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UNLV Basketball Programs UNLV Athletics 8-15-1979 UNLV Basketball Alumni Association 2nd Annual Roundball Classic University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/basketball_programs Part of the American Popular Culture Commons, and the Civic and Community Engagement Commons Repository Citation University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1979). UNLV Basketball Alumni Association 2nd Annual Roundball Classic. Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/basketball_programs/99 This Pamphlet is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Pamphlet in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. This Pamphlet has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Basketball Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2nd Annual Community Roundball Classic This is the official UNLV Basketball Alumni Association Community Roundball Classic game program, published by TUCA Productions of Las Vegas, Printing is by M-R Printers of Las Vegas; and TUCA Productions of Las Vegas is the exclusive advertising representative for the publication. Table of Contents Page Governor's Message ............................ 3 Mayor's Message .... ........................... 5 UNLV Basketball Alumni Association Message .. 6 Classic Co-Chairman ....... ................... 7 UNLV Basketball Alumni Association ............ 8 UNLV Alumni Player Photos .. .............. 11-15 UNLV Roster and Scorecard ... ................ 16 UCLA Roster and Scorecard .............. .. .... 17 UCLA Player Photos ........... ............ 19-22 Tonight's Game ............................... 24 Behind the Scenes ............................. 25 UNLV's New Arena ............................ 26 / Good Luck ~ UNLV's 1978-80 Out_look ....................... 27 With a lot of Help from our Friends ....... ..... 28 UNLV Alu111ni UNLV Alumni Coaches ....... ... ............... 31 UNLV All-Time Lettermen ................ ..... 32 EDITOR: Dominic Clark CONTRIBUTOR: Jerry Tarkanian PHOTOGRAPHERS: John D. Goad, Larry Chin Serge McCabe ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: John Tudor PRINTERS: M-R Printers, Las Vegas FRONT COVER DESIGN: Courtesy Kelly, Reber & Miller Advertising -1- ~taU of ~~'l.!aba ~~~,u.H-'1.!~ ~t-(atttb~~ ~~£!01' ~it1!. g~'tU"lp..ugust S' 1.919 'Jtokftrl "fi'tet ~a"'~r -2- -3- COOLITAT· SAHARA TAHOE Beat the Las Vegas heat in the cool clear air of magnificent Lake Tahoe. The Sahara Tahoe, nestled on the shores of America's most beautiful alpine lake is only two hours away from Las Vegas' heat. Call Sahara Tahoe now for reservations and Start Cooling It! (702) 588-6211 -4 - -5- 1979 Community Classic Co-Chairmen .' . CO-CHAIRMEN - Former Rebel lettermen Ralph Piercy, Toby Houston, and Lonnie Wright review plans for tonight's Second An nual Community Roundba/1 Classic. Many, many hours of dedicated and hard work have gone into making tonight's game more than just a pipe dream. Good Luck UNLV Alumni ... After The Game, Die Maxim fits your Food Mood. Treat your taste buds to the ''Maxim Experience. '' Delicious Appetizers to full course You 've tried the rest ... now try the Chinese Corner Cantonese dinners Monday thru Friday . The Buffets best. Breakfast , Lunch. Dinner . and a special Champagne Brunch The Theme is elegance in dining at an Saturday and Sunday . affordable price . Serving the finest in International Cuisine . Open around the clock for your Tree House Casual Dining pleasure . New ... 800 ROOM TWIN TOWER COMING SOON. m~ clXJm HOTEL/CASINO -7- -6- Community Minded: The UN LV Basketball Alumni Association Lonnie Wright has a dream. Toby dary Wizards of Westwood. Well, af Houston has a dream. Elburt Miller ter having months of negotiations has a dream. Ralph Piercy has a which included helping UCLA form dream. These four former Rebel its own Alumni Basketball basketball players have big, big Association, UNLV's Basketball dreams. Alumni Association finally got its They have all been college game for all reasons. educated and they have all played But like Wright is very quick to for UNLV. They all want UNLV's remind " The Community Roundball basketball program to grow to its Classic and the UNLV Basketball highest aspirations. But, unlike pipe Association is much more than just dreams, these young guys are men a game. It is a way for us to help the of action. They want to help the community. We will put on free Rebel basketball program grow. clinics in Las Vegas, Henderson They also want to help the former and Boulder City at youth centers Rebels still to be a part of the as well as provide donations to wor program, and so, on February 