Through the Years
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Through The Years 1968-73 1974-75 • 1977-82 1976 1983-96 1997-2005 2006-PR The UNLV Runnin’ Rebel basketball program has made its mark in history. The following April 2, 1990 – UNLV wins the national championship with the most lopsided score ever for are key facts about a program that began play in 1958 and quickly made a name for itself a national title game – UNLV 103, Duke 73. in the desert. 1990-91 – UNLV was ranked No. 1 throughout the season and looked for back-to-back 1958-59 – The team’s inaugural season under the school’s first basketball coach and NCAA Championships. The Runnin’ Rebels were 34-0 when they were upset by Duke, athletic director, Michael Drakulich. NSU played its home games at Dula Memorial Center 79-77, in the national semi-final game on March 30, 1991. (located at Las Vegas Blvd. and Bonanza Road). 1991 NBA Draft – A UNLV-record three players are drafted in the first round (No. 1 Larry 1960-61 – Shortly into the season, the Rebels had their first on-campus home, the 2,000- Johnson, No. 9 Stacey Augmon and No. 12 Greg Anthony) in one year. seat NSU Gym. The Gym is now the Marjorie Barrick Museum with the basketball hardwood still used as the floor in the museum. 1991-92 – Jerry Tarkanian coaches his final season at UNLV. The team was not eligible for postseason play. UNLV won its final 23 1962-63 – The Rebels posted their first-ever 20-win season with an games to finish 26-2. overall mark of 21-4. March 3, 1992 – Tark coaches his final game at the Thomas & Mack 1963-64 – Ed Gregory was named the second head coach in pro- Center as a UNLV head coach. UNLV defeated Utah State, 65-53. gram history. He compiled a two-year record of 40-15. UNLV played two home games in the 6,380-seat Las Vegas Convention Center. April 1, 1992 – Rollie Massimino was named head coach. He served The team played a few more during the 1964-65 season. two seasons (1992-94). 1965-66 – Rolland Todd was named head coach and would serve five Oct. 22, 1994 – Tim Grgurich, long time assistant coach under Jerry seasons. He led the Rebels to three straight NCAA playoff appear- Tarkanian, was named the seventh head coach in UNLV history. He ances. During his tenure, Nevada Southern University became would coach only seven games (2-5 record) and resigned on March known as UNLV, and the Rebels joined the West Coast Athletic 3, 1995 because of health reasons. Howie Landa (7 games) and Conference for the 1969-70 season. Cleveland Edwards (14 games) served as interim head coaches. 1966-67 – The Rebels began playing all of their home games in the March 30, 1995 to Dec. 12, 2000 – Bill Bayno was the 10th head rotunda of the Las Vegas Convention Center. coach in UNLV history. He finished with 94 career wins to become the third-winningest head coach by wins in program history. Bayno led four straight UNLV teams to the postseason Feb. 12, 1967 – Elburt Miller scored 55 points against Portland to set the UNLV individual (1998 and 2000 NCAA Tournament and 1997 and 1999 NIT). During his tenure, the Runnin’ single-game scoring record. Rebels won the inaugural Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament championships in 2000 as well as the 1998 WAC Tournament. 1970-71 – John Bayer served as head coach for the next three seasons. Dec. 12, 2000 – March 29, 2001 – Max Good was elevated from assistant coach to Feb. 23, 1973 – Jimmie Baker pulled down 26 rebounds against San Francisco to set the head coach for the remainder of the 2000-01 season. He was 13-9 as head coach of the UNLV individual single-game rebounding record. program. 1973-74 – The Jerry Tarkanian era began. Tark was hired as head coach on March 23, March 29, 2001 – Charlie Spoonhour was named the 12th head coach in UNLV Runnin’ 1973, and in 19 seasons compiled an amazing 509-105 record (.829). He put the “Runnin’” Rebel history. He turned in identical 21-11 records in his first two seasons at UNLV. The in Rebels and led the program to postseason play 14 times, including a run of nine Runnin’ Rebels advanced to the second round of the NIT in his first season and lost in consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (1983-91) with four final fours. UNLV won the NIT’s first round in his second. Spoonhour stepped down after 21 games into his third its first-ever National Championship in 1990 and appeared in back-to-back Final Fours season citing health issues. His son, Jay, who was an assistant under his dad, led the team (‘89-90, ‘90-91). the rest of the way and turned in a 6-4 mark, leading the team to the MWC Tournament’s championship game and earning a NIT bid for the third straight season. 