2020-21 MEDIA NOTES ANDY GROSSMAN • ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS • 4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS • NV • 89154-0004 OFFICE: 702-895-3995 • CELL: 702-630-3949 • EMAIL: [email protected] • TWITTER: @UNLVSID SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RUNNIN’ REBELS TO FACE NO. 16 NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY Record: . 0-1 Home: . 0-1 MW: . 0-0 Away: . .0-0 UNLV’s opening game at the Camping World Maui Invitational in Asheville, N.C. on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. PT vs . Top 25: . 0-0 Neutral: . 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result TV 11/25 MONTANA STATE L, 91-78 Cox YurView 14 NO. 16 NORTH CAROLINA (1-0, 0-0 ACC) 11/30 vs . No . 16 North Carolina ~ 4:00 PM ESPN2 12/1 vs . No . 25 Alabama or Stanford ~ 1 or 6:30 PM ESPN or ESPN2 vs. 12/2 vs . 19 Texas, Davidson, Prov ., or Ind . ~ TBD ESPN or ESPN2 12/5 at Kansas State TBD TBD UNLV (0-1, 0-0 MOUNTAIN WEST) 12/9 EASTERN WASHINGTON TBD TBD 12/14 PEPPERDINE TBD TBD 12/20 at Wyoming * TBD TBD DATE: Monday, November 30, 2020 12/22 at Wyoming * TBD TBD TIME: 4 p .m . PT 12/31 SAN DIEGO STATE * TBD TBD SITE: Harrah’s Cherokee Center - Asheville (7,654), Asheville, North Carolina 1/2 SAN DIEGO STATE * TBD TBD TV: ESPN2 (Roy Philpott, Cory Alexander) 1/7 at Colorado State * TBD TBD 1/9 at Colorado State * TBD TBD RADIO: ESPN Radio 1100 AM (Jon Sandler, Curtis Terry) 1/14 NEW MEXICO * TBD TBD AUDIO: UNLV Gameday App/TuneIn & UNLVRebels .com 1/16 NEW MEXICO * TBD TBD STATS: Live Stats at Gameday App & UNLVRebels .com 1/25 UTAH STATE * TBD TBD 1/27 UTAH STATE * TBD TBD 1/31 at UNR * TBD TBD The UNLV men’s basketball team will open play at the 2020 Camping World Maui Invitational against No . 16 2/2 at UNR * TBD TBD North Carolina on Monday, November 30, at 4 p .m . PT . The tournament has been moved to Asheville, North 2/5 AIR FORCE * TBD TBD Carolina because of the COVID-19 pandemic . 2/7 AIR FORCE * TBD TBD 2/11 at Boise State * TBD TBD The Runnin’ Rebels opened their second year under head coach T .J . Otzelberger on Wednesday at the 2/13 at Boise State * TBD TBD Thomas & Mack Center falling to Montana State, 91-78 . 2/19 at San Jose State * TBD TBD 2/21 at San Jose State * TBD TBD Coming off a tie for second place in the Mountain West standings last season, UNLV has an entirely new 2/25 FRESNO STATE * TBD TBD look this year as 10 of its 13 scholarship players had yet to play in a game for the Runnin’ Rebels as the 2/27 FRESNO STATE * TBD TBD 2020-21 season began . 3/10-13 TBD % TBD TBD UNLV’s returners include senior forward Mbacke Diong, and junior guards Marvin Coleman and Bryce Home games in BOLD CAPS Hamilton . Other returners from last year’s roster include junior transfer guard David Jenkins Jr ., sophomore ~ Camping World Maui Invitational, Harrah’s Cherokee Center, Asheville, North Carolina transfer forward Moses Wood, and walk-on junior guard Trey Hurlburt . Of the nine newcomers added to this * Mountain West game year’s roster, seven are freshmen . % Mountain West Tournament, Thomas & Mack Center, Hamilton was the team’s leading scorer last season . The Runnin’ Rebels’ first First-Team All-Mountain West Las Vegas All times Pacific recipient in seven seasons, he averaged 16 .0 points per game as a sophomore . Diong led UNLV in rebound- ing at 7 .9 per contest as a junior . Hamilton was also named a Preseason All-MW honoree earlier this month, while Jenkins Jr . was selected as the league’s Preseason Newcomer of the Year and freshman guard Nick Blake was named the conference’s Preseason Freshman of the Year . QUICK FACTS Location: . Las Vegas, NV 89154 North Carolina opened its season with a 79-60 home win vs . College of Charleston on Wednesday . The Tar Founded: . 1957 Heels are coming off a 14-19 overall record last season, finishing tied for 13th in the ACC with a 6-14 mark . Enrollment: . 31,142 Nickname: . Runnin’ Rebels Monday’s game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with Roy Philpott and Corey Alexander calling the Colors . Scarlet & Gray action . Jon Sandler and former Runnin’ Rebel Curtis Terry will handle the UNLV radio call, which may President: . Dr . Keith E . Whitfield Director of Athletics: . Desiree Reed-Francois be heard live on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas . All streaming links and live stats will be available at Conference: . Mountain West UNLVRebels .com . Arena: . Thomas & Mack Center Capacity: . 18,000 Record in Arena: . 500-133 ( .790)/38th season All-Time Record: . 