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UNLV guard Oscar Bellfield drives past San Diego State guard Xavier Thames during their game Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at Viejas Arena in San Diego.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 | 2:05 a.m.
UNLV basketball ranked 14th
KSNV coverage on February, 6, 2012 of the UNLV basketball team dropping in the national rankings to No. 14.
About 700 tickets remain for the UNLV basketball team’s 1 p.m. Saturday game against visiting San Diego State at the Thomas & Mack Center, and school officials anticipate a sellout before the day of the game.
A majority of the remaining seats are located in the balcony section and priced starting at $25. There are a handful of seats in the plaza (the lower bowl), but those are single tickets.
San Diego State (20-3 overall, 6-1 Mountain West Conference) is ranked No. 13 nationally by the Associated Press and is in sole possession of first place in the Mountain West. The Aztecs beat UNLV 69-67 last month in the league opener.
“It’s the most anticipated Runnin’ Rebel regular season game at the Thomas & Mack Center in years, if not in a decade or two,” said D.J. Allen, UNLV’s seninor associate athletic director, who oversees marketing and communications.
UNLV (21-4 overall, 5-2 league) already had a sellout of 18,500 fans last month against New Mexico, giving the program a sellout in four straight seasons — in 2009 and 2010 against BYU, and 2011 against San Diego State. Before 2009, UNLV went 16 years without a sellout.
Unlike the previous games that sold out, Allen anticipates there will be no tickets remaining by Saturday. Also, all of the student tickets have already been distributed.
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