Despite the loss by the Lady Rebels in Arizona, fans in the Las Vegas valley are proud of their efforts and believe the basketball team will help inspire valley girls to think about playing for UNLV.

Though they lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, UNLV is ready to capitalize on Las Vegas' growing love of women's basketball

Despite the loss by the Lady Rebels in Arizona, fans in the Las Vegas valley are proud of their efforts and believe the basketball team will help inspire valley girls to think about playing for UNLV.

It’s March and the NCAA Tournament is calling the Lady Rebels. UNLV is hosting a send-off for the women’s basketball team as they head to the tournament for the first time in 20 years.

Former UNLV sprinter Kaysha Love was named Monday to the U.S. Olympic bobsled team that will compete next month in the Winter Games in Beijing.

New UNLV AD Erick Harper will be "tasked with reinvigorating an increasingly tepid fan base amid a general lack of success within school’s two prominent revenue-generating programs: men’s basketball and football."

After a six-month national search, UNLV introduced one of its own to take over as the school’s new Athletic Director. That person is Erick Harper, and he says he has a mission of making the Rebels a championship brand.

Making things official. It was an emotional day as Erick Harper was officially introduced as the next UNLV athletic director.

Erick Harper ambled to the podium Wednesday morning inside the board room at the Thomas & Mack Center to make an endearing admission at his introductory news conference as UNLV athletic director.

Longtime UNLV athletics administrator Erick Harper sees the empty seats on game day. It’s his job to bring supporters back to campus.

UNLV has promoted interim athletic director Erick Harper to serve in the job full time.

Harper has served as the Rebels' interim athletic director since August, following Desiree Reed-Francois's departure for the University of Missouri.