Kevin Kruger, who led the Rebels to an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 while playing for his father, was named the program’s new head coach on Sunday.
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Jason Kidd has emerged as a candidate of interest for UNLV as it looks to fill its basketball coaching vacancy. He currently is an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Rebels basketball boosters are not happy with the state of the once proud program, which is coming off a 12-15 season and has not made the NCAA Tournament since 2013.
The Aztecs scored the final seven points of the first half and first seven of the second and were never seriously challenged again in a victory at UNLV on Wednesday.
UNLV allowed one field goal in the final 10:04 and rallied from 16 points down for a 68-67 win over Fresno State on Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Utah State pulled away in the second half for an 83-74 win over UNLV on Wednesday to end its two-game losing streak and the Rebels’ five-game winning streak.
The Rebels started the game on a 23-2 run and limited Benedictine Mesa to 21.2 percent shooting en route to their fourth straight victory Thursday.
The UNLV School of Medicine’s new medical education building will continue to rise following the restoration of state funding that was cut over the summer.
Mbacke Diong scored 20 points for the Rebels, who played without starting point guard Marvin Coleman, who is out for the season with a stress fracture in his right leg.
UNLV led by 13 points in the second half, but was outscored 12-2 in the final four minutes of a 74-71 loss to Colorado State on Thursday in its first game in 33 days.
Hawaii set the tone by scoring on the second play from scrimmage Saturday against the Rebels, who finished with a winless season for the second time in school history.
UNLV’s basketball team went winless in Asheville, N.C., losing the seventh-place game 77-73 at Harrah’s Cherokee Center.
Those wanting to cancel UNLV’s mascot over tenuous ties to racism should first seek to eradicate the Democratic Party.
Across the country, leftists have frequently attacked conservatives on college campuses. Last week, it happened at UNLV.
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