Stoeckinger. The 1990 UNLV Runnin' Rebels are regarded as one of the greatest college basketball teams of all time. Some teams were ranked. Spencer was considered by many to be a top 25 high school player. All either failed to respond to numerous messages or affirmatively declined to be interviewed. The game was not televised. There is no additional information to display. 1990-91. The Runnin Rebels of lore were great in a number of ways. Senior Director of Basketball Administration & Alumni Relations. With their black sneakers, anti-establishment attitude and gold fronts, Jerry Tarkanians Rebels embodied youth and hip hop culture2Pac rocked the schools gear in the"Brendas Got a Baby" videobefore the Fab Five even existed. Huh? Fresno State enters having made 76.2 percent of its free throws (298-391), which currently would eclipse the school record for single-season free throw percentage (74.2 percent, 484-652, 1991-92). The Duke and UNLV programs went on wildly divergent paths following the game. The 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. Games in the Washington area have since been played at either Baltimore, Landover or in Washington itself at Capital One Arena. The Runnin' Rebs lived up to their nickname, sprinting on fast breaks off misses and turnovers, but they were also a juggernaut in the half court. Running their offense above the three-point line created spacing for Hill, who befuddled Johnson with his quickness. "They had blown everyone out that year," Grant Hill says. Losing the most lopsided championship game in tournament history had battered Dukes psyche. Ill see you after the game, Johnson threatened as the referees pulled the players apart. Ja Morants allegations of aggression off the court, explained. "Beating that UNLV team was a pivotal moment in Duke basketball history," Grant Hill says. "We were basically outplayed," he said, "but I still think we're part of history. The UNLV men's basketball team, called The Runnin' Rebels, and the women's basketball team, called the Lady Rebels, are NCAA Division I teams and part of the Mountain West Conference. Richmond became the . Not #1. Learn more and register, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. UNLV had a 23-point lead late in the second half when Tarkanian pulled his starters, and a 3 at the buzzer for the Razorbacks cut the final margin to 112-105. No team has won 40 games or more in a row in the 30 years since. The Runnin' Rebels launched 28% of their attempts from beyond the arc, while the corresponding figure for the nation as a whole was just 23%. They played championship-caliber ball. We had been in close games. The Jayhawks had been unable to defend their 1988 national title in Williams' first season because of NCAA penalties. Yes, I know that. The Tarkanian connection began before the Sharks coaching career at UNLV when, at Long Beach State, Tarks growing program was continually investigated by the NCAA. There is no additional information to display: For those who think the argument ends with the fact they didnt win. and playing out the string on another losing Big West season on March 2, 1991. Johnson joined an already loaded squad. [2] This was the first National Championship game for Williams as a head coach. The team had only trailed for 38 minutes during the entire campaign. 1991 UNLV Roll Call: The Starters. If youre a basketball nut like me, you saw HBOs UNLV documentary. #1 UNLV Runnin' Rebels travelled to the Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, AR to take on the #2 Arkansas Razorbacks. Hunt never seemed to missed big shots, and the Rebels were on a historic run during which they seemed unbeatable until the shot hit the back of the rim and bounced away. UNLV Rebels Men's. Roster and Stats. View Full Bio, Marty There were a few hiccups sure, but nothing that hadnt been ironed out for the 1990 NCAA Tournament. John Bishop and Tyler Clement will call the action. The Lions were making a storybook tournament run in the wake of the tragic death of Hank Gathers, but UNLV ended that story with an easy 131-101 victory. UNLV hasnt been back to the Final Four, reached the Sweet 16 just once in the ensuing three decades and hasnt even played in the tournament since 2013. The game turned when Anthony fouled out with 3:51 remaining. 2 in the nation and standing at 22-1 behind stars Oliver Miller and Todd Day -- had been camping out in front of Fayetteville's Barnhill Arena for a full week in advance of the game, and Rebels coach Jerry Tarkanian sought to put the tent city to good use for his own team. 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Coach: Jerry Tarkanian. Thus concluded UNLVs perfect regular season. From there the gauntlet was thrown, but not before former UCLA ball player Bill Walton wrote in his 1978 book On the Road with the Portland Trail Blazers, UCLA players were so well taken care of far beyond the ground rules of the NCAA that even players from poor backgrounds never left UCLA prematurely (for pro basketball) during John Woodens championship years. