The UNLV women’s basketball team expects to go further this time around in its third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
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Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant collected on a 13-team college basketball parlay worth more than $400,000 — at UNLV’s expense.
The UNLV men’s basketball team will try to move forward after losing a double-digit second-half lead and falling to UNR on Saturday, snapping a five-game winning streak.
The UNLV men’s basketball team has played four of the top six teams in the Mountain West to start the conference season. The Rebels face a fifth Friday.
UNLV President Keith Whitfield said that for the schools remaining in the Pac-12, it may come down to a move to either the Mountain West or the American Athletic Conference.
The Lady Rebels completed one of the greatest seasons in UNLV women’s basketball history, despite a loss to Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
UNLV allowed 53 points in the second half of a loss to Boise State on Jan. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center. A resurgent David Muoka could help in Sunday’s rematch.
Conference realignment and expansion are not over, so it’s the charge of UNLV to be prepared if and when a Power Five league comes calling.
Off to its best start in over three decades, the UNLV women’s basketball team is getting everyone’s best shot this season. The Lady Rebels play at Wyoming on Thursday.
A short-handed UNLV women’s basketball team lost to Oklahoma State, its lone nonconference Power Five opponent, on Sunday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
UNLV’s vaunted defense got a challenge Friday against High Point’s high-scoring offense, but the Rebels pulled out the victory at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Rebels’ roster is built a team with a lot of defensive-oriented players. Offensively, coach Kevin Kruger expects everyone to do their part to contribute.
Former Colorado wing Elijah Parquet and ex-Oklahoma guard Elijah Harkless committed to UNLV on Monday as graduate transfers. The Rebels also lost a freshman recruit.
Without 2021 NCAA Tournament star Aari McDonald, who graduated, Arizona’s offense has lagged. The Wildcats were upset by Colorado in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.
Legendary Arizona men’s basketball coach Lute Olson was UNLV coach Lindy La Rocque’s godfather. Her father, Al, played for Olson at Long Beach City College.