A highly touted prospect in high school, and a starter as a UNLV freshman, Goodluck Okonoboh probably never envisioned he would be playing a shrinking role as a sophomore.
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Patrick McCaw has seized the role as UNLV’s go-to guy, and the sophomore guard’s recent scoring surge helped him get voted Mountain West Player of the Week.
The wait continues for the UNLV women’s basketball team. Ten years ago, the Lady Rebels won their Thanksgiving weekend tournament. The hope was this was the year the drought would end and the trophy would stay in Cox Pavilion.
Patrick McCaw had yet another strong game as he continues his ascension from very good college basketball player to elite star.
Dave Rice has a reputation of being a soft-spoken coach, but there are rare times he lets his inner Bobby Knight come out.
The Rebels are back at the Mack tonight at where they’ll host host Prairie View A&M. Here’s everything you need to know to catch the game.
Ben Carter doesn’t want to hear the excuses from his UNLV men’s basketball teammates.
The Rebels are big favorites when they host Prairie View A&M tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center. Game time is 7:00 p.m. PT.
There are a lot of things UNLV women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier has to do to get her team ready to play. But coaching effort has not been one of them.
The UNLV men’s basketball team returned from Hawaii with one less big man on its roster.
They came to paradise, as much for anything, to learn about themselves. What they do well. What they need to improve. What they are today. What they might become tomorrow. UNLV’s basketball team headed home late Wednesday having answered some of those questions a 3-0 start against inferior opponents presented
Patrick McCaw scored 20 points, Ike Nwamu and Ben Carter finished with 16 apiece and UNLV upset No. 13 Indiana 72-69 in the Maui Invitational fifth-place game Wednesday.
UNLV forward Ben Carter is the lunch pail and hard hat kid. He’s that guy. He’s the one who doesn’t question orders, a coach’s son who not only can play, but more importantly, knows how to play. There is a big difference.
UNLV, who had led by as many as 15 points in the first half, found itself struggling for offense in the second half of Wednesday’s Maui Invitational matchup against 13th-ranked Indiana.
UNLV’s upset of 13th-ranked Indiana in the Maui Invitational’s loser’s bracket was as much a mistake-filled near-meltdown as it was an impressive victory.
