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Rebel Report Card: UNLV vs. Cal Poly

This game could have easily been a 10-point win for Cal Poly if the UNLV bench didn’t step up at crucial times like it did.

RJ Picks: UNLV vs. Cal Poly

The Rebels open the season as 6.5-point favorites when they host Cal Poly at the Thomas & Mack tonight.

Dave Rice’s time is now

Questions about job security shadowed Dave Rice in the spring. The UNLV basketball coach was granted another year, at least, to find the right answers. Four months from now, he hopes to avoid a “Groundhog Day” scenario and the same questions.

USA Basketball an assist for UNLV recruiting

UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice spoke from a hallway adjacent to the Mendenhall Center’s practice courts, several of his players gathering inside that doorway as the likes of James Harden and Kevin Durant and Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul competed in drills. They watched every dribble, soaked in every pass.

Rice finalizing Rebels’ basketball roster, schedule

Eli Carter, a graduate transfer from Florida who plays both guard positions, is making an official visit to UNLV this weekend. He and Justin Jackson, a forward from Findlay Prep, are in the running for the Rebels’ last remaining scholarship.

Report: Dejean-Jones left UNLV after threat from teammate

Former UNLV guard Bryce Dejean-Jones left the program last year after he was threatened with gun violence by a teammate, according to a story in the Ames (Iowa) Tribune. Dejean-Jones, a senior who is finishing his career at Iowa State, reflected on a collegiate run that began at Southern California and included a three-year stint at UNLV.

This UNLV basketball team could not handle prosperity

An issue that has tormented the Rebels for most of the Mountain West season did them in again Thursday, when UNLV emerged from its locker room at intermission and promptly gave up a six-point lead, watching helplessly as San Diego State opened the second half on a 12-0 run.

Strip lights to be dimmed in honor of Tarkanian

The legendary former UNLV basketball coach, who died Wednesday at age 84, will be honored at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday for three minutes, only the ninth time the lights have been dimmed on the Strip.