UNLV basketball’s Jeremiah “Bear” Cherry enters transfer portal, the sixth player from last season’s team to do so.

The 2025 college basketball transfer portal doesn't officially open until next Monday, but it's already firing on all cylinders. Below are early scouting reports and recruiting intel on some of the cycle's initial top players.

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When Josh Pastner was introduced as UNLV’s new head basketball coach Wednesday during a press conference at the Thomas & Mack Center, the first thing the 47-year-old did was acknowledge his wife and children.

Josh Pastner replaces Kevin Kruger, who was fired from the position on March 15 after four seasons with UNLV. Katie Donnell, 28, was a "workout queen" who was "the epitome of health" until she died of a shocking heart attack — her mother believes energy drinks are to blame.