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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.

At the instant Derrick Jasper makes eye contact with Tre'Von Willis, the basketball players can become mind readers.

The last time UNLV won its first seven games, it led to the Rebels' most recent trip to the Final Four.

NEXT: UNLV at Santa Clara, 7 p.m. Saturday, KWWN-AM UNLV's Tre'Von Willis, left, and Arizona's Jamelle Horne battle for a rebound in the second half of the Rebels' 74-72 double-overtime victory Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz.

Derrick Jasper hit a 3-pointer with 1:39 left in the second overtime to help No.

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Isaac Brekken / Associated Press UNLV's Derrick Jasper and Louisville's Samardo Samuels collide during the Runnin' Rebels' 76-71 upset of the 16th-ranked Cardinals on Saturday.

TYING SEVEN TEAMS MOVE INTO AP TOP 25 POLL Only once before has the Associated Press college basketball poll changed as much as it did Monday.

UNLV guard Tre'Von Willis is pressured by Louisville guard Peyton Siva, left, and forward George Goode during the second half of Saturday's game at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV players Derrick Jasper, left, Brice Massamba, center, and Kendall Wallace celebrate after upsetting 16th-ranked Louisville Saturday, November 28, 2009 at the Thomas & Mack.

Oscar Bellfield scored 17 points, Tre'Von Willis scored 16 and UNLV hung on to upset No.

Mack Center prior to Saturday's game against No. 16 Louisville. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 1:47 p.m. Back on the Map Embed Despite playing without leading-scorer Wink Adams, the Rebels won their seventh straight, beating eighteenth-ranked Louisville 56-55 at Freedom Hall on Dec.

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.

A little time away from basketball was not a big concern to UNLV junior Matt Shaw.

UNLV guard Justin Hawkins celebrates a turnover against UNR during the second half of their game Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV guard Tre'Von Willis drives past UNR forwards Luke Babbitt, left, and Dario Hunt during the second half of their game Wedensday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV's Tre'Von Willis drives to the basket past Kevin Dillard, left, during a game against Southern Illinois at the Thomas & Mack Center Saturday.

Tre'Von Willis scored a career-high 25 points to lead UNLV over Southern Illinois 78-69 in the Mountain West Conference-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge on Saturday night.

NEXT: Southern Illinois at UNLV,7 p.m. Saturday, KWWN-AM UNLV's Oscar Bellfield tries to drive around UNR's Brandon Fields in the Rebels' 88-75 victory Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.