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UNLV Rebels head coach Kevin Kruger watches the Rebels play during the second half of an NCAA basketball game against the Southern University Jaguars at the Thomas & Mack Center Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.

Kruger sees UNLV as contender with portal additions: ‘I like our roster’

May 23, 2024 (2 a.m.)

By Mike Grimala

For UNLV basketball, it is officially time to start looking forward to next season. UNLV completed its roster on Thursday with the addition of Florida transfer Julian Rishwain, who ...

UNLV coach’s personal touches define a hall-of-fame career

May 17, 2024

By Ray Brewer

Knight will be inducted tonight into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame, a fitting honor for a man who spent more than three decades transforming Rebel golf into a power ...
UNLV basketball finalizes roster with Florida transfer Julian Rishwain

May 16, 2024

By Mike Grimala

UNLV now has 13 players on scholarship for next season, putting a bow on the roster. Rishwain will be one of seven newcomers and one of four transfer-portal additions.
UNLV basketball ticketed for Maui in 2025

May 14, 2024

By Mike Grimala

UNLV is heading to Hawaii — for real, this time. The men’s basketball team announced on Tuesday it would participate in the 2025 Maui Invitational ...
UNLV basketball adds transfer Jailen Bedford from Oral Roberts

May 10, 2024

By Mike Grimala

One of the top offseason priorities for UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger was to add shooting on the wing, and he got some good news on that front on Friday, when the team received a commitment from Oral Roberts transfer ...
Taking stock of UNLV basketball as portal closes

May 3, 2024

By Mike Grimala

Two distinct sounds were heard across the college basketball landscape this week. First was the door of the transfer portal slamming shut, and second was every coach in America sighing in relief ...
La Rocque, UNLV looking to add ‘program players’ via transfer portal

April 19, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The UNLV’s women’s basketball team is going to have a very different look next season, with two starters leaving the program — including the most accomplished player in Scarlet and Gray history. There is stability in the most important area, however, as Lindy La Rocque ...
UNLV adds former Boise State sharpshooter Jace Whiting

April 16, 2024

By Mike Grimala

UNLV’s offseason makeover continued on Tuesday, as the basketball program added veteran guard Jace Whiting via ...
Kruger, UNLV diving into transfer portal for reinforcements

April 16, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The college basketball transfer portal has been open for almost a month, and while news has been slow to trickle out of Maryland Parkway, UNLV coach Kevin Kruger and his staff have been ...
UNLV lands portal commitment from DePaul wing Jaden Henley

April 15, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The UNLV basketball program landed its first commitment from the transfer portal on Monday in veteran wing Jaden Henley. Henley, a 6-foot-7 sophomore, averaged ...
Players to watch as UNLV basketball sifts through transfer portal

April 14, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The NCAA transfer portal will remain open until May 1, and UNLV has been active in trying to bring in veteran players to improve the 2024-25 team. The Scarlet and Gray currently have ...
Barry Odom signs contract extension with UNLV

April 12, 2024

By Mike Grimala

Barry Odom signed a contract extension on Friday, tacking an extra year onto the end of his current deal at UNLV. UNLV announced the extension ...
Shane Nowell transferring from UNLV basketball

April 11, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The UNLV basketball program is losing Shane Nowell to the transfer portal. Nowell, a junior, reportedly entered the portal on Thursday, making him the second player to exit UNLV this offseason along with junior guard Jackie Johnson ...
UNLV football ready to face the changes in annual portal frenzy

April 11, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The on-field action has wound down for UNLV football, with the team concluding spring practice Saturday at an open scrimmage at Allegiant Stadium. But while practice ...
All about D.J.: Projecting future for UNLV basketball

April 10, 2024

By Mike Grimala

The 2023-24 college basketball season concluded Monday with UConn’s victory over Purdue in the national championship game, but it already feels like the offseason has been going on forever. UNLV coaches especially ...