The agreement, one source said, should be done this week and would complete the 2022-23 coaching staff for the Rebels.
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Rebels officially added former Duquesne freshman guard Jackie Johnson III Wednesday.
Jay Wright shocked college basketball Wednesday night with his immediate resignation at Villanova, the Big East program he led to two national championships and four Final Fours in a Hall of Fame career.
Former Mississippi basketball player Luis Rodriguez announced on Twitter that he has committed to UNLV. He has two years of eligibility remaining.
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.
The Rebels are hiring former Southern Methodist assistant John Cooper, sources told the Review-Journal. Tim Buckley is leaving to be an assistant at South Carolina.
Wink Adams and Anderson Hunt lead a group of 11 new members of UNLV’s Hall of Fame in the school’s first induction since 2017.
Jalen Rose appeared on The Dan Patrick Show on Monday, and he said considered playing at UNLV before signing with Michigan.
UNLV Athletics Director Erick Harper announced season tickets will be cheaper next season to encourage more fans to show up for Rebel games.
Junior Donovan Williams, UNLV’s second-leading scorer, is declaring for the NBA draft. He has two years of college eligibility remaining if he decides to return.
UNLV swingman Bryce Hamilton led the Mountain West in scoring this season with 21.8 points per game and was named to the first-team all-conference squad.
The actor who portrays Jerry Tarkanian in HBO’s “Winning Time” looks more like Tark’s fellow Las Vegas icon Don Rickles, but that’s not the biggest problem.
Name, image and likeness allow some college athletes to make endorsement deals in six and even seven figures. They, however, are the outliers.
UNLV women’s basketball coach Lindy La Rocque has laid a solid foundation for the program in two seasons. The Lady Rebels made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years.
Sophomore Desi-Rae Young scored 16 points, but No. 13-seeded UNLV lost to No. 4 Arizona Saturday at the McKale Center in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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