College basketball coaches expressed a wide array of opinions during last month’s visit to Las Vegas on changes they would like to see in the sport.
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UNLV basketball announced its Mountain West schedule Monday, where the Rebels will play eight teams twice and two teams once.
UNLV signed four basketball players for this year’s recruiting class. Coach Marvin Menzies also is working on putting together next year’s class.
Seven UNLV sports broke or tied their previous Academic Progress Rate highs, according to data released by the NCAA on Wednesday.
Air Force coach Dave Pilipovich is one of the few constants when it comes to Mountain West men’s basketball. But even with all the change, he said the league is headed in the right direction.
Former UNLV point guard Kevin Kruger is an assistant basketball coach at Oklahoma under his dad, Lon, a former Rebels coach. The younger Kruger could be on the path to be a head coach himself.
The NCAA has at least temporarily changed its policy toward legalized sports betting, clearing the way for Las Vegas to bid on championship events such as the Final Four.
Haley Bodnar Rydalch, a 6-foot-3-inch center from Brigham Young, will transfer to the UNLV women’s basketball team, coach Kathy Olivier announced.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a nationwide ban on single-game legalized sports betting outside of Nevada. That could help Las Vegas’ case to host NCAA championship events, which currently is prohibited.
Keith Brown, special assistant to the head coach the past two basketball seasons at UNLV, was named an assistant coach at Fresno State on Friday.
UNLV hired Eric Nepomuceno to be in charge of compliance for the athletic department. Athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois also has restructured the compliance office, so Nepomuceno will report to her as well as the president’s office.
UNLV will play Valparaiso in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge on Nov. 28 at the Thomas & Mack Center. This is the final season of the four-year contract between the conferences.
Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, a 6-foot 8-inch forward from Cameroon, committed to UNLV. He is a product of the NBA Global Academy.
Former UNLV center Brandon McCoy has been invited to the NBA draft combine on May 16-20 in Chicago. The draft is June 21.
The Commission on College Basketball issued a 52-page report Wednesday urging major change in the sport. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chaired the commission.
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