UNLV women’s basketball team fell to Creighton in a first-round game of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The Bluejays hit 15 3-pointers and had every answer.
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The NCAA Tournament is the greatest sporting event on the planet, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Here are two things that should be changed.
An embarrassing performance in the NCAA Tournament should serve as a humbling slice of reality for a conference, but maybe not the first one that comes to mind.
Gonzaga center Drew Timme extended one of this century’s great college basketball careers, finishing with 36 points and 13 rebounds in a victory over UCLA on Thursday.
The Boston Celtics are the 3-1 favorites at the Westgate SuperBook to win the NBA title. But SuperBook oddsmaker Jeff Sherman said the value lies in teams with double-digit odds.
The Aces haven’t addressed Dearica Hamby’s allegation that she was discriminated against because of her pregnancy, a claim being investigated by the WNBA’s Players Association.
Iowa State opened -1 over Miami in Friday’s Sweet 16 game. But the favorite quickly flipped, as sharp bets on the Hurricanes at Las Vegas sportsbooks made them -2½.
The second week of the NCAA Tournament, with some startling upsets already highlighting the event, should bring more dramatic finishes.
The manic success of the NHL’s Golden Knights and the impending arrival of the NFL’s Raiders notwithstanding, Bill Laimbeer believes Las Vegas still is primarily a basketball town.
One of the main problems with UNLV athletics, perhaps the central one, is the fact it either doesn’t realize or accept its place in today’s world of collegiate athletics.
Former Mojave High and UNLV star Sequoia Holmes saw action in the first three games of the Aces’ recent four-game trip. Then she was cut. Again.
Raise your hand if your bracket had No. 1 seed Virginia, No. 2 Cincinnati, No. 3 Tennessee, No. 4 Arizona and No. 5 Kentucky losing before Saturday’s South Regional final in Atlanta.
There is no end in sight to an FBI investigation in which Yahoo Sports reported Friday that players from more than 20 Division I programs possibly broke NCAA rules.
The Thunderbirds of Highline College are taking a break over Thanksgiving. Most of the players went home to be with their families. Desmond Hudson did not go home, because he doesn’t have a home to go to.
Champions of the MGM Resorts Main Event, UNLV in an 85-58 win over Utah showed those at T-Mobile Arena and an ESPN2 audience how different things are from last year’s 11-win nightmare.
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