UNLV will play in the 2020 Maui Invitational, making its first return to the prestigious early season tournament since 2015.
Mark Anderson
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Email: manderson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2914
Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
Jonah Antonio, a 6-foot-5-inch guard who played at a junior college this season, announced on Twitter that he had chosen the Rebels. He averaged 11.6 points and 4.5 rebounds this season.
Larry Johnson, who starred on two Final Four teams at UNLV, will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Max Gilliam and Kenyon Oblad are competing to be UNLV’s backup quarterback. No quarterback has started every Rebels game in a season since Jon Denton in 1996.
UNLV senior wide receiver Brandon Presley will miss next season with a torn ACL in his left knee. Presley suffered the injury in practice Friday and will undergo surgery.
UNLV used Fogler Consulting to help with background checks and in other ways when looking for a men’s basketball coach. The Rebels hired T.J. Otzelberger on Wednesday.
The USA 3X3 basketball men’s and women’s national championships will be at the Downtown Vegas Events Center on May 3-4.
T.J. Otzelberger was introduced as UNLV’s basketball coach Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 41-year-old went 70-33 in three seasons at South Dakota State, making the NCAA Tournament twice.
South Dakota State’s T.J. Otzelberger has been hired as the UNLV men’s basketball coach. He went 70-33 in three seasons with the Jackrabbits, making the NCAA Tournament in his first two years and the NIT this season.
Noted defense attorney Michael Avenatti insinuated Tuesday night that UNLV used unscrupulous methods to land prized basketball recruit Brandon McCoy two years ago.
South Dakota State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has emerged as a strong candidate for the UNLV job, sources close to the search said Tuesday.
UNLV took a three-run lead into the ninth inning Sunday against UNR, but lost 7-6 in the 10th. That defeat also cost the Rebels a sweep of their chief rival.
Sources close to the UNLV program have identified VCU’s Mike Rhoades more than any other coaching candidate — Buffalo’s Nate Oats is the other — but it’s quite possible that both will eventually land at Power Five schools.
Former UNLV signee Ethan Anderson committed to Southern California on Friday, announcing his decision on Twitter.
Five UNLV basketball players have put their names into the NCAA Transfer Portal as the university searches for a new coach. The search is expected to last another week to 10 days.
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