Cleveland Edwards, an assistant men’s basketball coach on UNLV’s national championship team who later served as the interim head coach, died Saturday.
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UNLV has created the Rebel Rewards Program for season-ticker holders. Rewards are based on how many times tickets are scanned at each sport’s events.
The 6-foot-10-inch center is the fourth member of UNLV’s 2020 class and the third with Las Vegas ties. He will attend a prep school in Arizona this academic year.
Jerry Tarkanian, best known as the towel-chomping college basketball coach who guided UNLV to national prominence, would have turned 89 on Thursday.
Utah forward Donnie Tillman, formerly of Findlay Prep, will transfer to UNLV, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
It will receive $2 million in product in each year of the three-year deal, with the ability to purchase an additional $1 million annually.
The 6-foot-3-inch guard chose the Rebels over UNR, San Diego State, Colorado State, Washington State and Minnesota. He averaged 15.2 points last season for the Aggies.
The Mountain West men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will remain at the Thomas Mack Center through 2023, the conference announced Wednesday.
Elementary and middle school teachers in the Clark County School District can receive tickets to UNLV men’s basketball games this season.
Former UNLV standout forward Shakur Juiston announced he is leaving for Oregon. He is a graduate transfer and will be eligible to play next season for the Ducks.
LeAnn (Kazmer) Golembiewski, among the top athletes in basketball and track, died Saturday at 45 after a long fight with cancer.
Former UNLV and Clark High School guard Trey Woodbury (Utah Valley), Tervell Beck (Cleveland State) and Ben Coupet Jr. (Arkansas-Little Rock) have transferred.
The conference, which wants to balance control of start times for its athletic events and exposure, is in talks with several providers.
Isaac Lindsey, a guard from Mineral Point (Wisconsin) High School, committed to play basketball for UNLV. He is the second member of the Rebels’ 2020 class.
Nearly half in a recent survey said their schools were not following NCAA-directed guidance that calls for medical staff to make decisions independent of coaches and administrators.
