Not sure this is how the opening chapter was supposed to be written.

The Josh Pastner era at UNLV began Tuesday night at Thomas & Mack Center and let’s just say the final score might surprise many.

Tennessee-Martin 86, UNLV 81.

It just wasn’t a good night for the Rebels in most all areas. Fouls. Turnovers. Ball movement.

They were unable to stop Tennessee-Martin when they needed to most.

“I want to apologize to the fan base for that opener,” said Pastner, UNLV’s first-year coach. “I feel sick to my stomach. We were doing things with the ball we have not done for five months. We just weren’t good on both sides of the ball. Credit to U-T Martin. We let them hang around.

“What I was most disappointed about is our team did not look like who we had been the last few months. I promised eve

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