Stanback off to UNLV

by Nestor on Aug 11, 2008 3:17 PM PDT

Stanback, a 6-foot-8-inch forward, called UNLV coach Lon Kruger to make it official.

"When I called Coach Kruger and told him, that's when I made up my mind," Stanback said. "The coaches seemed very interested in me, and I bonded well with the players."

Stanback was the 2007 California Division I Player of the Year at Fairfax, where he averaged 25.8 points and 11.9 rebounds. He picked UCLA over Arizona and Washington.

But he rarely played as a freshman for Bruins coach Ben Howland. Stanback averaged 1.8 points and 5.8 minutes while playing in 25 of 39 games for a UCLA team that reached the Final Four last season.

"I just didn't feel like that program was right for me," he said. "I didn't feel comfortable."

Well, good luck to Chace. Hopefully he will find his new digs at UNLV "comfortable."

We will leave it at that and look forward to another great season for our Ben Ball warriors.

GO BRUINS.

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UNLV has a bright future

They’ve been the tournament the past two years under Lon Kruger and won at least 1 tournament game both years. He’s building something solid there and will now add not only Chace, but Kentucky transfer Derrick Jasper. They’d be an interesting team to play, maybe in the 2009 Wooden Classic?

by ryebreadraz on Aug 11, 2008 3:25 PM PDT 0 recs

be interested to see

how he turns out

by jjreicher on Aug 11, 2008 7:12 PM PDT 0 recs

Much better

than seeing him end up at UW.

by Give me a B... on Aug 11, 2008 11:50 PM PDT 0 recs

UNLV

paying us back for stealing Ed O’Bannon and Shon Tarver…..ha ha!

by godblesstyus95 on Aug 12, 2008 3:13 AM PDT 0 recs

we didn't steal them!

Tark and UNLV got hit with sanctions, so they didn’t want to go there anymore. Not quite the same…but ha ha as you said!

by tasser10 on Aug 12, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

i'll miss him

I still think he could’ve had a solid career at UCLA if he had some more playing time. Of course, the question is where his playing time would have come from. He’s long, quick, and he can shoot. He was also a fairly good defender and probably could’ve been a great one under Howland.

Oh well, I wish him the best at UNLV.

by UCLAbruin920 on Aug 12, 2008 10:16 AM PDT 0 recs

Best of Luck To Chace

I wish he would have stayed, but I truly hope he does well.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Aug 12, 2008 12:35 PM PDT 0 recs

best wishes to Chase

Echoing rye, it does seem that Lon Kruger is building up a good program at UNLV. As much as I would have liked to have seen Chase stay in Westwood, it will be interesting to see how he develops along with the program in Vegas.

by bruinhoo on Aug 12, 2008 10:45 PM PDT 0 recs