Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Takes On UNLV in MWC Quarterfinals Thursday
3/9/2010 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 9, 2010
2010 MWC Tournament Game Notes 
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah men's basketball team heads to Las Vegas this week for the 2010 Conoco MWC Basketball Championship, March 10-13 at the Thomas & Mack Center (18,500). The 2009 MWC Champion Runnin' Utes are the No. 6 seed this year and will face No. 3 seed UNLV (23-7, 11-5 MWC) on the Rebels' home floor in the quarterfinal round, Thursday at 8:30 p.m. PT.
Utah is led offensively by junior guard Carlon Brown (Riverside, Calif.), averaging 12.6 points per game. The Utes' leading rebounder is senior forward Kim Tillie (Cagnes-sur-Mer, France), averaging 5.6 boards per contest, who hopes to be back to full strength following an ankle injury that kept him out of the regular-season finale at Colorado State. Utah's leading assists-man is senior guard Luka Drca (Belgrade, Serbia) at 3.2 helpers per game.
Sophomore center David Foster (Lake Forest, Calif.), the MWC Defensive Player of the Year, has also been hobbled by an ankle injury and hopes to be healthy enough to play for the Utes in Las Vegas.
Television
The entire 2010 MWC Men's Basketball Championship will be broadcast in High Definition (HD) on a combination of The Mtn. (DirecTV 616, Comcast 37 in Salt Lake City), CBS College Sports (DirecTV 613, Comcast 269 in SLC) and VERSUS (DirecTV 603, Comcast 34 in SLC).
Wednesday's first-round game between No. 8 seed Colorado State and No. 9 seed Air Force will be televised by The Mtn. All four of Thursday's quarterfinal games will be simulcast by The Mtn. and CBS C. Friday's semifinal games will both be carried on CBS C and Saturday's championship game will be televised by VERSUS.
The commentators for Utah's quarterfinal game against UNLV will be James Bates (play-by-play), Joe Cravens (analyst) and Anne Marie Anderson (sideline). Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Steve Lappas (analyst) will have the call for both semifinal games, while Ted Robinson (play-by-play) and Blaine Fowler (analyst) will call the action for the championship game.
Radio
All of the Utes' games at the MWC Tournament will be broadcast live on KALL 700 AM in Salt Lake City and at www.kall700sports.com. Play-by-play will be delivered by Mike Lageschulte. Jimmy Soto will provide analysis. All eight MWC Tournament games will also be carried on Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 90.
Internet
Fans can follow all of the action from this year's tournament at www.themwc.com, where they will find live stats, updated brackets, postgame press conference videos and more.
MWC Quarterfinals Preview:
The Utes take on No. 3 seed UNLV (23-7, 11-5 MWC) in the MWC quarterfinals on the Rebels' home floor Thursday.
Utah captured both regular season meetings against UNLV, including a Jan. 16 win at the Thomas & Mack Center, 73-69, as Utah topped the Rebels on their home floor for the first time since 2005. On the return leg in Salt Lake City, the Utes took down UNLV, 66-61, to earn their first regular-season sweep of the Rebels since the 2004-05 season.
Utah holds a 22-21 edge in the all-time series against the Rebels, but are 7-14 in Las Vegas.
Utah is 2-4 against UNLV in MWC Tournament games, however both wins came in Denver, Colo. All four losses were played at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV's leading scorer is first-team All-MWC selection Tre'Von Willis at 17.7 points per game. Chace Stanback is the Rebels' leading rebounder with 5.8 boards per contest, while Oscar Bellfield leads them in assists with 4.6 per game. Stanback also leads the squad in steals (46) and blocks (26).
UNLV is coached by Lon Kruger, who has amassed a 135-60 (.692) record in his sixth year with the Rebels.
MWC Men's Basketball Championship Notes
The MWC Championship has produced six different champions in its 10-year history. UNLV (2000, 2007, 2008), Utah (2004, 2009) and San Diego State (2002, 2006) are the only teams to have won multiple titles, followed by BYU (2001), Colorado State (2003) and New Mexico (2005) with one apiece.
The No. 1 seed has won the tournament just twice in 10 years. UNLV entered the inaugural MWC Tournament as the top seed in 2000 and won the title. In 2006, San Diego State became the second No. 1 seed to claim the crown.
The No. 2 seed (BYU, New Mexico, UNLV and Utah), No. 3 seed (Utah), No. 5 seed (San Diego State) and No. 6 seed (Colorado State) have captured tournament championships, while the No. 4 seed is 0-4 and the No. 7 seed is 0-1 in title games. The No. 8 seed and No. 9 seeds have yet to appear in the championship game.
The Mountain West Conference regular-season champion has made it to the finals of the tournament seven times in 10 years (UNLV in 2000; BYU in 2001, 2007 and 2008; Utah in 2005 and 2009; and San Diego State in 2006), winning the championship three times. UNLV (2000), BYU (2001), San Diego State (2006) and Utah (2009) are the only teams to win both the regular-season title and the tournament crown in the same year.
MWC Men's Basketball Championship Ticket Information
All-session and single-session tickets for the 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Championship are now on sale at the Thomas & Mack Center box office, online at www.UNLVTickets.com or by calling 1-866-388-3267. The Thomas & Mack Center box office will be open Monday, March 8 at 10 a.m. PT.
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