HONOLULU — With a display of toughness from one end of the floor to the other, Derrick Jasper and UNLV made it look easy again.
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Bobby Hauck, who went a remarkable 80-17 in seven seasons at Montana and led the Grizzles to three Football Championship Subdivision national title appearances, was hired Tuesday to be UNLV’s next coach.
Three years makes perfect sense. It shouldn’t be any longer to start. Not in this economic climate. Not when your athletic department was just burned by a football coach who won 16 games over five seasons and is paying him $254,000 to coach a sixth year for a different program.
HONOLULU — After a swim at the beach and some dancing at a Hawaiian luau, UNLV freshman Anthony Marshall still had energy to burn Tuesday night.
The UNLV women’s basketball team had its run through the Duel in the Desert tournament halted in Monday night’s title game, losing to DePaul 82-48 at Cox Pavilion.
UNLV athletic director Jim Livengood apparently took Monday night to sleep on which coach he should hire to lead the university’s football program.
HONOLULU — If the Rebels need a tour guide this week, Kendall Wallace could fill the role.
Boarding a Sunday flight to Hawaii, UNLV coach Lon Kruger was not taking a lot of baggage with him, in the figurative sense at least.
The UNLV women’s basketball team coasted into the final of the Duel in the Desert, beating Hawaii 67-54 Sunday night at Cox Pavilion.
Montana football coach Bobby Hauck came to Las Vegas on Sunday to interview for the UNLV job, fresh off his third Football Championship Subdivision national title appearance in six seasons.
With four flicks of his wrist and two whistles, UNLV guard Kendall Wallace pulled off a rare feat Saturday night.
Kelli Thompson hit a jumper with two seconds left, lifting the UNLV women’s basketball team to a 68-66 victory over Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday night at Cox Pavilion in the first round of the Duel in the Desert.
As tempting as it is to daydream about an impending trip to Hawaii, junior guard Derrick Jasper insists UNLV’s basketball team is not looking beyond tonight.
UNLV’s search for a new athletic director dragged out, but the man now running the department apparently is making sure the search for a new football coach is handled quickly.
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