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UNLV Fires Basketball Coach Menzies After 3 Seasons

Mar 16, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marvin Menzies took over a UNLV program in disarray and made some headway, luring some of the nation's top recruits to the desert.

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Mitch Moss: Can Nevada Basketball Go All The Way?

Jan 04, 2019

The Wolfpack are nationally ranked and undefeated. Can they win the NCAA tournament this year?

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UNLV Comeback Tops Colorado State In Opener, 78-76

Jan 03, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cheikh Mbacke Diong scored a layup with a second left to cap a second-half UNLV comeback in its Mountain West Conference opener with Colorado State, 78-76 on Wednesday night.
 
The Runnin' Rebels trailed by 10, 61-51 with 12:58 left in their
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Mitch Moss On UNR's Successful Sports Programs

Nov 09, 2018

Wolfpack football is close to bowl eligibility, and their basketball team is ranked seventh in the country.

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Mitch Moss On Final Four, Opening Day And More

Mar 30, 2018

Who do the books like to win the NCAA men's basketball tournament on Monday?

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Mitch Moss: Can The Golden Knights Win The Stanley Cup?

Mar 09, 2018

Will the Strip be the site of the next ticker-tape parade?

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Mitch Moss: Is UNR The Team To Beat In The Mountain West?

Feb 16, 2018

Nevada is nationally ranked, and has only lost once at home this season. But that loss came to UNLV -- a team on the upswing. 

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Mitch Moss Handicaps The NFL Playoffs

Jan 19, 2018

The NFL playoffs come to a head this weekend, but are sportsbooks happy an underdog could make it to the Big Game?

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Mitch Moss: Are The Golden Knights' Successes Trouble For Sportsbooks?

Jan 04, 2018

Long odds were offered on the expansion team to make the playoffs -- but now, that looks likely.

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Mitch Moss: UNLV Football Improves, But Still Disappoints

Dec 08, 2017

Coach Tony Sanchez is on the hot seat, according to Moss, even though his record has improved each season on the job.

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Mitch Moss: Will UNR or UNLV Reign Supreme This Season?

Aug 28, 2017

Will the fight for the Fremont Cannon be spirited? Can UNLV basketball's recruiting class overpower the Wolfpack on the court?

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UNLV Hires New Athletic Director -- What Are Her Top Priorities?

Apr 19, 2017

Desiree Reed-Francois joins the Rebels from Virginia Tech, where she was deputy athletic director.

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Ex-UNLV Coach Rice Leaving Nevada Assistant Job For Huskies

Apr 04, 2017

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice, who spent the past season as an assistant at Nevada, has accepted an assistant coaching job at the University of Washington.

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UNLV Misses The Dance, But March Madness Set To Be Big Business For Books

Mar 14, 2017

The NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments start this week, and area sportsbooks are looking to cash in.

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The fever that does not pass

Feb 27, 2017

Or, how one basketball fan learned to stop worrying about the past and love the Rebels — again

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NBA Second-Round Draft Picks Include UNLV’s McCaw And Zimmerman

Jun 24, 2016

Two former University of Nevada Las Vegas basketball players have made program history. 

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Another UNLV Basketball Player Leaves Program

May 05, 2016

Another UNLV basketball player is leaving the program.

The Las Vegas Sun reports Ben Carter, a Bishop Gorman graduate, is transferring to Michigan State.

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NSHE Approves Menzies' Contract

Apr 22, 2016

The NSHE Board of Regents has approved the naming of Marvin Menzies as the next head men's basketball coach of UNLV.

In a vote this morning, the Regents approved Menzies' contract, which is for five years.

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Regents To Discuss Menzies' Five-Year Contract With UNLV

Apr 19, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV is proposing a five-year contract that pays $3.7 million to its new men's basketball coach, Marvin Menzies.

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UNLV Names Marvin Menzies As New Basketball Coach

Apr 18, 2016

UNLV named a new pick for basketball coach a day after Chris Beard announced his departure to work for Texas Tech. 

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Second UNLV Basketball Player Declares For Draft

Apr 04, 2016

Another UNLV basketball player is set to forgo the remainder of his college eligibility and enter the NBA Draft.

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UNLV Basketball: As New Coach Arrives, A Player Departs

Mar 28, 2016

As UNLV announced a new head coach to lead its men's basketball program, one of its prized players decided to leave.

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Beard Tapped To Be New Rebels Basketball Coach

Mar 28, 2016

The University of Nevada Las Vegas hopes Chris Beard can lead a turnaround for the Rebels like he did this season at Arkansas-Little Rock.

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Reports: UNLV Men's Basketball Interim Head Coach To Join SUU

Mar 22, 2016

UNLV basketball interim coach Todd Simon has landed a permanent gig – but not with the Rebels.

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UNLV Freshman Jones Jr. Ineligible For Rest Of The Season

Mar 03, 2016

UNLV freshman Derrick Jones Jr. is ineligible for the rest of the season after his standardized score was deemed invalid.

The NCAA in the fall declared Jones eligible to compete this season, but was notified by ACT Testing that his test score had been canceled.

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