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The UNLV basketball team will begin and end its 2016-17 Mountain West schedule on the road, and former coach Dave Rice will return to the Thomas & Mack Center on Feb. 25 with a UNR squad that could win the league title.
The Mountain West announced its full slate of conference games this morning, including the tournament format, which will remain the same after officials originally decided to include only eight of the 11 teams. The regular season is still an 18-game slate with seven full home-and-homes. This season, the Rebels will avoid a trip to Boise State and a home game against Fresno State.
The Rebels’ league schedule starts Dec. 28 at Colorado State, where they haven’t won since 2011. Other notable games include Jan. 18 at home against San Diego State, Feb. 8 at UNR and the finale on March 4 at Fresno State. Rice, now an assistant on coach Eric Musselman’s Wolf Pack staff, has landed with the team that’s expected to contend with San Diego State for the Mountain West crown.
But the Rebels could play spoiler. UNLV and first-year coach Marvin Menzies will be a wildcard in the league this year with its new and unproven roster, meaning plenty of opportunities to go out and surprise people.
Here’s a look at the UNLV’s full 2016-17 schedule:
Nov. 1 — Dakota Wesleyan (exhibition)
Nov. 5 — New Mexico Highlands (exhibition)
Nov. 11 — South Alabama
Nov. 16 — UC Riverside
Nov. 19 — Cal State Fullerton*
Nov. 22 — Northern Arizona*
Nov. 25 — TCU*
Nov. 26 — Washington or Western Kentucky*
*Part of the Global Sports Classic
Nov. 30 — at Southern Utah
Dec. 3 — at Arizona State
Dec. 10 — Duke (at T-Mobile Arena)
Dec. 14 — Incarnate Word
Dec. 17 — at Oregon (in Portland)
Dec. 19 — Southern Illinois
Dec. 22 — Kansas
Dec. 28 — at Colorado State
Dec. 31 — Wyoming
Jan. 4 — Boise State
Jan. 7 — at Utah State
Jan. 11 — at New Mexico
Jan. 18 — San Diego State
Jan. 21 — Air Force
Jan. 25 — at Wyoming
Jan. 28 — at San Jose State
Feb. 1 — New Mexico
Feb. 4 — Colorado State
Feb. 8 — at UNR
Feb. 11 — San Jose State
Feb. 18 — at San Diego State
Feb. 22 — at Air Force
Feb. 25 — UNR
March 1 — Utah State
March 4 — at Fresno State
March 8-11 — Mountain West tournament at Thomas & Mack Center
Taylor Bern can be reached at 702-948-7844 or [email protected]. Follow Taylor on Twitter at twitter.com/taylorbern.
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