UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball
| UNLV Runnin' Rebels | |||||||||||
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| University | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Josh Pastner (1st season) | ||||||||||
| Location | Paradise, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Arena | Thomas & Mack Center (capacity: 17,923) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Mountain West | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Runnin' Rebels | ||||||||||
| Colors | Scarlet and gray | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||
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| 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 champions | |||||||||||
| WAC Mountain: 1999 | |||||||||||
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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.