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1986–87 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team

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Coaches
  
No. 1

1986–87 record
  
37–2 (18–0 PCAA)

Home arena
  
Thomas & Mack Center

AP
  
No. 1

Head coach
  
Jerry Tarkanian

Conference
  
Pacific Coast Athletic Association

The 1986–87 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada Las Vegas in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1986–87 season under head coach Jerry Tarkanian. The team played its home games in the Thomas & Mack Center, and was a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), now known as the Big West Conference; it would join the Western Athletic Conference in 1996 and become a charter member of its current conference, the Mountain West Conference, in 1999.

The nickname "Runnin' Rebels" is unique to men's basketball at UNLV. The default nickname for men's sports teams at the school is simply "Rebels", while all women's teams are known as "Lady Rebels".

NCAA basketball tournament

  • West
  • UNLV 95, Idaho State 70
  • UNLV 80, Kansas State 61
  • UNLV 92, Wyoming 78
  • UNLV 84, Iowa 81
  • Final Four
  • Indiana 97, UNLV 93
  • References

    1986–87 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team Wikipedia