The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels and the Duke Blue Devils meet again on Saturday for the first time in 25 years. Here’s a look at their history.
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UNLV was picked to finish eighth at Mountain West media day, and no Rebels were selected to the preseason all-conference team.
After a week of practice, UNLV coach Marvin Menzies and two of his players said the team is starting to come together. The Rebels leave Saturday for a week-long trip to the Bahamas that includes three exhibition games.
Former UNLV forward Stephen Zimmerman Jr. has been one of the top objects of attention at the NBA Draft combine at the Quest Sports Complex in Chicago, having interviewed with 14 teams.
The UNLV men’s basketball team (13-9, 4-5 Mountain West) has become predictable. When the game slows down, the outcome never goes well for the Rebels. San Diego State (16-6, 9-0 MW) killed clock, played stifling defense and left the Thomas & Mack Center with a 67-52 victory on Saturday.
With the game on the line Saturday night, UNR won it at the free throw line. The Wolf Pack broke a tie at 60 and made five free throws to beat UNLV 65-63 at Lawlor Events Center.
Grading the Rebels after a 100-64 victory against Air Force on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
For several weeks, a vocal group of angry UNLV fans has hit social media and the sports radio airwaves to say it wouldn’t return to basketball games until the administration dumped Dave Rice as coach.
At the end of his era, Dave Rice won the news conference simply by showing up and standing tall. A short time after being fired Sunday as UNLV basketball coach, Rice met with the media and discussed his demise.
Here’s what Dave Rice and the Rebels had to say after their 84-64 win over Southern Utah.
Here’s what Coach Dave Rice and the Rebels had to say after winning their season opener.
Are you ready for Runnin’ Rebel basketball? You will be after you watch this video.
Jerry Tarkanian, the iconic towel-chomping coach who put UNLV on the map as a national college basketball power and repeatedly clashed with the NCAA during his career, died Wednesday morning at Valley Hospital Medical Center.
The talent keeps coming for UNLV basketball, keeps believing in the vision Dave Rice has created, keeps talking about a style of play that if the Rebels ever get around to implementing, just might produce the sort of success a third-year coaching staff insists is attainable.
Anthony Bennett learned he would be making NBA draft history the same time as everyone else. “When they said my name,” Bennett said of the Cleveland Cavaliers surprisingly taking Bennettand making him the first Canadian No. 1 overall pick.
