UNLV Rebels men's basketball
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| University | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |||
| Conference | Mountain West | |||
| Location | Las Vegas, NV | |||
| Head coach | Marvin Menzies (1st year) | |||
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Thomas & Mack Center/T-Mobile Arena (Capacity: 18,000) |
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| Nickname | Runnin' Rebels | |||
| Colors | Scarlet and Gray |
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| NCAA Tournament champions | ||||
| 1990 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1977, 1987, 1990, 1991 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1977, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 |
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| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
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| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008 |
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| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000 |
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The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are a NCAA Division I men's basketball team who play at the Thomas & Mack Center or T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, United States. As of 2009, UNLV has the fourth-highest winning percentage (.712) in Division I history, ranking behind Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas, but ahead of UCLA and Duke. UNLV is 33–19 all-time in the NCAA tournament with a 63.5 winning percentage. In July 2008, ESPNU named the program the eighth most prestigious collegiate basketball program in the nation since the 1984–85 season.
In 1977, just seven years after joining Division I, The Rebels made the Final Four in a squad today known as the "Hardway Eight". Ten years later, the team made the Final Four with one loss. In 1990, UNLV won the NCAA Championship by beating Duke by a record-setting margin of 103–73, becoming the first team and only team to score over 100 points in the championship game. Before becoming a basketball powerhouse in the late 1970s, UNLV was often referred to as "Tumbleweed Tech" due to its relative obscurity. Led by famed coach Jerry Tarkanian, the Runnin' Rebels were among the most exciting teams in the nation. They consistently led the nation in points scored, turnovers forced, and most importantly – wins. The Runnin' Rebels were well known for going on long runs that turned close games into blowouts.
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