Its funny shizz listening to you corn-fed dust bowl ISU fans talking about UNLV basketball,first of all the money and hooker jokes is all BS,UNLV has never been linked to any crooked pay-outs,you might want to go look at the Big Ten or other power conferences for that junk,dating back to the Tark days UNLV brought in inner-city kids who may have had troubled pasts or academic problems in HS but the guys they did bring in some went the JUCO route or got their shat together and finally grown up and got enrolled fairly,the NCAA had a witch-hunt out for Tark dating back to his Long Beach St days when he was outspoken how shady the NCAA was and it followed him to UNLV,the main reason Tark stepped down from UNLV is because the NCAA had the UNLV president and AD in their back pocket and tried to dig up dirt on him,the NCAA was still pissed off when Tark won a huge settlement in court against them for unjust accusations and UNLV was also starting to build a UCLA-type dynasty when tons of high-level recruits were all lining up to come there after winning the NCAA championship so the NCAA had to put a stop to it,people were quick to throw UNLV under the bus after this last years team fired Dave Rice and 5 players jumped to the NBA and 4 recruits backed out of their committments,I got news for you,hiring Marvin Menzies and the staff he has put together was the best thing to happen to UNLV hoops since Tark left,UNLV has MAJOR recruiting connections globally with the hirings of Andre LaFleur,Rob Jeter and Eric Brown,not to mention Menzies is a top recruiter himself in the California region and Internationally,people act like UNLV is down and out,6'11 Cheickna Dembele is raw but has 4-Star potential and talent,this kid can make the NBA if he stays 3-4 years,5-Star PF Dwayne Morgan decided to stay after Menzies was hired,4-Star G Canadian player Jalen Poyser decided to stay also,SF Tyrell Green stayed also,this dude can flat out shoot and was injured last year,UNLV brought in the 6'10 Ukranian " Georgie " a stretch-4 PF who also can finish dunks in the lane,they brought in 2 Sr transfers in St Johns PF Christian Jones & USFran's SG Uche Ofoegbu,they got the Spaldings JUCO POY in G Jo-Jo Mooring 26 ppg,they brought over Jordan Johnson who was 2nd in the NCAA in assists last year 8.1 for the 2017 season,they lured in a JC player SF/SG Kris Clyburn who fills up the stats sheet at 60% shooting 50% 3's,they landed two 3-Stars in Chicago players freshmen SF Ben Coupet and SG Zion Morgan,even their 2 walk-ons are ballers,true PG Jaylan Ballou 17 ppg 9 assists in HS and G Larry Bush was 17 ppg and the 2 time player of year on their team in JC ball,they got 1 open scholarship left for 2016 and are maybe trying to get that rugged,physical PF/C Sr transfer from Southern Illinois " BOLA ",UNLV has a ton of offers out for 2017-18-19 for some of the top players in the nation,in another year or 2 they will be landing a few of them and be back on the map in no time,UNLV basketball is on the rise and will be a powerhouse out West very soon,even this years team that Menzies had to scramble to put together after a depleted roster can still win 20 games in 2016,Marvin and his crew are bringin' back the Runnin' in the Rebels basketball program ... press and gun
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