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Another appearance in the Mountain West Championships resembled a trial run as the UNLV men’s basketball program drought without reaching its conference tournament’s semifinals has reached 12 straight years. Facing the top seed in the tourney as the eight seed, UNLV was pummeled by Utah State, 80-60, Thursday, March 12 from the Thomas & Mack Center. During the regular season, the Rebels swept the Aggies including a 27-point win in this same building nine days ago. “It was not