Before the first college basketball game of the season is played, preparation for the last is already underway. Portable sales manager and Las Vegas resident Gary Gray and Connor Sports are coordinating graphics and color samples with the NCAA as early as October.
Cincinnati basketball coach Mick Cronin is expected to visit UNLV in the next day or two to discuss the school’s vacant coaching job, and apparel company Under Armour could push a potential deal to the $3 million per year range, sources said.
Todd Simon, who became UNLV’s interim basketball coach Jan. 10 after Dave Rice was fired, was named Southern Utah’s head coach Tuesday. Simon went 9-8 with the Rebels.
Indiana Pacers point guard Ty Lawson will serve a year on probation in a Denver drunken driving case after a judge on Tuesday rejected arguments that he needed to serve time in jail to learn a lesson.
