Johns Hopkins University basketball coach Josh Loeffler talks about balancing basketball with academics and a powerhouse lacrosse program during his team’s appearance at the D3 Hoops Classic at South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 28, 2018. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Delaware Blue Coats rookie Haywood Highsmith did not play Division I basketball, a rarity for modern professionals. (Sam Gordon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The NBA launched seven basketball academies worldwide in 2016 in an effort to globalize the game. On Friday, 25 student-athletes scrimmaged at Mandalay Bay Convention Center before the G League Winter Showcase. Among the top players was Timothy Ighoefe, a 6-foot-11 center signed to play college basketball at Georgetown. UNLV freshman forward Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua graduated from an NBA Academy.
Both Coronado and Bishop Gorman will compete in this year’s Tarkanian Classic in the Platinum Division. See how both high school basketball boy’s teams did in the first round.
Hear from UNLV head coach Marvin Menzies and Noah Robotham, the player responsible for the game-winning 3-pointer over BYU.
UNLV defeated BYU 92-90 in overtime thanks to a last second 3-pointer from senior guard Noah Robotham.
Foothill senior basketball player Jace Roquemore announced his commitment to UC-San Diego on Thursday. (Sam Gordon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark senior forward Ian Alexander was awarded a full scholarship Monday, but not for basketball. Alexander is going to study bio-medical engineering at Northwestern, thanks in part to a non-profit organization called QuestBridge that aims to send low income students to high academic universities. Alexander, a straight-A student, discovered QuestBridge while recovering from a torn ACL he sustained in the Region Championship game against Bishop Gorman. Through QuestBridge, he spent the summer studying the business of sport at Penn. He was cleared to return to the court in August, and made his season debut for the Chargers basketball team on Saturday.
The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels’ four-game winning streak was snapped with a 72-64 loss to Valparaiso. Rebel Nation host Cassie Soto and UNLV beat reporter Mark Anderson discuss what went wrong for the Rebels.
UNLV Runnin’ Rebels head coach Marvin Menzies and players discuss the 72-64 loss to Valparaiso on Wednesday night.
