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SportsMullen all smiles as UNLV football opens spring practice
Friday, March 28, 2025 UNLV football opened spring practice on Thursday, and no one was happier about getting started than head coach Dan Mullen. After four years away from the coaching profession, UNLV’s new steward made sure to ...
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SportsAnalysis: Can Josh Pastner break UNLV's NCAA Tournament drought?
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 UNLV officially announced the hiring of Josh Pastner as its next basketball coach on Tuesday, ushering in yet another restart for the program. Judging by UNLV’s recent run of coaches, Pastner has his work cut out for him ...
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SportsJosh Pastner contract pays nearly $1 million per year at UNLV
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Josh Pastner will earn nearly $1 million per year for the next five years at UNLV, according to the contract he signed on Monday to become the new basketball coach
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UNLV hires Josh Pastner as next basketball coach
Monday, March 24, 2025 It may have taken a couple tries, but UNLV has its new basketball coach. The Scarlet and Gray reached an agreement on Monday with Josh Pastner ...
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SportsNext wave takes charge as UNLV women knock off Hawaii in WBIT
Thursday, March 20, 2025 Thursday’s WBIT victory over Hawaii may have offered a look into the future for the UNLV women’s basketball team, and according to head coach Lindy La Rocque, the view is nice ...
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SportsProgram-building priorities for next UNLV basketball coach
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 For UNLV’s next head basketball coach, the on-court priorities are obvious. Winning games is paramount, so the X’s and O’s are known prerequisites for success. What is less tangible in building a good program is the off-court stuff ...
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UNLVUNLV: Kevin Kruger out as basketball coach after 4 seasons
Saturday, March 15, 2025 UNLV fired Kevin Kruger this afternoon, bringing an end to his four-year tenure as head basketball coach and, likely, the Kruger family’s decades-long relationship with UNLV basketball.
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After another lost season, where does UNLV basketball go from here?
Friday, March 14, 2025 UNLV’s season-ending 70-58 loss to Utah State on Thursday seemed to carry more weight than a typical farewell game. The Scarlet and Gray battled despite an injury-shortened rotation, but as Utah State pulled away the bigger picture came into focus. And for UNLV, it’s a picture of uncertainty ...
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SportsHill goes the distance to lead UNLV past Air Force in Mountain West tourney
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 By the time you’re reading this story, Jalen Hill will already be submerged in a tub of ice. Heck, he may even be reading along with you as ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV outlasts Air Force in MWC play-in
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 UNLV had to sweat it out but the shorthanded Scarlet and Gray outlasted last-place Air Force, 68-59, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament ...
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SportsFor UNLV skeleton crew, trying season comes down to MWC tourney
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 This season has not gone as planned for the UNLV men's basketball team. It started before the first game was played, when senior forward Rob Whaley suffered a back injury in practice that eventually limited him to just two games and 23 total minutes. A lackluster ...
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SportsUNLV women keep the faith in MWC tourney win over Boise State
Monday, March 10, 2025 There were plenty of opportunities for Lindy La Rocque to go off-script early in UNLV’s matchup against Boise State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament. The Broncos made ...
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SportsRishwain exits injured as UNLV drops finale at New Mexico
Friday, March 7, 2025 UNLV’s already shorthanded rotation was thinned even further on Friday as senior guard Julian Rishwain suffered an injury and left early in an 81-67 loss at New Mexico ...
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SportsIronman strategy paying off for shorthanded UNLV basketball
Friday, March 7, 2025 Is the UNLV basketball team better without star guard D.J. Thomas? It would have been unimaginable to ask such a question It would have been unimaginable to ask such a question as recently as a week ago ...
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SportsMarsel McDuffie excited to see what UNLV football has in store for 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Everyone wants to know if UNLV football is going to pick up where it left off last year, winning double-digit games, pushing for a Mountain West title and competing for a berth in the College Football Playoff ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV sweeps San Diego State with 74-67 win
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 UNLV has got something special going on. The Scarlet and Gray just put the finishing touches on a shocking 74-67 win over San Diego State, and suddenly they're the team no one wants to play in the Mountain West tournament ...
