UNLV Basketball: Forward Chace Stanback Busted for DUI

Another summer and another legal woe facing the UNLV Men's Basketball team.

This past Friday night Chace Stanback, UCLA transfer and UNLV's top returning player—who leads all returning players in scoring and rebounding—was pulled over for speeding near his off-campus residence and eventually arrested on suspicion of DUI charges.

This comes on the heels of last summer's legal hoopla that Tre'von Willis faced after allegedly choking a woman and then taking her cell phone so she could not call for help.

Now the attention turns to incoming head coach Dave Rice and what if any disciplinary actions he might hand down to Stanback.

Back in 2008, UNLV then-sophomore guard and local Las Vegas talent Marcus Lawrence was let go from the team by former coach Lon Kruger when he was arrested on DUI charges. His case was a little more severe due to the fact that Lawrence wrecked his car not far from the UNLV campus and fled the scene.

Stanback's punishment will not be that severe, but the Rebel faithful are now left to ponder what will happen to one of UNLV's best returning players. The punishment handed down to Willis drew fierce scrutiny when he was suspended for four games total, but included the teams two exhibition games.

With the same fans waiting to see what coach Rice will do, I expect there to be a suspension of somewhere between two and five games.

The UNLV Rebels have the rest of the summer to work through the problem and await his August 11th court date. Hopefully it's is just a minor bump in the road before a season that has the Rebels destine for greatness.