Jim Bolla, whose life was celebrated this week, was the starting center for a beloved Pitt basketball team that came one step short of the Final Four.
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Former UNLV basketball star Glen Gondrezick, who played on the school’s first Final Four team, will be honored posthumously by the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
Bill Scoble, now 82, was Rolland Todd’s assistant coach at UNLV when Nevada Southern nearly upset Elvin Hayes and Houston in the 1967-68 basketball season.
Former Rebels interim coach Todd Simon overcomes Big Sky peaks, valleys, obstacles to put Southern Utah in line for an NCAA Tournament berth.
Iconic magicians Siegfried & Roy helped UNLV’s 1986-87 Final Four team make magic during a media guide photo shoot. Siegfried Fischbacher died of cancer last week at age 81.
Once viewed as bitter rivals, the NCAA and Las Vegas are at long last playing ball together. Jerry Tarkanian, the late UNLV basketball coach, would not have believed it.
The iconic Maui Classic early season basketball tournament was switched to Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday because of COVID-19 and Hawaii’s strict quarantine rules.
UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger refused to blame the Rebels’ 67-61 loss to Boise State on Thursday in the Mountain West tournament on the absence of injured Elijah Mitrou-Long.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help defray the medical expenses of Robert Smith, point guard for UNLV’s first Final Four basketball team.
New UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger’s up-tempo style and family values will be missed by those who cut hair and trim sideburns in Brookings, South Dakota.
Former UNLV assistant coach Todd Simon has guided Southern Utah to just its second postseason appearance in 31 years as an NCAA Division I member.
After going 10-22 in his first season and 15-18 in his second, Lew Hill guided the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to 19 wins in 2018-19.
Dan Ayala was one of the founders of the informal basketball coaches’ breakfast held in conjunction with summertime horse racing meetings in Del Mar, California. The former Lady Rebels coach died Monday at age 82.
When it comes to the UNLV vs. UNR rivalry, and the disparity it may cause among Nevadans, the Jingoli family of Las Vegas can identify with TV’s “The Brady Bunch.”