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 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RUNNIN’ REBELS CONTINUE ROAD TRIP TO KANSAS STATE Record: . 0-4 Home: . 0-1 MW: . 0-0 Away: . .0-0 UNLV will play its fourth straight contest away from home Saturday at 5 p.m. PT vs . Top 25: . 0-1 Neutral: . 0-3 Date Opponent Time/Res. TV 11/25 MONTANA STATE L, 91-78 Cox YurView 14 UNLV (0-4, 0-0 MOUNTAIN WEST) 11/30 vs . No . 14 North Carolina ~ L, 78-51 ESPN2 12/1 vs . Alabama ~ L, 86-74 ESPN2 at 12/2 vs . Davidson ~ L, 77-73 ESPN2 12/5 at Kansas State 5:00 PM Big 12 Now/ESPN+ KANSAS STATE (1-2, 0-0 BIG 12) 12/9 EASTERN WASHINGTON 6:30 PM TBD 12/14 PEPPERDINE TBD TBD 12/20 at Wyoming * TBD TBD DATE: Saturday, December 5, 2020 12/22 at Wyoming * TBD TBD TIME: 7 p .m . CT / 5 p .m . PT 12/31 SAN DIEGO STATE * TBD TBD SITE: Bramlage Coliseum (12,528), Manhattan, Kansas 1/2 SAN DIEGO STATE * TBD TBD TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Ben Boyle, Stan Weber) 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 continue its road trip and play its fourth straight game away from home 2/2 at UNR * TBD TBD on Saturday, December 5 at Kansas State . The game is scheduled for 7 p .m . CT / 5 p .m . PT in Bramlage 2/5 AIR FORCE * TBD TBD Coliseum . 2/7 AIR FORCE * TBD TBD 2/11 at Boise State * TBD TBD The Runnin’ Rebels are coming off three games in three days (Monday-Wednesday) at the Maui Invitational, 2/13 at Boise State * TBD TBD which was played in Asheville, North Carolina, because of the pandemic . 2/19 at San Jose State * TBD TBD 2/21 at San Jose State * TBD TBD UNLV, in its second year under head coach T .J . Otzelberger, is looking for its first win on the young season, 2/25 FRESNO STATE * TBD TBD having lost to Montana State, No .14 North Carolina, Alabama and Davidson to open the 2020-21 campaign . 2/27 FRESNO STATE * TBD TBD 3/10-13 TBD % TBD TBD Coming off a tie for second place in the Mountain West standings last season, UNLV has an entirely new look this year as 10 of its 13 scholarship players had yet to play in a game for the Runnin’ Rebels as the Home games in BOLD CAPS 2020-21 season began . ~ Camping World Maui Invitational, Harrah’s Cherokee Center, Asheville, North Carolina UNLV’s returners include senior forward Mbacke Diong, and junior guards Marvin Coleman and Bryce * Mountain West game Hamilton . Other returners from last year’s roster include junior transfer guard David Jenkins Jr ., sophomore % Mountain West Tournament, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas transfer forward Moses Wood, and walk-on junior guard Trey Hurlburt . Of the nine newcomers added to this All times Pacific year’s roster, seven are freshmen . Hamilton was the team’s leading scorer last season . The Runnin’ Rebels’ first First-Team All-Mountain West recipient in seven seasons, he averaged 16 .0 points per game as a sophomore . Diong led UNLV in rebound- QUICK FACTS ing at 7 .9 per contest as a junior . Hamilton was also named a Preseason All-MW honoree in November, while Location: . Las Vegas, NV 89154 Jenkins Jr . was selected as the league’s Preseason Newcomer of the Year and freshman guard Nick Blake Founded: . 1957 was named the conference’s Preseason Freshman of the Year . Enrollment: . 31,142 Nickname: . Runnin’ Rebels Colors . Scarlet & Gray Hamilton is the team’s leading scorer this season and leads the MW at 21 .5 ppg . Sophomore guard Caleb President: . Dr . Keith E . Whitfield Grill, a transfer from Iowa State, is also averaging in double figures with 14 .0 ppg, as is Jenkins Jr . with Director of Athletics: . Desiree Reed-Francois 10 .3 ppg . Conference: . Mountain West Arena: . Thomas & Mack Center Kansas State is coming off an 11-21 overall record, including 3-15 in the Big 12 last season . The Wildcats Capacity: . 18,000 Record in Arena: . 500-133 ( .790)/38th season are in the midst of a five-game season-opening homestand . K-State opened the season with an 80-70 loss All-Time Record: . 1,305-586 ( .690)/63rd season to Drake, lost to Colorado, 76-58, and defeated Kansas City, 62-58, on Monday . The Wildcats have won 99 All-Time vs. Current MW: . 