Here's a new thread with the correct date of the game. I guess they took pity on UNLV having to fly out from Vegas so scheduled the game for Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
I can't help but immediately think of the Tigers strong win over a very tough UNLV team in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 1998 with Mitch at the guard spot. UNLV was on a roll having just stormed through its conference tournament to grab the aq spot as a #12 seed against the #5 seeded and Top-10 ranked Tigers. UNLV got off to a fast start but the Tigers sharpened up and won going away before a heart breaking second round loss to Michigan State.