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Mountain West unveils national TV schedule for upcoming basketball season

Rebels will appear on CBS Sports Network 10 times; five games moved from Wednesday to Tuesday to accomodate coverage

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UNLV guard Patrick McCaw (2) gets off a jump shot for 3 points over UNR guard Tyron Crisswell (2) during their Mountain West Basketball Championships game at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday, March, 11, 2015.

At least 25 of UNLV’s games in the 2015-16 season will air or stream on a national service, it was announced today.

The Mountain West unveiled its national TV schedule, including partnerships with ESPN, CBS, Root Sports and Campus Insiders. For UNLV, that includes 10 games on CBS Sports Network, two on ESPN2, two on ESPNU, three streaming on ESPN3, one streaming on Campus Insiders and four on ESPN Networks, which could be moved to any of ESPN’s properties.

The Rebels had already announced TV info for their game at Wichita State, and not included in the league’s release was the Maui Invitational. Every game in Hawaii will air on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Five of UNLV’s midweek games were moved from Wednesday to Tuesday in order to accommodate coverage. Those include Jan. 12 vs. New Mexico, Jan. 19 at Utah State, Feb. 2 at New Mexico, Feb. 16 at Air Force and Feb. 23 at Boise State.

More TV info, including for the Dec. 19 game at Arizona, will be announced in the coming weeks. Here’s UNLV’s full schedule, will all available time and TV information:

Sat, Oct. 31 — Scrimmage at USC

Fri, Nov. 6 — Whittier (exhibition)

Fri, Nov. 13 — Cal Poly

Mon, Nov .16 — New Mexico Highlands

Wed, Nov. 18 — Southern Utah, Campus Insiders

Mon, Nov. 23 — vs. UCLA, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2

Tue, Nov. 24 — vs. Kansas or Chaminade, 1:30 or 7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2

Wed, Nov. 25 — vs. TBD*

*Maui Invitational field also includes Indiana, St. John’s, Wake Forest, and Vanderbilt

Sat, Nov. 28 — Prairie View A&M

Fri, Dec. 4 — Oregon at MGM Grand Garden Arena, 8 p.m., ESPN2

Wed, Dec. 9 — at Wichita State, 6 p.m., ESPN2

Sat, Dec. 12 — at UC Riverside

Wed, Dec. 16 — Arizona State, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Sat, Dec. 19 — at Arizona

Tue, Dec. 22 — South Dakota

Wed, Dec. 30 — Fresno State, ESPN3

Wed, Jan. 6 — at Colorado State, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Sat, Jan. 9 — at Wyoming, 3 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Tue, Jan. 12 — New Mexico, 7 or 8 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Sat, Jan. 16 — Air Force, 7 p.m., ESPN Networks

Tue, Jan. 19 — at Utah State, 8 p.m., ESPN Networks

Sat, Jan. 23 — at UNR, 7 p.m., ESPN Networks

Wed, Jan. 27 — Boise State, 7 or 8 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Sat, Jan. 30 — San Diego State, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Tue, Feb. 2 — at New Mexico, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Sat, Feb. 6 — at Fresno State, ESPN3

Wed, Feb. 10 — San Jose State, ESPN3

Sat, Feb. 13 — Colorado State, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Tue, Feb. 16 — at Air Force, 6:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Sat, Feb. 20 — UNR, CBS Sports Network

Tue, Feb. 23 — at Boise State, 8 p.m., ESPNU

Sat, Feb. 27 — Wyoming, ESPN Networks

Sat, March 5 — at San Diego State, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Wed-Sat, March 9-12 — Mountain West Tournament at Thomas & Mack Center

Taylor Bern can be reached at 948-7844 or [email protected]. Follow Taylor on Twitter at twitter.com/taylorbern.