372-183 ( .670) of their last 107 non-conference home games . Head Coach: . T .J . Otzelberger UNLV Record: . 17-19 ( .472)/2nd season Saturday’s game will be shown live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with Ben Boyle and Stan Weber calling Career Record: . 87-52 ( .626)/5th season UNLV’s 2019-20 Record: . 17-15/12-6 MW (T-2nd) the action . Jon Sandler and former Runnin’ Rebel Curtis Terry will handle the UNLV radio call, which may 2020 Postseason: . None be heard live on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas . All streaming links and live stats will be available at UNLVRebels .com . 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 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL FOLLOW THE RUNNIN’ REBELS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Week 2 - Monday, November 30 /UNLVRunninRebelBasketball /RunninRebels RANK TEAM RECORD VOTES /UNLVAthletics /UNLVAthletics 1 Gonzaga (57) 2-0 1569 2 Baylor (6) 2-0 1513 3 Iowa 2-0 1410 @TheRunninRebels /RunninRebels 4 Wisconsin 2-0 1287 @UNLVAthletics /UNLVAthletics 5 Illinois 3-0 1281 6 Duke 1-0 1185 7 Kansas 1-1 1169 8 Michigan State 2-0 1028 THE UNLV RUNNIN’ REBELS (0-4, 0-0 MOUNTAIN WEST) 9 Creighton 1-0 981 10 Houston 3-0 949 • The 2020-21 season marks the second at UNLV for head coach T .J . Otzelberger . 11 West Virginia 3-0 943 • The Runnin’ Rebels went 17-15 overall last season and finished tied for second in the Mountain West 12 Villanova 2-1 939 with a 12-6 league mark . It was UNLV’s best league finish in 12 years and marked its most wins during 13 Tennessee 0-0 878 a conference season since 2007-08, also 12 years . 14 North Carolina 1-0 591 • Oztelberger was hired in 2019 after an extremely successful three-year tenure as head coach at South 15 Virginia 1-1 581 Dakota State . He led the Jackrabbits to a 70-33 record at the helm of their program, making three 16 Virginia Tech 3-0 570 17 Texas Tech 2-1 478 straight postseason appearances (two in the NCAA Tournament) . He took the SDSU program to new Texas 1-0 478 heights, clinching the outright regular-season Summit League title the past two seasons (2017-18, 19 Richmond 2-0 382 2018-19) and earned the conference’s Coach of the Year honor . 20 Kentucky 1-1 363 • Otzelberger’s five-year career record stands at 87-52 ( .626) . 21 Oregon 0-0 338 • The UNLV coaching staff also includes Tim Buckley, Kevin Kruger and DeMarlo Slocum . All three 22 Florida State 0-0 304 23 Ohio State 2-0 282 brought experience at the highest levels to UNLV, including at Power 5 institutions and in the NBA, 24 Rutgers 3-0 252 with a proven track record of developing student-athletes and advancing in the NCAA Tournament . 25 Arizona State 2-1 233 • UNLV has an entirely new look this year as 10 of its 13 scholarship players had yet to play in a game for the Runnin’ Rebels as the 2020-21 season began . OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Michigan 90, San Diego State • The Runnin’ Rebels returned a total of four letterwinners, which include three starters . The fourth 86, Saint Louis 69, Louisville 55, Alabama 52, Florida 45, Indiana returning letterwinner is a walk-on . 38, UCLA 14, Maryland 9, Providence 7, Stanford 7, UConn 6, Clemson 4, LSU 3, Arkansas 2, TCU 1, Loyola Chicago 1, BYU • The returners include senior forward Mbacke Diong, and junior guards Marvin Coleman and Bryce 1, Colorado 1 Hamilton . Other returners from last year’s roster include junior transfer guard David Jenkins Jr ., soph- omore transfer forward Moses Wood, and walk-on junior guard Trey Hurlburt . • Of the nine newcomers added to this year’s roster, seven are freshmen . ESPN/USA TODAY • Hamilton was the team’s leading scorer last season . The Runnin’ Rebels first First-Team All-Mountain COACHES’ POLL West recipient in seven seasons, he averaged 16 .0 points per game as a sophomore . Diong led UNLV in rebounding at 7 .9 per contest as a junior . 2020-21 Preseason • Hamilton was also named a Preseason All-MW honoree earlier this month, while Jenkins Jr . was RANK TEAM RECORD VOTES selected as the league’s Preseason Newcomer of the Year and freshman guard Nick Blake was 1 Baylor (12) 0-0 764 named the conference’s Preseason Freshman of the Year .