UNLV’s Lon Kruger realizes he’s in an enviable position by serving as the unofficial host coach of the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament.
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In two years at Utah, coach Jim Boylen has made an impact on Mountain West Conference basketball in a variety of ways.
The first time he was recruited by UNLV, Quintrell Thomas decided his basketball future was more promising in Kansas. A year later, he had second thoughts.
UNLV athletic director Mike Hamrick’s policy was to sign only home-and-home football contracts, but then the recession hit and the state took a bite out of his budget.
Michael Bowen’s single in the ninth inning lifted Brigham Young to a 5-4 victory over UNLV on Wednesday and eliminated the Rebels from the Mountain West Conference baseball tournament at Fort Worth, Texas.
Junior right-hander Tyler Lavigne pitched superbly and got plenty of offensive support as San Diego State routed UNLV 12-1 in Tuesday’s first round of the Mountain West Conference baseball tournament at Fort Worth, Texas.
When they last met, UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger and Louisville’s Rick Pitino parted ways without a handshake. Kruger was the surprise winner, and Pitino was perceived as a sore loser.
College athletic departments across the country are eliminating sports and jobs. While UNLV has been able to avoid such measures, the outlook isn’t exactly rosy.
San Diego State coach Tony Gwynn said he will hold his ace and not use pitcher Stephen Strasburg against UNLV in today’s Mountain West Conference baseball tournament.
This time of year arrives and Buddy Gouldsmith takes a stroll across hot coals, a tradition becoming more and more hazardous with UNLV’s latest losing baseball season.
Near the end of his sophomore year at Arizona State, J.J. Sferra was ready to call it quits on his baseball career. He had grown tired of the game he grew up playing.
By the end of the baseball season, UNLV coach Buddy Gouldsmith might be ready to run a marathon. He seemed to be training for one Tuesday night, repeatedly trotting from the dugout to the mound to change pitchers.
As the stories about Glen Gondrezick flowed, the tears followed. There was plenty of laughter, too, which is how Gondrezick probably would have scripted it.