UNLV Athletics Hall Of Fame
The 10th team to be inducted, the 1990-91 UNLV men's basketball squad is the only program in the last 23 years to go undefeated during the regular season (27-0), which included winning a memorable showdown at No. 2 Arkansas 112-105. Coached by 1998 inductee Jerry Tarkanian, the Runnin' Rebels' perfect 18-0 league record earned the school a Big West Conference championship and a No. 1 seed at the NCAA West Region after its smallest margin of victory all season was seven points. UNLV rolled into the Final Four with a 99-65 win over Montana and victories over Georgetown, Utah and Seton Hall. However, the defending national champs were upset in the semifinal, 79-77, by Duke in Indianapolis and finished 34-1.
