UNLV men's basketball coach, Josh Pastner, is facing a difficult period with seven players currently in the transfer portal. This comes after five players made their intentions to explore other options in the NCAA transfer portal, including forward Emmanuel Stephen and Ladji Dembele. The only player re-signed by Pastner is freshman forward Tyrin Jones. The losses to these players include Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn and Myles Che, who both left without contributing to the team.