Rebels: The Postseason
Rebels: The Postseason
Stretch, Superfan
For the past 45 years, one Rebel fanatic has seen it all. And he's kept most of it.
March 8th, 2012
Nobody refuses Stretch. The longtime UNLV basketball fan is a fixture in the tunnel of the Thomas & Mack Center after every home game, collecting autographs until the last player has left the building. Read more »
Seven Pivotal Moments from the Dawn of the Rice Age
From narrow escapes to a transcendent triumph, the Rebels blazed new trails for the years ahead.
March 8th, 2012
The first season of any college basketball coach’s tenure is filled with tone-setting moments—a series of firsts that can raise expectations or put the new boss on his heels before he’s even had the chance to step forward. Read more »
Rebels: The Postseason
'Play Hard Exceed Expectations, Never Quit'
The first year as UNLV's head coach has been a long, strange journey for Dave Rice. But his childhood—and his father—prepared him well for just this moment.
March 8th, 2012
With a 25-7 record, the inaugural edition of Dave Rice’s Rebels had made themselves not only a Goliath worth felling but a team worth believing in. And at this darkest point of a bright season, Rice would be the last man to stop believing. He may have picked up some of that confidence from his old mentor, Jerry Tarkanian, but long before he played for Tark’s 1990 national title team, Rice had learned the art of calm and perspective from another coach—his father, Lowell Rice. Read more »
