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UNLV guard Steve Jones charges toward the basket with South Carolina Upstate's Caleb Palkert on his tail during Saturday's game at the Thomas & Mack Center.

After notching hardfought road victories over Arizona and Santa Clara last week, the UNLV Runnina Rebels moved up to No.

Lon Kruger has done it again, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels are the talk of Sin City. They are off to a 6-0 start, with impressive wins at home against Nevada, Southern Illinois, and Louisville, and an impressive road win against Arizonaa 'good enough for their best start in 17 years.

NEXT: UNLV at Arizona, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Fox College Sports Pacific , KWWN-AM View the slide show UNLV forward Brice Massamba celebrates Saturday after scoring against Louisville during the second half of the Rebels' 76-71 victory over the 16th-ranked Cardinals at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV guards Oscar Bellfield, left, and Steve Jones put the pressure on Holy Cross guard R.J. Evans during the first half of Wednesday's game at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV disposed of their in state rival the Nevada Wolfpack 88-75 last night at the Thomas and Mack Center in come from behind fashion.

UNLV guard Steve Jones celebrates as the Rebels go on a 35-12 run against UNR during the second half of their game Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV basketball players put the finishing touches on the warmup routine Saturday night minutes before the opening tip against Pittsburg State at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV junior guard Tre'Von Willis has reflected often, mostly in the dark of his room, about where he's been and what he wants to accomplish.

UNLV head coach Lon Kruger talks to his players after the Rebels FirstLook scrimmage Oct.

JUSTIN HAWKINS CLASS: Freshman POSITION: Guard HOMETOWN: Los Angeles HEIGHT: 6 feet 3 inches WEIGHT: 190 BIRTHDATE: Oct.

Rebels senior guard Steve Jones, right, a transfer from Arizona State, talks with sophomore guard Todd Hanni during UNLV's practice Saturday.

Former Rebels great Larry Johnson, who led UNLV to the 1990 NCAA title, waves to the crowd at the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday night at FirstLook 2009.

His outside shooting is average at best. Sophomore forward Chace Stanback played sparingly for UCLA 's Final Four squad in 2007-08 but will be counted on heavily with the Rebels.

Former Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn celebrates during action last season. The Orange were one of the first teams to wear Nike's newest style of hoops uniforms, which features tighter tops and baggier shorts.

The Region 4-6A playoff chase is expected to provide plenty of chaos until the regular season concludes on Nov.

Dave Rose has a lot of reasons to feel good these days. His Brigham Young men's basketball team returns four starters and two preseason all-conference players, and was the overwhelming favorite to win the Mountain West Conference in the 2009-10 preseason media poll.

Former UNLV guard Curtis Terry is flying to Africa to play basketball for Petro Luanda, in Luanda, Angola, this season.

Harrison Central showed why it's the Sun Herald's No. 1-ranked team on Friday night.

A sequence of photographs of UNLV's Steve "Chopper" Jones as he is interviewed on Thursday, June 18.