The UNLV Libraries Collection on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Runnin' Rebels (approximately 1982-1991) is comprised of materials commemorating the UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team, including a gubernatorial proclamation from Governor Richard Bryan, a poster of the Runnin' Rebels' 1982-1983 men's basketball season highlights, a color slide of President George H.W. Bush remarking on the National Collegiate Athletic Association's semi-finalist teams, and a commemorative “UNLV Rebels Final Four 1991” t-shirt.
The UNLV Libraries Collection on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Runnin' Rebels (approximately 1982-1991) is comprised of materials commemorating the UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team, including a gubernatorial proclamation from Governor Richard Bryan, a poster of the Runnin' Rebels' 1982-1983 men's basketball season highlights, a color slide of President George H.W. Bush remarking on the National Collegiate Athletic Association's semi-finalist teams, and a commemorative “UNLV Rebels Final Four 1991” t-shirt.
Collection is open for research.
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public research university located in Las Vegas, Nevada and was officially founded in 1957. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels Basketball team first played in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Tournament in the 1964-1965 season. During the tenure of basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian from 1973 to 1992, the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels men's basketball team advanced to become one of four teams in the semi-final round (colloquially known as the “final four”) of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in the 1976-1977, 1986-1987, 1989-1990, and 1990-1991 seasons. The Runnin' Rebels won the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in the 1989-1990 season. As of 2020, the UNLV Runnin’ Rebel men's basketball teams play home games at the Thomas & Mack Center located on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Source:
"Men's Basketball." UNLV Athletics. Last modified 2020. https://unlvrebels.com/sports/mens-basketball.
UNLV Libraries Collection on the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, approximately 1982-1991. MS-01005. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were transferred to UNLV Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2019-156.
In 2020, Joseph Puentes processed and arranged materials, wrote the finding aid and entered the
data into ArchivesSpace.