1,305-583 ( .691)/63rd season FOLLOW THE RUNNIN’ REBELS ON SOCIAL MEDIA All-Time vs. Current MW: . 372-183 ( .670) /UNLVRunninRebelBasketball /RunninRebels Head Coach: . T .J . Otzelberger /UNLVAthletics /UNLVAthletics UNLV Record: . 17-16 ( .515)/2nd season Career Record: . 87-49 ( .640)/5th season UNLV’s 2019-20 Record: . 17-15/12-6 MW (T-2nd) 2020 Postseason: . None @TheRunninRebels /RunninRebels @UNLVAthletics /UNLVAthletics 5TH-BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE OF ALL-TIME • 20 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 1990 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • FOUR FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES • 10 SWEET 16 APPEARANCES 2020-21 UNLV RUNNIN’ REBEL BASKETBALL THE UNLV RUNNIN’ REBELS (0-1, 0-0 MOUNTAIN WEST) • The 2020-21 season marks the second at UNLV for head coach T .J . Otzelberger . ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL • The Runnin’ Rebels went 17-15 overall last season and finished tied for second in the Mountain West with a 12-6 league mark . It was UNLV’s best league finish in 12 years and marked its most wins during 2020-21 Preseason a conference season since 2007-08, also 12 years . RANK TEAM RECORD VOTES • Oztelberger was hired in 2019 after an extremely successful three-year tenure as head coach at South 1 Gonzaga (28) 0-0 1541 Dakota State . He led the Jackrabbits to a 70-33 record at the helm of their program, making three 2 Baylor (24) 0-0 1540 straight postseason appearances (two in the NCAA Tournament) . He took the SDSU program to new 3 Villanova (11) 0-0 1501 4 Virginia (1) 0-0 1364 heights, clinching the outright regular-season Summit League title the past two seasons (2017-18, 5 Iowa 0-0 1273 2018-19) and earned the conference’s Coach of the Year honor . 6 Kansas 0-0 1221 • Otzelberger’s four-year career record stands at 87-49 ( .640) . 7 Wisconsin 0-0 1150 • The UNLV coaching staff also includes Tim Buckley, Kevin Kruger and DeMarlo Slocum . All three 8 Illinois 0-0 1105 brought experience at the highest levels to UNLV, including at Power 5 institutions and in the NBA, 9 Duke 0-0 1073 with a proven track record of developing student-athletes and advancing in the NCAA Tournament . 10 Kentucky 0-0 1038 11 Creighton 0-0 922 • UNLV has an entirely new look this year as 10 of its 13 scholarship players had yet to play in a game 12 Tennessee 0-0 919 for the Runnin’ Rebels as the 2020-21 season began . 13 Michigan State 0-0 820 • The Runnin’ Rebels return a total of four letterwinners, which include three starters . The fourth return- 14 Texas Tech 0-0 790 ing letterwinner is a walk-on . 15 West Virginia 0-0 651 • The returners include senior forward Mbacke Diong, and junior guards Marvin Coleman and Bryce 16 North Carolina 0-0 465 17 Houston 0-0 438 Hamilton . Other returners from last year’s roster include junior transfer guard David Jenkins Jr ., soph- 18 Arizona State 0-0 402 omore transfer forward Moses Wood, and walk-on junior guard Trey Hurlburt . 19 Texas 0-0 380 • Of the nine newcomers added to this year’s roster, seven are freshmen . 20 Oregon 0-0 375 • Hamilton was the team’s leading scorer last season . The Runnin’ Rebels first First-Team All-Mountain 21 Florida State 0-0 351 West recipient in seven seasons, he averaged 16 .0 points per game as a sophomore . Diong led UNLV 22 UCLA 0-0 336 in rebounding at 7 .9 per contest as a junior . 23 Ohio State 0-0 270 24 Rutgers 0-0 190 • Hamilton was also named a Preseason All-MW honoree earlier this month, while Jenkins Jr . was 25 Michigan 0-0 160 selected as the league’s Preseason Newcomer of the Year and freshman guard Nick Blake was named the conference’s Preseason Freshman of the Year . OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: LSU 146, Memphis 69, Florida • UNLV has been picked to finish fourth in this year’s Mountain West race by the media . 69, Alabama 50, Indiana 48, Louisville 41, Richmond 40, Stanford 14, Providence 9, Saint Louis 8, Auburn 8, UConn 6, San Diego THE NO. 16 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (1-0, 0-0 ACC) State 6, BYU 4, Loyola Chicago 3, Seton Hall 2, Northern Iowa 1, UNC Greensboro 1 • North Carolina opened its season with a 79-60 home win vs . College of Charleston on Wednesday . • Freshman guard Caleb Love scored 17 points as UNC ran off 17 straight second-half points . Fellow freshman Day’Ron Sharpe added 13 points and 10 rebounds . ESPN/USA TODAY • The Tar Heels are coming off a 14-19 overall record last season, finishing tied for 13th in the ACC COACHES’ POLL with a 6-14 mark . • UNC’s season ended last year with a second-round loss in the ACC Tournament .