Host UNLV opens play in the four-day Mountain West men’s basketball tournament Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Rebels, seeded 11th, face No. 6 seed San Diego State at 4 p.m. In the day’s earlier first-round games, No. 8 Utah State plays No. 9 San Jose State at 11 a.m., and No. 7 Wyoming takes on No. 10 Air Force at 1:30 p.m.
Top-seeded UNR, which won its first Mountain West regular-season title, opens Thursday’s quarterfinals at noon against the winner of Utah State and San Jose State.
Thursday’s other games pit No. 4 Fresno State against No.