UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball
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This article is about the UNLV men's basketball team. For the UNLV's overall athletic program, see UNLV Rebels.
The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are the men's basketball team that represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the Mountain West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); it plays at the Thomas & Mack Center on campus. As of 2023, UNLV has the seventh-highest winning percentage (.687) in Division I history. 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.[2]
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UNLV Runnin' Rebels | ||||
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University | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |||
Head coach | Kevin Kruger (3rd season) | |||
Conference | Mountain West | |||
Location | Paradise, Nevada | |||
Arena | Thomas & Mack Center (capacity: 18,000) | |||
Nickname | Runnin' Rebels | |||
Colors | Scarlet and gray[1] | |||
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NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1990 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1977, 1987, 1990, 1991 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1968*, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1967*, 1968*, 1969*, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2008 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1965*, 1967*, 1968*, 1969*, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 *at Division II level | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
Big West: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991; WAC: 1998; Mountain West: 2000, 2007, 2008 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
WCC: 1975; Big West: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992; Mountain West: 2000 | ||||
Conference division season champions | ||||
WAC Mountain: 1999 |
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