The Rebels are slight underdogs when they host No. 16 Oregon tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Game time is 8:00 p.m. PT.
UNLV Basketball
The Gonzalez twins — UNLV sophomores Dakota and Dylan — have more than 1.5 million combined followers on Instagram. If their basketball skills are anywhere near as explosive as their social media numbers, the Lady Rebels might defy expectations and produce their first winning season in four years.
Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said the conference plans to keep its basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but he is exploring a possible change of venue after 2016, when a contract with the Thomas & Mack Center expires.
In defeat, UNLV just might have defined its season-long mantra better than any of its previous 29 games. All In, All Together. And a few players short.
A shot to the nose knocked out freshman guard Patrick McCaw, one of UNLV’s most valuable players, early in the second half. What could have turned into a lopsided fight at that point still went the distance.
UNLV hosts San Diego State tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tip is at 8:00 p.m.
Frank Mason III scored 18 points as 13th-ranked Kansas pulled away late for a 76-61 victory over UNLV at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Rebels travel to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence to face 13th-ranked Kansas today. Tip is at 1:30 p.m.
UNLV has endured perhaps the most difficult stretch of schedule in the program’s history over the last two weeks. Now comes perhaps the toughest game of them all.
Echoes bounced off the walls of the empty arena, soon to be filled and loud. UNLV freshman Rashad Vaughn stood in one of college basketball’s most historic places and confidently predicted there will be no sense of intimidation.
When UNLV’s basketball schedule was released during the summer and the name “Saint Katherine” appeared on it, people were scratching their heads and echoing a collective, “Who?” But maybe coach Dave Rice knew what he was doing.
The UNLV women’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a nine-minute field-goal drought in the first half Thursday in a 76-61 loss to Brigham Young in Provo, Utah.
A self-described “mama’s boy,” Jordan Cornish is no pushover for anyone else. He is a product of inner-city New Orleans, where the streets imprinted a mean streak in his personality.
Three years ago, Connecticut won the national championship. Shabazz Napier was a freshman on that team. So too was Roscoe Smith.
Senior Night stories are often vast and elaborate and emotional. You can pack a lot of memories into four or five seasons. If you’re Kevin Olekaibe, you can also make an incredible impact in just one.
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