UNLV
Maybe the Mountain West Conference looked at UNLV’s seven home football games next season and tried to balance out its schedule.
Pete Manarino coached for decades in the mecca of youth softball. He witnessed the skill, watched it be nurtured, lost track of the number of travel teams at, oh, tons.
Displeased with the secondary and pass rush, UNLV’s coaching staff signed five junior college players in December and February to provide immediate help in those areas.
One problem after another ambushed coach Lon Kruger this past season, and the losses started piling up on UNLV as a result.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the brink of one final embarrassment, UNLV made the type of inspired run that seniors Wink Adams and Rene Rougeau had hoped to see more of all season. But in the end, the Rebels’ comeback Tuesday night typified their entire season. It was a tease that fell short at the finish line — a 70-60 loss to Kentucky in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
UNLV’s offensive linemen didn’t have the luxury of time the past two seasons. Because of inexperience (2007) and youth (2008), they had to come together quickly, form a bond and hope it served the unit well on game days.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — If he’s faking enthusiasm for a game that means little in the big picture, Kentucky guard Jodie Meeks is as good an actor as he is a shooter.
When he took a shot at predicting UNLV’s immediate future, senior guard Wink Adams hit 50 percent.
Before his team teed off Sunday in the final round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship, UNLV men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight gave his players a history lesson.
UNLV has a men’s basketball team today preparing not for the NCAA Tournament but rather a first-round National Invitation Tournament matchup at Kentucky for one reason.
When Morgan Hoffmann left Southern Highlands Golf Club on Friday after shooting par, the Oklahoma State freshman felt comfortable with the course. He thought he would play better in Saturday’s second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship.
Warning signs surrounded UNLV coach Lon Kruger in November. He sounded the alarm several times in the following months, receiving only sporadic responses from his players.