Former UNLV coach Mike Sanford is Faith Lutheran’s head coach and has surrounded himself with five former Rebels players as assistants.
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Vashti Cunningham, who went to Bishop Gorman High School, is the nation’s top high jumper. She is ranked sixth in the world and competes in the World Championships on Saturday.
The top five Las Vegas players and top five games involving Las Vegas in the NCAA Tournament. UNLV, as expected, is well-represented.
UNLV announced an initial football recruiting class of 10 members, but the average player grade was the best in the Mountain West, according to 247Sports.
Two former UNLV star basketball players, Freddie Banks and Robert Smith, will have their jerseys lifted to the Thomas & Mack Center rafters this season.
UNLV officials would not disclose how many players were infected, but the team doctor said the positivity rate for all members of the program over the past two weeks was less than 2.5 percent.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois said through a spokesman that she was pulling her name out of the UCLA AD job search.
Conference commissioners told Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday that no college sporting events would be played until students are cleared to return to campuses.
UNLV football fans interested in buying season tickets can put down a $1 deposit.
The Review-Journal is starting a new feature in which we answer questions from UNLV fans.
Elijah Mitrou-Long and Bryce Hamilton each scored 17 points as UNLV defeated New Mexico 78-73 on Saturday, handing the Lobos their second home loss of the season.
Six UNLV players scored in double figures to lead the Rebels to a 98-87 victory over San Jose State on Wednesday night at the Thomas Mack Center.
Cornerback Nohl Williams, who attends Pacifica High School in Oxnard, California, tweeted Wednesday that he had committed to UNLV.
UCLA jumped all over the Rebels early in building a 22-point lead, and any comebacks attempts by UNLV weren’t enough Friday night at Pauley Pavilion.
New UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger didn’t face the massive turnover that previous coach Marvin Menzies experienced in 2016.
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