Falcons Gear Up For Rebels in Las Vegas
2/19/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2007
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#14/13 Air Force Falcons (23-4, 10-3) vs. UNLV Runnin Rebels (22-6, 9-4)
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007
7 p.m. (PT)
Site
Thomas & Mack Center (18,500), Las Vegas, Nev.
Radio
The Air Force Basketball Network. Locally on NewsRadio 740 KVOR in Colorado Springs and KYOL 1510 AM in Denver. KVOR's Jim Arthur handles the play-by-play.
TV
Nationally on CSTV. Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Sean Farnham (analyst) call the action.
Live Stats
www.goairforcefalcons.com (Gametracker)
Recent Results
Air Force defeated Colorado State, 67-58, Saturday at Clune Arena for its third straight win. UNLV downed Utah, 70-57, on Wednesday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Coaches
Air Force is coached by Jeff Bzdelik (Illinois-Chicago, 1976), who is in his second season as head coach. Bzdelik returned to the college game last year after 15 seasons as a coach and scout in the NBA, most recently as head coach of the Denver Nuggets. Bzdelik has a collegiate career record of 72-42, including a 47-11 mark at Air Force. Bzdelik was the head coach at UMBC for two years from 1986-88. UNLV is coached by Lon Kruger (Kansas State, 1975), who is in his third season with the Rebels. He is 56-33 at the school and has a 174-266 career record in 20+ seasons.
Series
UNLV leads the all-time series, 17-7. Air Force defeated the Rebels, 56-50, earlier this season at Clune Arena. AFA has won five of the last six games vs. UNLV.
