RANKING THE REBELS: 95 – Edwin ‘Greedy’ Daniels
May 13, 2010 - 11:00 pm
EDWIN "GREEDY" DANIELS
Years: 1997 to 1999
Career highlights:
■ Scored 429 points in 61 games for a career scoring average of 7.0.
■ Played for coach Bill Bayno in 1997-98, when the Rebels went 20-13 and won the Western Athletic Conference Tournament before losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
■ Had 186 assists and 125 steals in two seasons.
Quotable: "Greedy was highly recruited, and he had talent. He was part of a plethora of quality point guards that UNLV had over the years." -- Dick Calvert, UNLV game announcer since 1971
After UNLV: Daniels transferred to Texas Christian after his sophomore year. He declared for the 2001 NBA Draft but later withdrew and did not return to school.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.