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SportsAfter injury comeback, UNLV Senior Night 'means everything' to Jalen Hill
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Jalen Hill is getting a second shot at Senior Night, and he has certainly earned it. When the Las Vegas native is honored before UNLV’s matchup against San Diego State tonight (8 p.m., CBS Sports Network), he is going to make sure to soak in every moment of his final home game at the Thomas & Mack Center ...
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Sports'It's huge': Money talks as UNLV basketball nets big payday from NIL tournament
Monday, March 3, 2025 Think about how good of an offer it would take to entice someone to pass on a trip to Hawaii. That’s the Godfather-level offer the UNLV basketball program received from the Players Era Festival, a Las Vegas-based event that is set to pay the Scarlet and Gray $1 million dollars ...
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SportsJaden Henley takes star turn as UNLV throttles UNR
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 Does UNLV have a new star player? Jaden Henley has certainly played like it this week, and especially on Friday as he scored 23 points to lead the Scarlet and Gray to a 68-55 rivalry win over UNR at the Thomas & Mack Center ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV pounds UNR behind Henley's 23 points
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 UNLV turned in one of its best team-wide performances of the season, throttling UNR, 68-55, at the Thomas & Mack Center to split the season series ...
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SportsAnother banner night as UNLV women clinch fourth straight MWC title
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 One minute it was a game, the next UNLV was hanging another banner. The UNLV women used a 20-5 blitz late in the first half to put away Boise State, cruising to an 83-53 victory at Cox Pavilion that clinched a fourth consecutive Mountain West regular-season championship ...
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SportsUNLV keeps it simple in 77-71 win at San Jose State
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 Winning without D.J. Thomas was never going to be easy. Even against the dregs of the Mountain West, UNLV will need to play sound, mistake-free basketball in order to give itself a chance — just a chance — to come out on top ...
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SportsWithout D.J. Thomas, UNLV must get creative with late offense
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 UNLV missed D.J. Thomas early in Saturday’s game against Colorado State, and the Scarlet and Gray especially missed him late ...
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SportsFree throws come back to haunt UNLV in late loss to Colorado State
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 UNLV did enough to pull off a pretty impressive upset victory on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Playing without star guard D.J. Thomas ...
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SportsBig shot brings home title No. 15 for Centennial girls
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 For the better part of a decade it seemed the Centennial girls basketball team was a lock for the state championship, but the outcome of Friday’s title game was very much in doubt with 30 seconds to play ...
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SportsPlayoff in the forecast? UNLV football announces 2025 schedule
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 The Mountain West announced its football schedules for the 2025 season on Thursday, locking in UNLV’s dates for the program’s first campaign under new head coach Dan Mullen. The Scarlet and Gray will kick off their season ...
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SportsBishop Gorman boys back in state title game behind Nick Jefferson's double-double
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 Coming out of halftime with a 29-17 lead, the Bishop Gorman boys’ basketball team was ready to put away Desert Pines in Wednesday’s state semifinal ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV sweats out 52-51 win at Fresno State
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 UNLV escaped a furious comeback attempt by Fresno State to secure a 52-51 win on Saturday. The Scarlet and Gray should have cruised to victory but they went seven minutes ...
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SportsEnergy abounds as UNLV basketball overwhelms Air Force
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 UNLV did what it was supposed to do against such a lowly opponent, dropping Air Force, 77-52, at the Thomas & Mack Center. It was a far cry from last year’s meeting ...
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SportsHenley heating up as 3-point threat from the wing
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 On the very first possession of UNLV’s game at Wyoming on Saturday, Jaden Henley lined up an open 3-pointer from the wing, let it go and… drew nothing but air. Three minutes later Henley stepped into another 3 and ...
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SportsDan Mullen’s first signing class at UNLV is tops in MWC, features hometown target
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 Dan Mullen has already accomplished something his two predecessors at UNLV could not: getting Tavian McNair to sign on the dotted line.
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SportsUNLV basketball 'rattled' after fifth straight loss
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 Seventeen days can be a short time or a long time, depending on the context. For the UNLV basketball team, the past 17 days have felt like an eternity. The Scarlet and Gray suffered their fifth straight loss on Tuesday ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV basketball falters late in loss at UNR
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 UNR closed the game on an 8-2 run, handing UNLV its fourth straight loss, 71-65. UNLV briefly took a 57-55 lead on a Jaden Henley 3-pointer ...
