UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball

UNLV Runnin' Rebels
2024–25 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
Head coachKevin Kruger (4th season)
ConferenceMountain West
LocationParadise, Nevada
ArenaThomas & Mack Center
(capacity: 18,000)
NicknameRunnin' Rebels
ColorsScarlet and gray[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
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

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]

  1. ^ "Color Information" (PDF). UNLV Rebels Style Guide. September 12, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Shelton, Harold (July 25, 2008). "ESPN – Counting down the most prestigious programs since 1984–85". ESPNU. Retrieved July 31, 2008.