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The 1990–91 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1990–91 season.The Runnin' Rebels, coached by Jerry Tarkanian, entered the season as defending national champions and entered the 1991 NCAA tournament unbeaten, but lost in the national semifinal to eventual champions Duke when Anderson Hunt's ...
The 1989–90 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada Las Vegas in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Jerry Tarkanian .
This is a list of seasons completed by the UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's college basketball team. [1] [2] Seasons. Statistics overview ... 1990–91: Jerry Tarkanian 34–1:
Jerry Tarkanian led UNLV to the NCAA Division I tournament Championship in 1990 and the NCAA Regional – NCAA Division I Men's Final Four in 1977, 1987, 1990 and 1991. Jerry Tarkanian was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame .
Tarkanian turned UNLV basketball into a national brand when he arrived in the 1970s. And he did so while navigating the sometimes dangerous world of old-school, mob-influenced Las Vegas.
[15] [19] Ten years later, UNLV was defeated by eventual national champion Indiana. Finally, in the 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Tarkanian led UNLV to the championship, prevailing 103–73 against Duke, the largest margin of victory for a championship game in
In doing so, UNLV set the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament record for largest margin of victory in a championship game. UNLV's championship win marks the last time a school from a non-power conference has won the tournament. Anderson Hunt of UNLV was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball program has been led by 16 head coaches in their history. 14 of the 16 coaches have winning records at UNLV. Jerry Tarkanian led UNLV to the NCAA Division I Tournament Championship in 1990 and the NCAA Division I Men's Final Four in 1977, 1987, 1990 and 1991.