Boston Rebel 2 said:

I would think we have advantages over Boise but if they go to the CFP again I could definitely see them getting picked simply because of their success. Plus they draw fans and attract as many TV eyeballs as us. We have other advantages though.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

There's always one. There's always one wise guy that has to chime in...

Every damn time.

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j. spilotro said:

Rishwain goes off again. After a long dunk, he’s feeling it. He’s going to Kdub the Lobos (didn’t Kendall Wallace have a big game vs UNM in an upset? Maybe my mind is faulty).


UNLV 83
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unlove said:

UNLV Athletics has legit budget issues, like most schools not in a P4. Lots of promises have been made with Mullen. Lots to be delivered. The department is not flush with cash, rather the opposite is true. Whitfield’s departure is not a coincidence. Not saying it was the cause, but not a coincidence. I’ll leave it at that. Don’t set unreasonable expectations for a new coach. If we get a new coach expect another young “up and comer” or an older retread. Or expect another year of CKK. Essentially a “break even” deal from a budget perspective is the best hope for short of a major donor stepping up (which I don’t see happening).

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SilverSpoon said:

The more I look at the map and travel partners, the more sense the B12 makes (Even more so than the current MWC). ASU, UofA, and BYeew. These are all schools within driving distances. Each already has a large Las Vegas resident representation. The logistics and economics are right there.

I think Memphis and UNLV would be the next options and probably a coin toss decision at this point for this reason. A CFP invite this season would probably put us well in front of ANY and ALL options. It would be a super easy sell to the current B12 schools. If Boise were to take the CFP again, I still don't see their location and all of their many short comings getting them into anything other than a whore'ified version of a G5 like the PAC. Unless the B12 gets picked absolutely clean by the P2 super conference merger. SDSU was my only other worry, but their METRICS have taken a sh*t at the worst/best possible time.

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j. spilotro said:

Rishwain goes off again. After a long dunk, he’s feeling it. He’s going to Kdub the Lobos (didn’t Kendall Wallace have a big game vs UNM in an upset? Maybe my mind is faulty).


UNLV 83
UNM 78

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

I watch I am east of Colorado so that makes one...

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

At this point I would be happy being Cal and Stanford's travel partner.

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Meister_Rebel said:

I was wondering, since some are asking where is the money, how much are we getting from the new NIKE deal? Has anyone heard. The last mention of any money that I could find was when we signed a 3 year deal for $3 million a year back in 2019. Now that we've signed a 5 year deal and our football star is shining a bit more shouldn't we be seeing some more cash from that? Anyone? Anyone?

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Rosegreen1 said:

Again, who is going to front the cash? Department is in the red and the increase in attendance in football helped pay down the debt.

We keep saying this every time from Howland, Pitino, Cronin and so on. We think money grows on trees and it just needs to be spent on Will Wade etc.

Mullen was a once in a lifetime hire for unlv, I wouldn’t expect that again for basketball. I would expect CKK to be given the Odom extension special or 2 years. If he is fired, I would expect an experienced HC on the cheap.

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Rebel1986 said:

The increase in ticket sales has more than covered the additional coaching cost. Example is the LOGE EL seats are $2,250 each for the season. This is the area above the home seating that includes 24 sets of 8 seats. They showed them open for sale a couple of weeks ago. In only a couple of weeks it appears they have sold 178 of the 192 tickets. If they have sold, that is over $400,000 just in that small area of seating. It also appears that season ticket sales are way up which is another $1-2 million in ticket sales from last season. It would be foolish not to fix the problem with basketball considering the most likely league UNLV would have a chance to join is the Big12, and the Big 12 does put some importance in also having good basketball. A great coaching hire could more than pay for itself in ticket sales.

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Rosegreen1 said:

You need money to reset though. People are talking about making a splash in the program and some of the names everyone is hoping for cost millions. Harper already poured an incredible amount of cash on Mullen and his staff. Not to mention NIL.

Remember, when TJO left for Iowa State, they paid UNLV a sizable buyout. What did UNLV do with that? Promoted the third assistant on the team with a paltry salary while the following year paid Arroyo’s buyout and signed Odom in football.

Football is the only thing UNLV has went all out on lately. Basketball has been mostly cheap. Only spending more on TJO and his staff.


Again, unless CKK loses the next couple games, I think it’s 50/50 he returns and CKKs teams are always streaky and they are currently in the middle of a run. So we’ll see what happens.

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