March 1, 2007
LAS VEGAS - Less than 3,900 tickets remain available for sale for the UNLV men's basketball team's regular season finale on Saturday, March 3 at 6 p.m. against Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center. It will be senior night and is being planned as a "white out."
Walk-up sales and student interest has grown significantly throughout this season and with traditionally the two busiest days of ticket sales ahead (the day before and day of a game), a capacity crowd for Saturday is anticipated. The last time the Runnin' Rebels sold-out a home game was on Jan. 23, 1993 against Georgetown.
All fans are encouraged to wear white to the game as a show of support and spirit as UNLV bids a fond farewell to its five seniors during their last regular season home game. White T-shirts will be given out to the first 5,000 fans in attendance and posters featuring UNLV's seniors will be distributed to the first 2,500 kids ages 12-and-under.
Following the game, UNLV's players and coaches will sign autographs on the court. During halftime, David 'Ogie' Ogron, the "world's fastest golfer," will perform his Guinness world-record breaking act.
Because of the anticipated crowd, the doors to the Thomas & Mack Center will open 1.5 hours before tip at 4:30 p.m., which is a half-hour earlier than normal. The Senior Night ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m.
"This season has been a growing process for our players and our fans," Head Coach Lon Kruger said. "The crowds have grown along with us and they have been great. I think we can sell it out (for senior night). We need to take that next step as a program and I want to encourage everyone to wear a white shirt to the game against CSU.
"Senior night is always a special occasion and this group of five Runnin' Rebel seniors have been great. They have been leaders for us on and off the court and it will be great to have huge crowd on hand to acknowledge their contributions to this program."
The Runnin' Rebels are 24-6 overall and 11-4 in Mountain West Conference play. UNLV, which boasts its best record at this point in the season in 15 years, is 15-1 at home this year and has the nation's 14th-longest home win streak with 13 straight victories at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The T-shirt giveaway is being sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, American Family Insurance, ESPN Radio 920, The Equity Group, Bank of America, RC Willey and Pepsi. The poster is being sponsored by Lewco Electric with promotional consideration being provided by Nike and KLAS-TV.
