Above the Rim
Hoops and Heat: The Strange Fate of the Summertime Pickup Game
August 21st, 2012
The assignment seemed simple enough: Go around town during a scorching summer afternoon, find a regular pickup basketball game, join in, live to tell the tale, then ask those taking part in it what exactly they were thinking. Read more »
Massamba giving Rice inside option at crucial times
February 1st, 2012
On a squad with talented go-to guys such as Mike Moser, Chace Stanback and Anthony Marshall, you might think it’s difficult for UNLV coach Dave Rice to decide which player he wants to have the ball with the game on the line. Actually, it isn’t. But it probably isn’t who you think it is. Read more »
Rebels in better mood for this trip to Boise
January 25th, 2012
The last time Dave Rice traveled with a UNLV basketball team to Boise State, it was possibly one of the more bizarre and disappointing moments of his coaching career. You could even call it turbulent. Read more »
Hawkins not starting, just starring
December 9th, 2011
After Dave Rice was hired as UNLV basketball coach in April, the rumor mill began to swirl regarding which players potentially could be headed elsewhere. The name that always seemed to appear was junior guard Justin Hawkins. Read more »
Early UNLV great Miller gone but not forgotten
December 7th, 2011
Elburt Miller played basketball at UNLV long before the Rebels ran to national prominence, but his contributions can’t be overlooked. Miller, who averaged 29.3 points per game in his two years with the Rebels, died Dec. 4 at the age of 66. Read more »
Rebels’ trip to UCSB harkens back to days of Big West battles
December 1st, 2011
It felt like the good old days. The Thunderdome on the campus of UC Santa Barbara has traditionally been a house of horrors for visiting opponents, UNLV included. Wednesday night’s 94-88 double-overtime victory felt like a throwback to the days when Jerry Tarkanian’s Rebels would head into Santa Barbara for a Big West Conference game and know they were going to get all they could handle. Read more »
New generation of UNLV fans gets its magic moment
November 27th, 2011
With less than a minute remaining Saturday night in UNLV’s 90-80 upset of No. 1 North Carolina, Rebel fans swelled around the edges of the Orleans Arena court, barely able to contain themselves until the final buzzer sounded and the celebration could begin. Read more »
Family fuels Stanback’s motivation to topple Tar Heels
November 26th, 2011
It's hard to imagine going into the biggest game of your basketball life with the person closest to you possibly rooting for the opposition. Read more »
Massamba steps up game against Cal Poly
November 23rd, 2011
It was just what Rebels coach Dave Rice had been waiting so patiently for. It wasn't that any of UNLV’s three centers had been playing poorly, it's just that none of them had come to the forefront. Read more »
Rebels’ scoring rise has common thread
November 22nd, 2011
It's rather easy to look back in the UNLV record books and find that the last time the Rebels topped the 90-point mark in consecutive games was during the 2003-04 season. The dates and games are right there in plain view: Feb. 21 vs. Colorado State (94 points) and Feb. 24 vs.Wyoming (95 points). What isn't as easy to see is what the common factor is between that Rebel squad and this one. Read more »
