Happy Humpy Day POU! The UNLV Runnin Rebels were unstoppable in 1990. Their history making winning margin still holds till this day.
Powered by Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony – and coached by Jerry Tarkanian, The 1989–90 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels basketball team won the NCAA title. As of the present, they are the last team from any of the non-major conferences to win the national championship. UNLV won three of its tourney games by 30 points, but got a scare from Ball State in the Regional Semifinal, winning by just 2.
In the 1990 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament:
UNLV’s 103–73 win over Duke marked the first, (and to date, only), time in the history of the tournament that at least 100 points were scored in the championship game.
UNLV’s 571 points over six games set the record for most points scored by a single team in any one year of the tournament.
UNLV is the only team in tournament history to average more than 95 points per game. In six tournament games, they won three by exactly 30 points, while scoring more than 100 points in each 30-point victory.
UNLV’s 30-point margin of victory in the championship game is also a tournament record.
To date, UNLV remains the last team from a non-power conference (AAC, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) to win the national championship; and the only one since 1977.