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SportsJet set: UNLV's Thomas happy to return and ready to star for new coach
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 During a December practice during the lead-up to the LA Bowl, the UNLV offense ran a play that tasked running back Jai’Den Thomas with going out for a pass. Thomas, then a sophomore, ran a “wheel route,” which takes the back up the sideline ...
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SportsUNLV basketball crowded out by Utah State
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 That’s why they call it home-court advantage. After dropping two games inside a sleepy Thomas & Mack Center last week, UNLV traveled to Logan, Utah, and experienced first-hand the kind of difference a ravenous crowd can make, as the ...
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Game day: UNLV comeback fails, Utah State prevails, 76-71
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 UNLV dropped its third straight game on Wednesday, falling at Utah State, 76-71. Kevin Kruger's squad made a game of it in the second half, erasing a 16-point deficit ...
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SportsD.J. Thomas remains go-to guy for UNLV despite recent misses
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 Taking big shots means missing big shots — and living with the results. D.J. Thomas is comfortable with that responsibility ...
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SportsUNLV basketball at a crossroads following loss to Wyoming
Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 The UNLV basketball team suffered a devastating loss, falling at home in embarrassing fashion to a bottom dweller during the dog days of January. The listless performance left serious questions about whether Kevin Kruger’s squad has ...
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SportsDel Alexander glad to be holdover on new UNLV football coaching staff
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 Like most people who were paying attention to college football the past two years, Del Alexander was not surprised when Purdue hired away Barry Odom to be its new head football coach ...
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SportsUNLV can't solve 3-point problem in loss to Wyoming
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 UNLV ran into a math problem on Tuesday, and despite a frenzied final minute the Scarlet and Gray were unable to solve it. The arithmetic issue? Wyoming made 14 3-pointers and UNLV only made five, and when the final numbers were tallied ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV stunned by Wyoming, 63-61
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 UNLV made a run, but Wyoming held on for a 63-61 victory at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Cowboys led by 10 points with 50 seconds to play, but UNLV went on an 8-0 run to make things interesting. Wyoming missed ...
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Game day: UNLV stays hot, knocks off San Diego State
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 UNLV just locked up its second impressive victory in a row, coming in Viejas Arena and knocking off San Diego State, 76-68 ...
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SportsPlayers, coaches grappling with NCAA changes brought on by juco eligibility ruling
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 Just over a month ago, the NCAA encountered the latest in a recent line of landscape-altering events along with the introduction of name, image and likeness payments ...
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SportsUNLV adds former Michigan quarterback via portal
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 Dan Mullen added a second veteran quarterback on Saturday as Michigan transfer Alex Orji committed to UNLV. Orji is a 6-foot-3, 235-pound senior who comes to the Scarlet and Gray with two years of eligibility remaining. He announced his commitment ...
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SportsGame day: UNLV gets stomped at Colorado State, 84-62
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 UNLV dropped its second straight conference road game, falling at Colorado State on Saturday, 84-62. The 22-point loss was the same margin as UNLV's defeat at Boise State on Tuesday ...
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SportsMore than halfway through season, UNLV basketball still searching for first good win
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 Through the midway point of the UNLV basketball season, one question has emerged above all others: Is the Scarlet and Gray capable of beating a good team? ...
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SportsUNLV basketball flunks first conference test at Boise State
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 UNLV was dealt harsh dose of Mountain West reality on Tuesday, as conference contender Boise State handed Kevin Kruger’s squad an 81-59 defeat that was not as close as the final score might indicate ...
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SportsGame day: Boise State pounds UNLV basketball, 81-59
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 The final buzzer just sounded, but this one has been over for quite some time. Boise State simply pounded on UNLV for 40 minutes, earning a decisive 81-59 victory here at ExtraMile Arena ...
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SportsUNLV basketball, DJ Thomas fight off San Jose State
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 Just about any coach in America will tell you it doesn’t matter how you win, only that you win — especially in conference play. Kevin Kruger certainly believes in that line of thinking ...
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SportsKruger: UNLV's Whaley 'leaning' toward sitting out season with back injury
Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 Kevin Kruger expressed pessimism about senior forward Rob Whaley returning to the court this season as the junior forward continues to rehab a back injury that has kept him out of the last 11 games ...
