Before, during and after practice, several 3-point shots fly from Tre’Von Willis’ fingertips. The UNLV sophomore guard figures he shoots at least 100 of them per day.
UNLV Basketball
Preseason rankings are mostly meaningless, and UNLV senior guard Wink Adams readily acknowledges that. He also admits he watches the polls closely.
With broad shoulders, bulging biceps and thick legs, UNLV senior Wink Adams resembles a power lifter. He’s one of the most physical guards in college basketball.
After a couple of months of college life, UNLV freshman Oscar Bellfield is handling almost everything with ease.
Kathy Olivier just keeps talking — she’s a college basketball coach, which means she owns the intrinsic capacity to yap like Churchill — until the recruit’s eyes flicker. That’s when she knows the proper button has been pushed.
It will be two months until Derrick Jasper is ready to participate in basketball practices and another year until he can play in a game for UNLV. About all he can do now is sit and wait.
Most of the time, Darris Santee is relaxed and quiet. He seems almost too polite to be a power forward.
Thirty-nine minutes after the scheduled start of UNLV’s opening basketball practice Friday night, senior guard Wink Adams jogged across a red carpet and led the team onto the floor.
Little or no buzz accompanied coach Lon Kruger’s first basketball practice at UNLV in October 2004. He was excited, but few others shared that enthusiasm.
Not everyone associated with Brigham Young shares his opinion, but senior guard Lee Cummard said he looks forward to his trips to Las Vegas.
With a new coach and the loss of their best player to graduation, the Lady Rebels didn’t expect to be picked very high in the Mountain West Conference basketball preseason poll.
With his senior season on the horizon, UNLV’s Wink Adams is enjoying the view from the top.
There are basketball recruits who arrive on campus with big reputations and four or five stars attached to their name, and then there is DeShawn Mitchell.
One day after undergoing a heart transplant operation, Glen Gondrezick was not resting comfortably. He was in pain, as expected. But he was feeling optimistic about the future.
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