8/5/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
August 19, 1999
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV Athletics Department released the 1999-2000 UNLV Lady Rebel basketball schedule Thursday.
The Lady Rebels, under second-year head coach Regina Miller, will be playing their first full season at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 1999-2000 slate also includes notable events such as the preseason WNIT, the Nassau Sun Splash Shootout in the Bahamas and UNLV's first season in the Mountain West Conference.
After hosting two exhibition games, UNLV will travel to Santa Barbara, Calif., to take on UC Santa Barbara on Mon., Nov. 15, in the first round of the preseason WNIT. UNLV would then face the winner of TCU/St Mary's (Calif.) on Wed., Nov. 17, if it were to defeat UCSB. The semifinals are slated for Sun., Nov. 21, with the championship and consolation games taking place the next day.
The entire WNIT field includes Alabama-Birmingham, Boston College, Duke, Georgia, Illinois, Liberty, Maine, North Carolina-Greensboro, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma State, St. Mary's, TCU, UCSB, UNLV, Virginia Tech and Western Michigan.
Other notable nonconference action will include UNLV's own tournament, which features national powerhouse Louisiana Tech. Other teams competing in the tournament, which takes place Sat.-Sun., Nov. 27-28, are Southeast Missouri State and Weber State.
UNLV will head out of the country, Sat.-Wed., Dec. 18-22, as it will travel to the Bahamas, to compete at the Nassau Sun Splash Shootout, which features national power Duke. Also competing are Liberty and Cal State Sacramento.
The Lady Rebels will start Mountain West Conference play at home on Thurs., Jan. 13 against Brigham Young. The MWC Tournament will be held Wed.-Sat., March 8-11 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
All Lady Rebel games will be broadcast on ESPN 920 AM or KENO 1460 AM.
UNLV LADY REBEL BASKETBALL 1999-2000 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Location TimeNOVEMBER Sat. 6 National Women's Basketball League%+ Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Wed. 10 New Zealand National Team% Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Mon. 15 Preseason WNIT - UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 7:00 p.m.Wed. 17 Preseason WNIT - round 2 tba tbaSun. 21 Preseason WNIT - semifinals tba tbaMon. 22 Preseason WNIT - finals and consolation tba tbaTues. 23 Southern Utah Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.
UNLV Tournament (UNLV, Louisiana Tech, SE Missouri State, Weber State)Sat. 27 First round game Las Vegas, Nev. 5:35 p.m.Sat. 27 First round game Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Sun. 28 Consolation Game Las Vegas, Nev. 4:00 p.m.Sun. 28 Championship Game Las Vegas, Nev. 6:00 p.m.
DECEMBER Wed. 1 at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. 7:05 p.m.Mon. 6 at Denver Denver, Colo. 7:00 p.m.Sat. 11 at Nevada, Reno Reno, Nev. 7:00 p.m.Sat-Wed 18-22 at Nassau Sun Splash Shootout Nassau, Bahamas tba (UNLV, Duke, Liberty, Cal State Sacramento)Tues. 28 Cal State Fullerton Las Vegas, Nev. 5:00 p.m.
JANUARYSun. 2 at Pacific Stockton, Calif. 2:00 p.m.Tues. 4 Navy Las Vegas, Nev. 5:00 p.m.Sat. 8 Valparaiso Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Thurs. 13 Brigham Young* Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Sat. 15 Utah* Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Thurs. 20 at Air Force* Colorado Springs, Colo. 7:00 p.m.Sat. 22 at New Mexico* Albuquerque, N.M. 7:00 p.m.Sat. 29 at San Diego State* San Diego, Calif. 7:00 p.m.
FEBRUARYThurs. 3 Colorado State* Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Sat. 5 Wyoming* Las Vegas, Nev. 5:00 p.m.Thurs. 10 at Brigham Young* Provo, Utah 7:00 p.m.Sat. 12 at Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 3:00 p.m.Thurs. 17 Air Force* Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Sat. 19 New Mexico* Las Vegas, Nev. 7:35 p.m.Sat. 26 San Diego State* Las Vegas, Nev. 5:00 p.m.
MARCHThurs. 2 at Colorado State* Fort Collins, Colo. 7:00 p.m.Sat. 4 at Wyoming* Laramie, Wyo. 2:00 p.m.Wed-Sat 8-11 Moutain West Conference Tournament# Las Vegas, Nev. tba
% Exhibition gamePreseason WNIT - single elimination* Denotes Mountain West Conference gameHome Games at the Thomas & Mack Center+Game location tba# Held at the Thomas & Mack CenterAll times local to siteAll games will be broadcast on ESPN 920 AM or KENO 1460 AM
