UNLV added top junior college recruit Thursday as guard Joshua Baker from Hutchinson Community College in Kansas committed to the Runnin’ Rebels.
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Ten who played for UNLV last season are leaving Las Vegas and six who played elsewhere have opted to continue their respective careers with the Rebels.
UNLV received a committment on Friday from the reigning Southland Defensive Player of the Year and a shooter from the Big West.
No. 2 Kentucky topples the Rebels in straight sets in the the second round of the NCAA Tournament, ending a program record 13-match win streak.
UNLV senior outside hitter Mariena Hayden has flourished playing for coach Dawn Sullivan. The pair has powered the Rebels to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history.
UNLV’s senior center announced that he is entering the NBA Draft without an agent — and the NCAA’s transfer portal — all but ending his career with the Rebels, according to an interview he did with ESPN.
A wing from Texas is transferring to UNLV, a person close to the program confirmed.
Bryce Hamilton on Thursday became the eighth Rebels’ player to enter the portal since the season concluded last month. The 6-foot-4-inch junior led UNLV in scoring the last two seasons.
UNLV basketball coach Kevin Kruger has hired a third assistant coach to complete his staff as he prepares for his first season on the job.
Oklahoma forward Victor Iwuakor transfers to UNLV, gives Rebels three new players from Big 12, joining West Virginia’s Jordan McCabe and Texas’ Royce Hamm.
The unbeaten Rebels will play Illinois State on April 14 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Omaha, Nebraska. They qualified as Mountain West champions.
Kevin Kruger secured his second recruiting commitment Saturday, adding 6-foot-9 Royce Hamm of Texas, Hamm announced Saturday morning via Twitter.
“UNLV would destroy Gonzaga. It’s just not fair. … It was a totally different era,” says veteran basketball journalist and author Dan Wetzel.
West Virginia junior point guard Jordan McCabe is leaving the Big 12 to come to Las Vegas and play for the Rebels.
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