Dec. 14, 2010

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - After suffering its first loss of the season at then-No. 24 Louisville on Saturday, the UNLV men's basketball team (9-1) remained in the national rankings at No. 22 this week in both the Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Polls. Now that the National Finals Rodeo is over, the Runnin' Rebels will return to the Thomas & Mack Center where they will play for the first time in three and a half weeks against UC Santa Barbara (4-3) on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. UNLV's last game at the TMC was on Nov. 20 - a win over then-No. 25 Wisconsin. The Runnin' Rebels went 6-1 in their seven games away from home during that stretch. Tickets for the UCSB game start at just $10. There is no TV scheduled for the game, but the radio broadcast may be heard on ESPN Radio 1100 AM/98.9 FM and is also available at UNLVRebels.com through the subscription-based All-Access feature.

UC SANTA BARBARA (4-3, 0-0 Big West)

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NO. 22 UNLV (9-1, 0-0 Mountain West)

DATE: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010
TIME: 7:00 p.m. PST
SITE: Tarkanian Court, Thomas & Mack Center (18,500), Las Vegas
TV: None
RADIO: ESPN Radio 1100 AM/98.9 FM (Jon Sandler, Robert Smith)
ONLINE: Gametracker at UNLVRebels.com; Radio broadcast: UNLV All-Access subscription at UNLVRebels.com

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