The eighth day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will match losers of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s games against each other. There will be eight games in total — four in the Thomas & Mack Center and four in the Cox Pavilion.
UNLV
UNLV released its nonconference schedule Wednesday. The Rebels’ 18-game Mountain West schedule will be announced at a later date.
I’m not sure on whose name the Ferris wheel will ultimately stop as UNLV’s next basketball coach, but the circus ride needs to be followed by a thorough, honest evaluation of the search process and those who directed the program to this point.
UNLV officials moved quickly Friday in their effort to hire a basketball coach, and by the end of the night, they were closing in on New Mexico State’s Marvin Menzies for the job.
The Rebels have been led by three head coaches — Dave Rice, interim Todd Simon and Chris Beard — since January. A fourth, Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin, was accused of backing out on an oral agreement to take the job. Here are the next five candidates on the list.
The series of events in UNLV men’s basketball since coach Dave Rice was fired.
Three UNLV coaches — Todd Simon, Stacey Augmon and Ryan Miller — interviewed Monday to become the Rebels’ head basketball coach, sources said. The school is looking for a replacement for Dave Rice, who was fired Jan. 10.
In the halfcourt, it’s the same Princeton-style offense that Air Force has run for years, an attack that has been challenging for teams to defend. The Falcons, though, don’t shy away from playing a full-court game. They even embrace it.
Robert Smith is the guy you hear on the radio during UNLV basketball games, the one his university should be ashamed of because it still hasn’t retired and hung his jersey in the rafters of the Thomas & Mack Center, the best point guard in Rebels history.
Unlike most go-to scorers, UNLV sophomore Patrick McCaw prefers a quiet life. Celebrating after big plays is not his style. He never cares to attract attention or see his name in headlines.
Instead of living in the shadow of his troubled past, Savon Goodman made a decision two years ago to run from it. It was his choice to leave UNLV and start over in search of the proverbial second chance.
Everything is lined up for UNLV coach Dave Rice to deliver on his promise of fast-break basketball. He has an athletic, deep team capable of putting on full-court defensive pressure.
The Review-Journal examines the Rebels basketball schedule for the 2015-2016 season.
Dakota Gonzalez put on a show in her UNLV women’s basketball debut Saturday before 1,622 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center. That’s a small crowd compared with the 12,201 the men’s squad drew Friday night, but one prominent bystander took notice of Gonzalez’s dazzling 21-point performance.
It’s not too soon to predict Ike Nwamu will be a fan favorite this season. The muscular 6-foot-5-inch senior guard was the star of the UNLV basketball team’s first public show Thursday night.
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