Ryan Greene
Contact: Email
He covered UNLV men's basketball and football for the Las Vegas Sun and its website for more than three years. The site was a finalist in both 2009 and 2010 for the EPpy Award, given by Editor & Publisher magazine to the nation's top sports site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors. He came to Las Vegas after covering Kansas men's basketball and football for the Lawrence-Journal-World and KUSports.com for two years, with that site winning the EPpy in 2007 and coming in as a finalist in 2008. He is also a regular contributor on the ESPN 1100 AM airwaves throughout the year, appearing on both of the station's afternoon shows and its UNLV pre game shows.
Recent Articles
UNLV's zone-busting prowess shines through in 92-55 blowout of Morgan State
November 21st, 2011
It likely won't be the last time UNLV sees a zone defense this year, and when the Rebels do in the future, busting it up won't always look quite as easy as it did on Sunday night.
But in a 92-55 rout of Morgan State, UNLV showed just how dangerous it's capable of being if opponents decide to get away from old-school man-to-man tactics.
Read More »
UNLV's busy stretch continues Sunday against MEAC power Morgan State
November 19th, 2011
UNLV got its three-games-in-six-days stretch started in the ideal fashion on Thursday night, with a 95-70 blowout of Canisius.
It wasn't just the wide margin on the scoreboard that made it a great start to what will, in reality, be a grueling six-week stretch for the Rebels (3-0). It was how smooth seemingly everything went, as UNLV was 33-of-54 from the floor, recording assists on 28 of those makes.
Read More »
Hawkins, Rebels stay on roll with rout of Canisius
Junior guard comes off bench, continues to shine
November 17th, 2011
Two weeks ago, UNLV junior guard Justin Hawkins was facing a sink-or-swim scenario for the first time in his collegiate career.
After two seasons as a defensive specialist off of the bench for the Rebels, the 6-foot-3 Los Angeles native needed to find some balance in his game. If he didn't within first-year coach Dave Rice's uptempo system, his spot in the rotation may have been at risk after not too long.
Read More »
Pull It Down
November 17th, 2011
Mike Moser, the newest addition to the UNLV basketball lineup, has already changed the trajectory of games and captured the imaginations of fans—and he isn’t even comfortable yet. In UNLV’s 83-66 season-opening victory over Grand Canyon Nov. 11, the sophomore UCLA transfer finished with 16 points and 20 rebounds. He looked primed for another 20-rebound outing in a 71-67 victory Nov. 14 over rival University of Nevada, Reno, pulling down 10 in the first half, only to land in foul trouble and spend much of the second half on the bench.
Read More »
UNLV's marathon stretch begins Thursday against Canisius
November 16th, 2011
The opponents UNLV will face over the next six days don’t have the name recognition like the ones they'll see over Thanksgiving weekend at the Orleans Arena, but the workload will be far from easy.
With Thursday’s 7 p.m. tipoff against Canisius at the Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV begins a stretch of three games in six days, which will provide a true litmus test of where the team's focus and conditioning is at this point of the season.
Read More »
Despite sloppy finish, UNLV gets job done against rival UNR
Justin Hawkins' free throw with 3.3 seconds left secures 71-67 win
November 15th, 2011
For three-quarters of Monday night's rivalry showdown against Nevada-Reno at the Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV showed that it is making rapid progress in learning how to be a successful running basketball team. The final 10 minutes showed that there is still plenty to learn.
Read More »
Despite an opening night flop, UNR presents UNLV with a tough test
November 14th, 2011
The in-state series between UNLV and Nevada-Reno has been completely one-sided the last five years. If UNR is going to change that trend on Monday night, it will take a performance that is the complete opposite of what it showed Friday night in a season-opening stunner.
Read More »
Short-handed UNLV finds needed second wind in 83-66 victory over GCU
November 12th, 2011
UNLV certainly wasn't looking past Division-II Grand Canyon on Friday night in its regular season opener at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Despite having a leg-up on the Antelopes in terms of talent, the Rebels just didn't have the luxury of taking them lightly and still escaping with a win.
Read More »
Starting Five
Short-handed UNLV opens against Division II Grand Canyon
November 11th, 2011
Well, all of a sudden, this one looks pretty interesting, huh?
When UNLV's 2011-12 schedule was released over the summer, some may have rolled their eyes at the thought of a regular-season opener against Division II Grand Canyon.
Read More »
Reinhardt's pledge to UNLV could reap benefits for years
November 11th, 2011
UNLV coach Dave Rice sees the sweet-shooting 6-foot-5 Reinhardt as a point guard in his system, very much in the mold of his most famous former pupil, Jimmer Fredette, who thrived at BYU under Rice’s tutelage.
Read More »