UNLV’s chances of making the Big 12 Conference was never good, and now the school has no shot. The Big 12 has informed UNLV that it would not be among those schools considered for expansion in the 10-team conference.
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There is first another 12-game schedule to navigate, and UNLV is hardly an easy book in which to predict an ending. The Rebels will be deeper than last season because it’s impossible not to be.
Hardly a week goes by on the PGA Tour without a former UNLV golfer showing up on the leaderboard. Last week at The Barclays it was Adam Scott, Ryan Moore and Charley Hoffman each finishing in the top 13.
The Rebels kick off the 2016 season Thursday at Sam Boyd Stadium hosting the Jackson State Tigers.
A junior college transfer who began his career at Nebraska, Stanton will begin writing a new chapter Thursday night, when he’ll make his first career Division I start for the Rebels in their 7 p.m. season opener.
Five burning questions as UNLV’s football team prepares to open its 49th season against Jackson State at 7 p.m. Thursday at Sam Boyd Stadium
A look at who has the edge at each position in the Rebels first game of the season Thursday against Jackson State at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The Rebels will host the Shandong China Junior team on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Cox Pavilion.
One of Tony Sanchez’s biggest takeaways from his first season as UNLV football coach is that the gap between the best and worst teams in the Mountain West is much smaller than he expected.
From two-time NFL Pro Bowler Keenan McCardell in the 1980s to Rebels junior wide receiver Devonte Boyd, UNLV has produced a plethora of prolific pass catchers. Boyd might end up being the best of them all.
Aloha will mean hello when former UNLV walk-on quarterback Jarin Morikawa returns to Las Vegas as a backup quarterback for Jackson State, which will take on the Rebels in the season opener for both schools at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV second-year coach Tony Sanchez already has brought in two talented recruiting classes, including arguably the best one in school history in February that featured a Rebels-record 10 three-star recruits.
Here’s a position-by-position outlook for the UNLV Rebels this season.
Here are capsule previews for all 12 MW teams, which are listed in the order of predicted finish in the preseason media poll.
The UNLV-Duke basketball game on Dec. 10 at T-Mobile Arena will be nationally televised.