1976-77 – UNLV’s first-ever Final Four appearance in the Omni in Atlanta, Ga. North Carolina defeated UNLV 84-83 in a heart-breaking loss for Rebel fans. March 15, 2004 – Lon Kruger was hired as the 14th head coach in UNLV men’s basketball history (the 10th full-time head coach). His first Runnin’ Rebel team (2004-05), recorded 1977 NBA Draft – A UNLV-record six players are drafted in one year (Glen Gondrezick, a 17-14 mark and advanced to the second round of the NIT, marking the program’s fourth Larry Moffett, Eddie Owens, Robert Smith, Sam Smith, Lewis Brown). straight trip to the postseason. In his second season, the team went 17-13 and won 10 MWC games for the first time since 1999-00. Feb. 19, 1983 – UNLV’s last home game in the Las Vegas Convention Center. UNLV defeated Utah State, 111-78. 2006-07 – In Kruger's third season, the Runnin' Rebels won the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship, finished with a 30-7 overall record and made a NCAA Nov. 26, 1983 – UNLV’s first regular season game in the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Tournament Sweet 16 appearance - the program's first in 16 years. Additionally, UNLV was Center. UNLV defeated UNR 92-71. 19-1 at home, including ending the season with 17 straight wins at the Thomas & Mack Center, which tied for the 10th-longest active streak in the country heading into the 2007-08 1986-87 – The Runnin’ Rebels compiled a school-record 37 wins and advanced to their season. UNLV was ranked 14th in the nation in the final edition of the 2006-07 Coaches' second Final Four in school history at the Louisiana SuperDome. Poll and 19th in the Associated Press Poll. The Runnin' Rebels recorded a MWC mark of History 12-4 to finish second during the regular season. 1989-90 – The Runnin’ Rebels advanced to their third Final Four in school history at Denver’s McNichols Arena. 1988-95 1968-77 1982-87 1996-98 1999-PR 156 Year-By-Year Results 1958-59 (5-13) F 25 Cal Poly Pomona (1) (OT) L 64- 70 Coach: Michael “Chub” Drakulich F 27 Cal State Fullerton (1) L 88- 109 Michael Drakulich was UNLV’s first bas ket ball coach as D 5 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE L 52- 57 (1) Cal Poly Pomona Tournament, Pomona, Calif. well as athletic director. The first Rebel team of 1958- 59 posted a 5-13 record. In five seasons, he lead the D 6 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE L 41- 61 team to a 68-45 record in clud ing a 21-4 mark in his final D 12 at Snow College L 62- 77 1961-62 (16-8) season as head coach. Drakulich coached several pro- D 13 at Snow College L 64- 70 Coach: Michael “Chub” Drakulich grams at UNLV in clud ing base ball and spent 19 seasons D 19 DIXIE JC L 50- 93 D 1 LONG BEACH NAVY W 79- 55 as the Rebel golf coach. He was chosen a charter mem- D 20 DIXIE JC L 46- 69 D 2 LONG BEACH NAVY W 76- 54 ber of the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. J 2 at Southern Utah State L 46- 61 D 8 at Northern Arizona L 56- 87 J 3 at Southern Utah State L 51- 88 D 9 at Grand Canyon College L 68- 75 Years Seasons W L PCT 1958-63 5 68 45 .602 J 10 DIXIE JC L 43- 56 D 15 BIOLA COLLEGE W 84- 53 J 14 at Nellis AFB W 52- 47 D 16 LaVERNE COLLEGE W 77- 72 Michael Drakulich J 17 ANTELOPE VALLEY JC L 70- 83 D 18 NORTHERN ARIZONA L 64- 65 (1958-63) J 30 LONG BEACH NAVY W 87- 77 D 20 at San Diego L 75- 76 J 31 LONG BEACH NAVY W 79- 59 D 21 POMONA COLLEGE W 88- 66 D 19 Chapman College (1) W 80- 67 J 13 SAN DIEGO MARINE W 71- 69 F 6 at Long Beach Navy L 55- 69 D 28 CAL POLY POMONA (1) L 80- 85 D 20 Cal Poly Pomona (1) L 85- 96 J 23 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE W 95- 68 F 7 at Compton JC L 62- 76 D 29 U.S. INTERNATIONAL (1) W 57- 49 D 21 Seattle Pacific (1) W 64- 63 J 28 at Cal Poly Pomona L 61- 79 F 14 at Dixie JC L 74- 84 J 5 SAN DIEGO W 77- 49 D 27 OCCIDENTAL COLL.