Mountain West-Atlantic 10 Challenge postponed

UNLV Rebels head coach T. J. Otzelberger talks to his team during a time out in the second half of the Mountain West tournament quarterfinal basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 5, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

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By Mark Anderson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 21, 2020 - 5:22 pm

The Mountain West-Atlantic 10 Conference Challenge Series will be postponed by a year because of uncertainty over how the men’s basketball schedule will be impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

The challenge now will be played the following two seasons. UNLV was scheduled to play at Virginia Commonwealth on Dec. 2.

Contact reporter Mark Anderson at manderson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @markanderson65 on Twitter.

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