UNLV Rebels

BASS LAKE, California – As I sit here, near Yosemite National Park, with 38 other Tarkanians on our annual retreat, I take a lot of pride in family and can’t help thinking about my family’s roots. By the lake, we’ll eat a variety of grape leaves, some stuffed with rice and meat, which also will make me think about Armenia. My mother, Haighouhie “Rose,” was born there. Her father and brother were decapitated by the Turkish military, just for being ...

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I’ve been asked if I feel the NCAA has changed much since I was coaching at UNLV, and I’m not so sure if it has. I’m going to wait and ...

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That was a heart-breaking loss for Orlando last night against the Lakers. The Magic gave it away. I couldn’t believe how stupid they played at the end. Dwight Howard’s two ...

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With the NBA Finals starting Thursday, I couldn’t be happier for Orlando Magic guard Rafer Alston, who played for me at Fresno State. Coming out of high school in New ...

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I was so sad when I heard about the passing of Wayman Tisdale, at 44, last week from cancer. It shows how many people he touched, and what so many ...

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I talked this week with Tim Grgurich and Mark Warkentien, two of my former assistants who are working in Denver, and both of them told me how much the Nuggets ...

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I wanted to make it back to Las Vegas real bad for Gondo’s memorial celebration at the Thomas & Mack Center, but I just could not get out of Fresno. ...

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I’m just now settling down from a hectic whirlwind, so I can address a few readers’ inquiries. Had a fantastic time at the Final Four in Detroit. Originally, I wasn’t ...

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I had a lot of fun coaching in college, because that’s what I did my whole life. But the NBA would have been fun if I had been there longer and we would have won.

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Yep, I made it to Detroit. I said I wouldn’t go, I didn’t want to go, it was all to spread out and there wasn’t a main headquarters for all the coaches to get together and be seen.

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