status of the Runnin' Rebels leading scorer, Wink Adams, is being referred to as a "game-time decision."
Adams strained his lower abdominal muscle on Tuesday night in UNLV's 73-60 win over Southern Utah. He hasn't practiced since the injury, and earlier in the week the senior guard said he doubted would be able to go against Louisville.
"I think so," Adams said when asked if he would be sitting out the New Year's Eve tilt. "But we really don’t know how I’ll feel Tuesday or around that time."
Adams leads the Rebs in scoring at 14.1 ppg. He scored just nine points on 3-of-12 shooting in a loss to the Cardinals a season ago.
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Thomas & Mack
Wink Adams is UNLV’s Reece Gaines…there’s a couple decent role players on their team but if Wink is off, UNLV doesn’t have a chance. I can’t see UNLV keeping this one close if Wink doesn’t play.
Despite their record, UNLV has been up and down this season. They looked uninspired against foes like Santa Clara and California but played well in a win over Arizona (who had just beaten Top 10 ranked Gonzaga) and a loss to Cincy. They are typically a streaky shooting team—senior leaders Adams and Darger were ice-cold for several games prior to the Arizona win—but have shown the ability to just out-hustle teams and wear them down in the 2nd half.
Rene Rogeau is an oft overlooked player and will be the key to UNLV’s chances IMO. His D is always on point—kid had 75 steals last year and has 31 blocks this year already—and he’s made over 50% of his Field Goals over his career at UNLV.
I think this is a scary team b/c UL may be looking ahead to the UK game to which Mike already alluded. Also, UNLV is on a legit roll, they want revenge from last year’s 20 pt loss at their place, and this is their biggest non-conference NCAA Tournament resume-builder on the schedule. But Louisville is deeper, bigger, and playing in Freedom Hall.
Prediction: Louisville: 87 UNLV: 78
by UL is my hot hot sex on Dec 31, 2008 2:58 AM EST reply actions
Seen ’em play a lot b/c I live in Vegas and a friend hooks me up with tix to their games.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Dec 31, 2008 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks
Thanks for the Insight. The record looks good, it is hard for me to judge a team like that, being that they are out west and I am probably asleep when they play most games.
I think they only recruit people with awesome names. No nicknames required on that bench.

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