Success was the 19-point lead and not surrendering when it disappeared. Success was discovering the resolve to finish with a win and send a ranked opponent and its arrogant coach packing.
UNLV
TUCSON, Ariz. — A standout guard at Pittsburgh, Sean Miller knew he was going into coaching as soon as he was done playing basketball.
The search committee to find UNLV’s next athletic director met for about two hours Tuesday, but details of the meeting were mostly kept private.
Mike Sanford doesn’t leave behind many victories, but UNLV’s next football coach will inherit a more promising situation than the one Sanford walked into five years ago.
Even now that his UNLV football career has ended, wide receiver Ryan Wolfe hasn’t taken much time to reflect on his remarkable four seasons.
On the road to a successful season, a Top 25 ranking is a billboard the team bus passes. UNLV junior Tre’Von Willis said there’s no reason to stop and admire it on the way to Arizona.
UNLV is facing increasing urgency to hire a football coach, which means the pressure intensifies when the search committee for a new athletic director meets this afternoon.
Ryan Wolfe has done just about everything that can be asked of a student-athlete in his five years at UNLV.
There’s a lot to like about this season’s UNLV basketball team, and not just because the Rebels beat 16th-ranked Louisville, not once but twice, on Saturday.
At the most critical stage of UNLV’s young season, Oscar Bellfield felt the heat of the spotlight. He was cool and clutch, the sophomore guard performing the role of a star.
UNLV had every chance to give up Saturday, to accept the finality of the Mike Sanford Era by slinking out of Sam Boyd Stadium with another loss.
Angered by a last-minute loss to UNLV, Rick Pitino stormed off the Freedom Hall floor in frustration. If the Louisville coach had big plans for a New Year’s Eve party, they were spoiled.
This will be a night of goodbyes, and not just for UNLV football coach Mike Sanford and possibly his entire staff.
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