
UNLV outfielder Kyle Isbel (UNLV Athletics)
Inside UNLV’s Dramatic Turnaround
Weekend SpotlightThe last time UNLV was ranked in the Top 25, during its 36-win campaign in 2014, it looked like a program on the rise. The Rebels had won 37 games under then-coach Tim Chambers in 2013, and they had a first-round pick leading the rotation a year later in Erick Fedde. Nobody should have been terribly surprised that team made an appearance in the rankings.
But no one expected UNLV to crack the Top 25 this spring — not after it went 20-36 a year ago and 24-32 the year before that. It’s been a tumultuous past couple[…]