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UNLV basketball schedules home-and-home series with Kansas

UNLV Rebels First Basketball Practice of the Season

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Head Coach Dave Rice talks with reporters during the first UNLV basketball practice of the season at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center Monday, Oct. 7, 2013.

UNLV Rebels First Basketball Practice of the Season

Bryce Dejean-Jones drives by Kevin Olekaibe during the first UNLV basketball practice of the season at UNLV's Mendenhall Center Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Launch slideshow »

The UNLV basketball team will play a home-and-home series with Kansas starting in the 2014-15 season, the schools announced today.

The Rebels will travel to Kansas next season and host the Jayhawks during the 2016-17 campaign.

“We are very excited to start this series with Kansas,” UNLV coach Dave Rice said in a statement. “Kansas has one of the most successful, storied programs in college basketball history. Adding the Jayhawks to our schedule is consistent with our philosophy of playing a very competitive nonconference schedule.”

UNLV last played Kansas during the 2008 NCAA Tournament, losing 75-56 to the eventual national champions.

The nonconference schedule this season is highlighted by a game Dec. 7 at Arizona. Other games of note are Nov. 19 against Arizona State and Nov. 26 against Illinois, both at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Ray Brewer can be reached at 990-2662 or [email protected]. Follow Ray on Twitter at twitter.com/raybrewer21.

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