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. The Bench Evric Gray: Great college player. Chris Jeter: Toughest player on the team. Fresno State enters having made 76.1 percent of its free throws (289-380), which currently would eclipse the school record for single-season free throw percentage (74.2 percent, 484-652, 1991-92). Previous Season Next Season. Yet the Rebels were untouchable, outscoring opponents by nearly 30 points on average. Three lottery picks and a Hall of Fame coach. Ast, Mike There is no additional information to display: Four of Fresno State's 10 wins have come in true road games (three in conference play). Not really. Sucker punch in OVC tournament leads to 3 ejections. Senior Director of Administration & Alumni Relations. They were the number one team that entire season. And all five UNLV starters would be recognized as All-Americans (Augmon and Johnson as First Teamers; the rest as Honorable Mentions) for their efforts. Dembele, Justin Updated December 31, 2020 - 7:44 pm. Missing two starters, UNLV stayed close with Boise State but still lost its third consecutive game Sunday in Boise, Idaho. Hamilton. It would easy for people to say Im not seeing the big picture when talking about this team. Krzyzewski's team would go on to defeat Kansas in the championship game and earn Duke its first national title. Like us on Facebook. And as I look around the college basketball landscape, I see failure and defeats everywhere. Or write about sports? Duke assurance grew with every break they caught in the second half: Ackles picked up his fourth foul minutes after halftime, an ankle injury hobbled his backup, Elmore Spencer. Either Tarkanian could serve a personal suspension from coaching during the 1991 tournament and watch his team from afar before facing a postseason ban for both himself and the Rebels in 1992, or UNLV could play in the 1991 postseason in exchange for a ban on all live TV appearances and on any postseason play for the 1991-92 season. UNLV Rebels Men's. Roster and Stats. Essence Booker, one of four honored on Senior Salute afternoon, made key plays late to lift UNLV to an 18th straight win in beating San Diego State. I wasnt a great college player, didnt go to a great university and never coached at a big-time program. What happened: As upsets go, this is considered one of NCAA lore. Everyone, and I mean everyone, hated UNLV. Record: 26-2 (18-0, 1st in Big West MBB ) Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll. "We were a little more focused and more mature," Thomas Hill says. Equally impressive was Augmons ability to finish in transition. The perfect season was over, and so was the pressure that accompanies maintaining perfection. In it, Dukes head coach confesses that the 1990 team were exceptional and destroyed his team. Coming off the 1989-1990 title season, UNLV got every teams absolute best shot the next year. Thats right I said it. When the two teams met in Las Vegas in February of 1990, a brawl erupted after UNLV's Chris Jeter head-butted one Utah State player and punched another. Asked at the Final Four news conference about his mentor's comments, Krzyzewski laughed it off. But what was pegged a mismatch became one of the most compelling games in NCAA history, with the fallout ushering in a new era in college basketball. Two nights later, Duke concluded its NCAA run by beating Kansas 72-65 to claim the title. The UNLV mens basketball team got a steal and a layup in the final seconds to rally past Air Force on Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Depending on how you wanted to defend UNLV, Hunt could have 15 or 30 points. After a freshman season at Georgia Spencer transferred to Connors State Junior College. Sara Doty. 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Robinson, Jimmie Duke's gameplan against UNLV mirrored every David's game plan for Goliath: manage the game, be efficient on offense, no fast breaks, no turnovers, be aggressive and sprinkle in a hard foul every once in awhile. Just stop it. Bob Knight wasn't going to go that far, but he did predict that the Rebels would beat the team coached by his own onetime player at Army and assistant at Indiana, Krzyzewski. Maxon informed Tarkanian that the NCAA had heard UNLVs appeal and offered a choice: UNLV could play out the 90-91 season in its entirety (tournament and all) if the school agreed to a post-season and television ban for 91-92. Brown, Josh With 1991 UNLV there was absolutely no disputing it. 103-73. 1 in what would become the fourth-longest win streak in the history of Division I men's basketball was recorded at Utah State on March 1, 1990. 