Those interested in season tickets for football or men’s basketball will have more flexibility this year.
Basketball
Clay Travis of “Outkick the Coverage” advocated that the NBA consider finishing its season at four arenas in Las Vegas with players housed at the empty Strip hotels.
UNLV has a proud basketball history of appearing in four Final Fours, including winning the 1990 national championship.
New UNLV women’s basketball coach Lindy La Rocque was formally introduced to the media Thursday.
Howie Landa was a UNLV men’s basketball assistant coach in the 1988-89 and 1994-95 seasons and for the women in 1989-93. He also was the interim men’s coach for seven games.
UNLV junior guard Amauri Hardy has entered the NCAA transfer portal, and junior forward Cheickna Dembele has been ruled physically unable to play next season.
Lindy La Rocque, who went to Durango High School before going to play and coach at Stanford, was named UNLV’s women’s basketball coach.
The Review-Journal is starting a new feature in which we answer questions from UNLV fans.
Jay Green played in 17 games this season, starting two. He averaged just less than a point per game.
UNLV, like other college athletic programs, is waiting to see how long the shutdown lasts.
Marvin Menzies coached UNLV from 2016 to 2019, going 48-48. He was in his first season as Grand Canyon’s associate head coach.
The NCAA decided to not only cancel its men’s and women’s basketball championships, but all remaining winter and spring championships because of the spread of coronavirus.
The Pac-12 canceled the rest of its men’s basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena, the conference announced Thursday, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
The Pac-12 announced Wednesday that it was closing the rest of its conference tournament to spectators because of concerns about the spreading coronavirus.
UNLV had not planned to play in the College Basketball Invitational, so Wednesday’s decision does not affect the Rebels.