UNLV‘s Stephen Zimmerman Jr. (33) goes up for a dunk during a team practice inside Mendenhall Center at UNLV in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
If one basketball practice can be an indication of what's to come, UNLV coach Dave Rice is serious about his pledge to make changes.
Rice and his assistants ran the Rebels through a high-energy, 2½-hour session Monday at the Mendenhall Center. It was the first official practice of the 2015-16 season.
Stephen Zimmerman, a 7-foot freshman from Bishop Gorman High School, leads a new-look roster that is arguably the most talented from top to bottom in Rice's five seasons.