UNLV has hopped aboard the Big 12 expansion train. Despite the chances being slim, the Rebels are at least going to try.
According to UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, the Rebels have submitted a letter of interest to the Big 12. Kunzer-Murphy told the Las Vegas Review-Journal about the interest in joining the Power 5 conference.
“Our long-term goal has always been to become a member of a Power 5 conference, and it’s important that we’re part of the conversation,” Kunzer-Murphy said. “We’re proud members of the Mountain West conference, but we’re always looking to better our situation, and it behooves us to do that as an athletic department and a university.