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It’s official: Bennett is NBA bound

It’s official: Bennett is NBA bound

UNLV freshman forward Anthony Bennett on Monday afternoon made official what had suspected for months – that he’s putting his name into the 2013 NBA Draft’s pool of underclassmen. The 6-foot-8, 230-pounder from Findlay Prep in [...]

Bennett, Birch claim top Mountain West honors

Bennett, Birch claim top Mountain West honors

The Mountain West released its all-conference basketball teams on Monday afternoon and UNLV was well represented. Forward Anthony Bennett was picked as Freshman of the Year by the league’s nine coaches and a select media panel [...]

Boise State preview: Rice talks starting lineup, 3-point defense

Boise State preview: Rice talks starting lineup, 3-point defense

UNLV heads into the final week of Mountain West play with second place and the No. 2 seed for next week’s conference tournament within grasp. And tonight’s 7 p.m. home game with streaking Boise State, which [...]

Road kill: Rebels run over Wolf Pack, 80-63

Road kill: Rebels run over Wolf Pack, 80-63

RENO – It appears that UNLV’s maturing basketball team has finally found the secret to success on the road. For the second straight game, the Runnin’ Rebels (22-7, 9-5 Mountain West) won decisively away from the [...]

Bennett suffering from brachial neuritis

Bennett suffering from brachial neuritis

UNLV freshman forward Anthony Bennett, who left Saturday’s 65-42 victory at Wyoming after four minutes complaining of a sore left shoulder, is suffering from a nerve injury called “brachial neuritis” according to trainer Dave Tomchek. “It’s [...]

No Bennett, no problem: Rebels rout Wyoming, 65-42

No Bennett, no problem: Rebels rout Wyoming, 65-42

LARAMIE, Wy. – The game had been over for only about 10 minutes but UNLV’s basketball team was still putting the “Runnin’ ” into “Runnin’ Rebels.” Light snow had started falling outside Arena-Auditorium midway through the [...]

Revitalized Rebels try to end road woes

Revitalized Rebels try to end road woes

LARAMIE, Wy. — With back-to-back hard-fought wins over ranked San Diego State and Colorado State teams, it appears the UNLV Rebels may have turned the corner during what at times has been a disappointing 2012-13 campaign. [...]

Marshall is Mr. Clutch as Rebels edge No. 22 Colorado State

Marshall is Mr. Clutch as Rebels edge No. 22 Colorado State

Anthony Marshall had never hit a game-winning shot in his 127 previous college games. But with his team out of timeouts, the scored tied 59-59 and time winding down on Wednesday night, he knew what he [...]

Rebels rebound in a big way, 64-55

Rebels rebound in a big way, 64-55

It wasn’t a pleasant week to be a UNLV basketball player … until Saturday night, that is. Picked to battle for the Mountain West title, the Runnin’ Rebels suffered embarrassing back-to-back road losses at Boise State [...]

Moser, Rebels hope to gut out another win at Boise State

Moser, Rebels hope to gut out another win at Boise State

It will be another homecoming of sorts for Mike Moser Saturday night at Boise State. The junior forward from Portland, who also has relatives in the Boise area, said that he will have about 30 friends [...]