17, thy needy organizations in Clark 1978, after many hard hours of hard County. work and devotion, the UNLV As counselors to the current ball Basketball Alumni Association was players Wright reminds, "We can officially born into the UNLV offer advice on a different level than athletic community and the city of the coach. The players can come to Las Vegas. us with a problem they might not "We want a lot of things," reflects• want to talk to a coach about. And, Wright, the spokesman for the ped over there. Ever since I was a we can react differently to them. We group. "We want to provide a kid, I always wanted to play for the aren't their coaches, we can be lasting attachment to the UNLV Rebels and fortunately, I got my closer to them, show them both UNLV 1979-80 Tentative basketball program for the players. chance. And so have a whole lot of sides of the fence do to speak." We also want to do things for the other guys. Now it's our turn to do " We can really level with the Basketball Schedule community and the current something for the community and young guys, tell them where they WBYNOT program. Our ideas, our hopes and for the program which has given us are going wrong, and help them get dreams for this organization are so much." turned around. We can talk to them much bigger than Lonnie Wright or UNLV basketball is big news in in pretty strong terms." Las Vegas and the players are LEASE IT? any other single person. I am just a The Basketball Alumni grain of sand to this organization recognized in near star-like fashion Association can speak in terms of Nov. 19, 1979 Poland National Team Las Vegas, Nevada like the glittering celebrities of the Nov. 30 , 1979 Pan American University Las Vegas, Nevada and to UNLV basketball. alternatives. They know that only Dec. 7 University of Nevada, Reno Las Vegas, Nevada "What we want on the horizon is Las Vegas " Strip. " one percent of college players ever Dec. 8 Idaho State Las Vegas, Nevada to help the community. That's why Well, after the initial success of makes it in the NBA. "Hey, Eddie Dec. 10 Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma last year we had our first Com Dec. 21·22 Rebel Round-Up Las Vegas, Nevaaa the Community Roundball Classic, Owens is on our board," reflects University of Nevada, Las Vegas, munity Roundball Classic and the UNLV Basketball Alumni Wright. " He can sit down with these Montana, Texas A&M, North Texas tonight we are having our second." Association decided to give the players, tell them he was an All Dec. 28·29 Holiday Classic Las Vegas, Nevada University of Nevada, Las Vegas, The Classic is for the community. community an even bigger spec American for two years, and still Loyola, Weber State, Michigan State Last year, stepping out on faith as it tacle this year, which in turn could didn't make it in the pros. He can Dec. 31 Utah Las Vegas, Nevada were on what the public's response provide more funds to help the help realize the need for an alter Jan. 10, 1980 Hawaii Las Vegas, Nevada Jan. 11 San Diego State Las Vegas, Nevada to the organization and the game needy youth in the area. native." Jan. 14 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah would be, the former Rebels played Everyone literally said it couldn't Noble ideas and pipe dreams Jan. 17 Seton Hall Madison Square Garden basically what would have to be be done, but Lonnie and his fellow have long been a major part of the Jan. 21 University of Nevada, Ren o Reno, Nevada Jan. 25 University of Te xas, El Paso Las Vegas, Nevada SNARL-FREE considered an intra-squad game in workers finally pursuaded UCLA's American dream. The UNLV Jan. 26 New Mexico Las Vegas, Nevada the campus gym which can seat Alumni to play against the Rebels in Basketball Alumni Association is Jan. 28 Colorado State Un iversity Ft. Collins, Colorado about 1,800 people comfortably. the Las Vegas Convention Center. Feb. 2 U.S. International Las Vegas, Nevada tfo~ not a dream, it is an alternative. One Feb. 5 San Diego State San Diego, California Well over 3,000 people jammed the Although UNLV once played in which is truly needed in today's Feb. 7 Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii nice, but definitely over-crowed gym UCLA's Pauley Pavillion in the society. They are doers and not just Feb. 13 Wyoming Las Vegas, Nevada BILL HADEN Feb. 14 Colorado State University Las Vegas, Nevada LINCOLN-MERCURY to see a 113-103 rip-roaring net NCAA Regional tournament in 1976 talkers. Kentucky Las Vegas, Nevada Feb. 17 .. WE "fH A GOOD DEAl BETT E ~ splitting basketball game. against Arizona, the Rebels have Remember, some men see Feb.22 New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 11 Feb.