2023 Duke Athletics. Laettner would make two free throws the 12.7 seconds remaining via a controversial over-the-back call against Evric Gray and UNLVs dynasty would end when Anderson Hunts off-balance 3-point attempt over Hurley wasnt close. Duke, meanwhile, won the first of five National Championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015) two nights later. Say what you want about level of competition, but while the Big West wasnt the Pac-10 or ACC, think of Memphis in conference USA. Hill, Crawford Everything came together perfectly. Why? . AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. As 7,963 Canadians looked on (in a stadium that could seat 60,000), the Rebels rolled. Have you ever felt as if youre in a washing machine on a super speed setting? Scoring was distributed across the team, too. But the committee saw the matter differently and imposed the ban on postseason play for 1991, making UNLV . Larry Johnson scored 26. On November 29, 1990, Jerry Tarkanianwho was already in Canada for the teams opening gamereceived a phone call from UNLV President Robert Maxon. Larry Varnado Jr. Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Men's Basketball and Volleyball. Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony, Anderson Hunt, George Ackles and their teammates would enter the 1991 Final Four having trailed their opponents for a total of just one minute and 20 seconds in any second half all season. 1 the entire season and had just one game decided inside double digits, a 112-105 road win at Arkansasa squad that went on to claim one of the other three No. Chappell, DeShawn He had made his famous The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years of probation quip. Melvin Love: Better player than stats indicate; effective rebounder with below average feel for the game. Hamm Jr. Reece In the first three rounds, games were shown on a regional basis, except for one game each on Saturday and Sunday in the second round. DePaul's appearance is, as of 2022, the last appearance of an independent team in the tournament. Rather than no-really-hold-me-back shoving match, Johnson tried a quick jab at Day. Thats like saying the 1983 North Carolina State Wolfpacks victory over Phi Slamma Jamma meant they were better. Only Michigans Fab Five in recent memory has captivated the nation like the Rebels did. What else could he say? Until 48 hours before the season tipped off, UNLV was ineligible to defend its National title. "Let's show UNLV fans and players that we at Utah State University are a class act," USU's president and athletic director jointly urged in the ad. For the first time in tournament history a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed. So weve made it to March. Its simple those teams are mentioned in passing - never with the reverence of 91 UNLV. We had three of the top college players of all time, but we didn't know that then.". Iwuakor, Michael When talk began to hit the Wizard of Westwood ears, the typically humble and reserved Wooden quickly spoke that his UCLA teams were better than UNLV, but also quickly recanted in a separate interview proclaiming that 1991 UNLV is up there and no college basketball team is the best ever. He was one of the strongest players in the post with a 36 + vertical, a post-up game, face-up game, ball handling and 3-point range. If there was a weakness to Ackles, other than his lack of offensive ability, it was his foul trouble. Bobby Joyce: Great junior college player. The game turned when UNLV point guard Greg Anthony fouled out with 3:51 remaining. UNLV would eventually reach the national semifinal 30 years ago this weekend having won 45 straight games over a period of 13 months. Buckley, Brandon Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. So the back-on title defense began. The 1990 NCAA tournament concluded with UNLV winning the national championship thanks to a 30-point rout of Duke in the final, 103-73.The margin set the record for largest in championship game . And the change . Florida State by 32. "We knew we had a target on our back in every game and had to play our best.". We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. We lost to the best team in the country. UNLV came down . On March 2, 1991, the UNLV Runnin Rebelscoached by perennial NCAA-tormentor Jerry Tarkanian and led by future NBA first rounders Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, and Greg Anthonyfinished off a perfect regular season. The Rebels earned their second consecutive West region No. If youre in a war you want him in the foxhole with you. But in looking back at UNLVs historic season, Im overwhelmed by one pervading sentiment: 1991 was such a different time in college sports. 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