Lon Kruger

UNLV basketball head coach Dave Rice joins the Tim Brando Show to discuss the Rebels promising start to his first season as head coach. Tune in as Rice also discusses what the Rebels have improved on since last year. http://www.youtube.com/v/zj2b8v4RJtQ?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata Read the rest here: Dave Rice on UNLV Successful StartRead Full Story

The buzz for the 2011-12 UNLV men's basketball season has stayed consistently high ever since Dave Rice was hired as the program's new head coach back in early April. Expect it to spike even higher this weekend. The Rebels' first campaign under the former UNLV player and assistant coach officially begins Saturday afternoon, when the team will take part in its first official full-length practice of the season. The weekend's festivities also include Friday's 6 p.m. team introduction at the...Read Full Story

When describing his role as a group reservations intern at the MGM Grand this summer, Justin Hawkins summed it up by saying he did a little bit of everything. That's not much different from the part he's mastered as a UNLV reserve guard over the last two years. Every team needs them — Those commonly referred to as "glue guys." They're the players who can hold a team together on the court when a game gets hectic, or off the court in a transition period, much like the one UNLV is in now under...Read Full Story

Published on April 30, 2011 by   ·   35021 No Comments http%3A%2F%2Fpacifictwelve.com%2Fsports%2Fsfatpauley-the-power-of-the-student-section.html %23SFatPauley%3A+The+Power+Of+The+Student+Section 2011-04-30+14%3A40%3A59 http%3A%2F%2Fpacifictwelve.com%2Fvideo%2Fsfatpauley-the-power-of-the-student-section.html Don’t forget to sign the petition to get students back on the sidelines today and also join Facebook event asking UCLA students to vote to restore court-side seating . While our...Read Full Story

Published on March 28, 2011 by   ·   27056 1 Comment http%3A%2F%2Fpacifictwelve.com%2Fsports%2Fcoaching-search-continues-is-lon-kruger-a-candidate.html Coaching+search+continues%3B+Is+Lon+Kruger+a+candidate%3F 2011-03-28+06%3A17%3A41 http%3A%2F%2Fpacifictwelve.com%2Fvideo%2Fcoaching-search-continues-is-lon-kruger-a-candidate.html It’s been two weeks since Jim Boylen was fired as Utah’s head coach and, outside the Randy Bennett news? last week , there is no indication from Chris Hill...Read Full Story

Basketball Coaching involves several aspects of the game of basketball.  You have offensive basketball plays, defense, and special situations.  I believe that special situations are always over... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Read Full Story

It’s been two weeks since Jim Boylen was fired as Utah’s head coach and, outside the Randy Bennett news? last week , there is no indication from Chris Hill he’s found his man.? So we’re left waiting…and waiting…and waiting.? CBS’ Seth Davis? reported ?Friday that former Alabama head coach Mark Gottfried was the man to beat for the Utah job and yet, we’ve yet to hear anything about Hill setting up an interview or even discussing the job with the current ESPN analyst. With Gottfried currently...Read Full Story

JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. Lon Kruger's first day as the coach at Oklahoma involved a lot of time on the phone and a fast and furious start to practice. Kruger brought assistants Steve Henson and Lew Hill with him from UNLV to oversee his first workout session with the Sooners on Tuesday. Henson and Hill were with Kruger throughout his time with the Runnin' Rebels, and Henson has worked alongside him as far back as his...Read Full Story

This is the opportunity the UNLV basketball program needed. The Rebels couldn't have accomplished anything more with Lon Kruger at the helm of the program. As strange as that sounds considering Kruger - who agreed to a reported seven-year, $16 million contract Friday to become Oklahoma 's coach - brought in his seven-year tenure Rebel Fever back to Southern Nevada , it was obvious this year that the program had hit its ceiling. At best, they had become a team that gets eliminated in the first...Read Full Story

Two of UNLVÕs biggest sports stars returned last weekend to remind fans of the RebelsÕ glory days.¶ Larry Johnson, who led UNLV to an NCAA basketball championship in 1990, showed up unexpectedly at the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday, delighting current players and about 2,000 fans whoÕd come to see the RebelsÕ first official practice. ¶ Randall Cunningham, UNLVÕs lone Heisman Trophy candidate, was honored at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday as part of the celebration honoring his 1984 football...Read Full Story