The UNLV women’s basketball team expects to go further this time around in its third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
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Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant collected on a 13-team college basketball parlay worth more than $400,000 — at UNLV’s expense.
The UNLV men’s basketball team will try to move forward after losing a double-digit second-half lead and falling to UNR on Saturday, snapping a five-game winning streak.
The UNLV men’s basketball team has played four of the top six teams in the Mountain West to start the conference season. The Rebels face a fifth Friday.
The Lady Rebels completed one of the greatest seasons in UNLV women’s basketball history, despite a loss to Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
UNLV allowed 53 points in the second half of a loss to Boise State on Jan. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center. A resurgent David Muoka could help in Sunday’s rematch.
Off to its best start in over three decades, the UNLV women’s basketball team is getting everyone’s best shot this season. The Lady Rebels play at Wyoming on Thursday.
A short-handed UNLV women’s basketball team lost to Oklahoma State, its lone nonconference Power Five opponent, on Sunday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
UNLV’s vaunted defense got a challenge Friday against High Point’s high-scoring offense, but the Rebels pulled out the victory at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Former Colorado wing Elijah Parquet and ex-Oklahoma guard Elijah Harkless committed to UNLV on Monday as graduate transfers. The Rebels also lost a freshman recruit.
Without 2021 NCAA Tournament star Aari McDonald, who graduated, Arizona’s offense has lagged. The Wildcats were upset by Colorado in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.
Legendary Arizona men’s basketball coach Lute Olson was UNLV coach Lindy La Rocque’s godfather. Her father, Al, played for Olson at Long Beach City College.
UNLV coach Kevin Kruger wants his players to learn about the program’s illustrious history. They will get a taste of it Saturday when former player Robert Smith’s jersey is retired.
The roster may be different, but Bryce Hamilton’s role remains the same for the Rebels: Get buckets. By any means necessary.
The school announced Tuesday evening that the decision was mutual, and coach Kevin Kruger said in a statement that “we appreciate all that Nick has contributed to our program.”