Coming off a year in which former UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers fell from grace and the team tumbled in the standings, the Rebels are determined to rise again this season.
UNLV, which went 25-31 last year and 10-20 in the Mountain West after winning the league's regular-season title and advancing to the NCAA Regionals in 2014, will get a chance to prove itself in its first six games.
The Rebels open the season Friday with a three-game series at No. 23 Texas, then return home Feb. 26 for a three-game series against West Virginia at Earl E.