UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball

UNLV Runnin' Rebels
UNLV Runnin' Rebels
	2024–25 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
University	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Head coach	Josh Pastner (1st season)
Conference	Mountain West
Location	Paradise, Nevada
Arena	Thomas & Mack Center ; (capacity: 23,000)
Nickname	Runnin' Rebels
Colors	Scarlet and gray;
Uniforms
NCAA tournament champions
	1990
Final Four	1977, 1987, 1990, 1991
Other NCAA tournament results
Final Four	1977, 1987, 1990, 1991
Elite Eight	1968*, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
Sweet Sixteen	1967, 1968, 1969*, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007
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 regular-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.