UNLV basketball team has four dates on ESPN
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999 | 10:16 a.m.
UNLV added two ESPN regional telecasts to its final men's basketball schedule, which was released Monday.
In addition to national ESPN games at New Mexico on Feb. 17 and at Utah Feb. 21, the Rebels' Jan. 29 and March 4 contests vs. Colorado State and New Mexico at the Thomas & Mack Center will be shown to a regional ESPN audience.
The Food Lion Classic, in which UNLV will meet Princeton and North Carolina will tangle with the College of Charleston in Charlotte on Dec. 3, will be carried by the Raycom network and is expected to be picked up by a Las Vegas affiliate.
The Rebels' only other network game will be against Oklahoma State in the Dec. 18 Las Vegas Shootout at the Thomas & Mack Center. ESPN2 will air that game.
UNLV will open the season Nov. 19 at home against Mississippi Valley State. The Rebels' first Mountain West Conference game is against Brigham Young at the Thomas & Mack Center Jan. 10.
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