UNLV shouldn’t hire Tim Chambers to lead its struggling baseball program because he is a terrific coach, having built College of Southern Nevada into a junior college power the last 11 seasons.
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Years: 1967 to 1969, Career highlights: Scored 908 points in 57 games for a career scoring average of 15.9 per game.
Dick Calvert is supposedly retired. But the 74-year-old’s idea of retirement doesn’t include daily games of shuffleboard with guys named Mortie.
Years: 2005 to 2009, Career highlights: The 6-foot-6-inch forward averaged career highs of 10.9 points and 6.7 rebounds as a senior.
Years: 1968 to 1970, Career highlights: Scored 828 points in 50 games for a career scoring average of 16.6.
Years: 2003 to 2005, Career highlights: The 6-foot-7-inch swingman scored 822 points, averaging 14.2 as a junior and 13.6 as a senior.
Years: 1978 to 1980, Career highlights: Averaged 7.9 points and 7.1 assists in 1978-79, when the Rebels went 21-8.
SAN DIEGO UNLV’s baseball team dug itself an early 9-0 hole after just two innings and could not recover, losing to No. 2 seed New Mexico, 10-3, in an elimination game Friday afternoon at the 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
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