UNLV Basketball
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Over the course of 40 minutes Sunday night, UNLV junior Chace Stanback was not the best player on the floor.
If July arrives and Tre’Von Willis finds himself playing in the NBA Summer League among other drafted or free-agent rookies in search of a job among the world’s best players, it will be as much for his know-how than anything.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Senior guard Malcolm Delaney is one of the nation’s top players, and he stars for Virginia Tech, which comes from college basketball’s most respected conference.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — One step behind his dance partners and uncomfortable with the music, UNLV forward Quintrell Thomas felt the need to get up to speed.
Look at Justin Hawkins. He’s the exception. He’s the one who in middle school thought first about stopping the basketball more than scoring it, the one who turned on a television and mimicked the NBA actions of Bruce Bowen more than Michael Jordan.
Tulsa basketball has been alive and dribbling for 100 years now. Back in 1921, when it went by the name Kendall College, it won the AAU national title.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Derrick Jasper is a 6-foot-6-inch guard, but the UNLV senior played bigger than his size and filled every spot on the floor Thursday night.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Derrick Jasper had 13 points and 10 rebounds as UNLV built a big lead and held on to defeat Tulsa 80-71 tonight in the first round of the 76 Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center.
It’s easy to find a comfort zone at home. UNLV coach Lon Kruger is ready to find out how his basketball team responds to changes in scenery, starting with a trip to Disneyland.
Five weeks after giving birth, Lady Rebels point guard Erica Helms already was running up and down the stairs at the Thomas & Mack Center.
In pressure situations, Chace Stanback delivered time and again on the offensive end, putting UNLV in position to steal a win.
The more I watch Chace Stanback play basketball, the more I wonder what Ben Howland was thinking.
In the end, UNLV’s speed and quickness won out over Wisconsin’s size and strength.
