The 1987–88 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada Las Vegas in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1985–86 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. The Rebels won the regular season conference and PCAA tournament titles. The team finished with a record of 28–6 (15–3 PCAA) and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.
1987–88 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball | |
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PCAA Regular Season Champions | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 15 |
AP | No. 12 |
Record | 28–6 (15–3 PCAA) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Thomas & Mack Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 UNLV | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1988 PCAA tournament winner |
Roster edit
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Schedule and results edit
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 3, 1987* |
No. 19 | at Hawaii–Loa Pearl Harbor Classic |
W 114–46 | 1–0 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center (500) Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Dec 4, 1987* |
No. 19 | at Hawaii–Hilo Pearl Harbor Classic |
W 113–65 | 2–0 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center (2,425) Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Dec 5, 1987* |
No. 19 | at Hawaii–Loa Pearl Harbor Classic |
W 120–47 | 3–0 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center (500) Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Dec 8, 1987* |
No. 17 | at Nevada | W 98–96 | 4–0 |
Lawlor Events Center (11,388) Reno, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 12, 1987* |
No. 17 | at Houston | W 89–69 | 5–0 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (6,021) Houston, Texas | ||||||
Dec 21, 1987* |
No. 15 | Tennessee Tech | W 103–76 | 6–0 |
Thomas & Mack Center (17,202) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 22, 1987* |
No. 15 | Creighton | W 90–59 | 7–0 |
Thomas & Mack Center (15,957) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 28, 1987* |
No. 15 | Wisconsin UNLV Holiday Classic |
W 102–65 | 8–0 |
Thomas & Mack Center (15,971) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 29, 1987* |
No. 15 | Louisiana State UNLV Holiday Classic |
W 78–59 | 9–0 |
Thomas & Mack Center (16,596) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 2, 1988 |
No. 15 | at New Mexico State | W 69–64 | 10–0 (1–0) |
Pan American Center (10,812) Las Cruces, New Mexico | ||||||
Jan 4, 1988 |
No. 13 | at Long Beach State | W 71–68 | 11–0 (2–0) |
Long Beach Arena (4,286) Long Beach, California | ||||||
Jan 7, 1988 |
No. 13 | UC Santa Barbara | L 60–62 | 11–1 (2–1) |
Thomas & Mack Center (18,500) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 9, 1988 |
No. 13 | UC Irvine | W 103–68 | 12–1 (3–1) |
Thomas & Mack Center (15,506) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 16, 1988 |
No. 13 | at Cal State Fullerton | W 63–57 | 13–1 (4–1) |
Titan Gym (4,113) Fullerton, California | ||||||
Jan 17, 1988* |
No. 13 | at Providence | W 92–72 | 14–1 |
Providence Civic Center (13,100) Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||
Jan 19, 1988 |
No. 8 | at Utah State | W 87–83 | 15–1 (5–1) |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, Utah | ||||||
Jan 21, 1988 |
No. 8 | at San Jose State | W 95–83 | 16–1 (6–1) |
San Jose Civic Auditorium (2,612) San Jose, California | ||||||
Jan 24, 1988* |
No. 8 | No. 3 Temple | W 59–58 | 17–1 |
Thomas & Mack Center (19,000) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 28, 1988 |
No. 4 | Fresno State | W 87–71 | 18–1 (7–1) |
Thomas & Mack Center (17,934) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 30, 1988 |
No. 4 | Pacific | W 92–67 | 19–1 (8–1) |
Thomas & Mack Center (17,583) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 4, 1988 |
No. 2 | at UC Irvine | W 99–77 | 20–1 (9–1) |
Bren Events Center (5,000) Irvine, California | ||||||
Feb 6, 1988 |
No. 2 | at UC Santa Barbara | L 66–71 | 20–2 (9–2) |
The Thunderdome (6,000) Santa Barbara, California | ||||||
Feb 11, 1988 |
No. 7 | Cal State Fullerton | W 77–61 | 21–2 (10–2) |
Thomas & Mack Center (17,530) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 13, 1988* |
No. 7 | Missouri | L 79–81 | 21–3 |
Thomas & Mack Center (19,000) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 18, 1988 |
No. 11 | Utah State | W 94–74 | 22–3 (11–2) |
Thomas & Mack Center (19,250) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 20, 1988 |
No. 11 | San Jose State | W 85–68 | 23–3 (12–2) |
Thomas & Mack Center (16,798) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 25, 1988 |
No. 8 | at Pacific | W 77–61 | 24–3 (13–2) |
Alex G. Spanos Center (5,424) Stockton, California | ||||||
Feb 27, 1988 |
No. 8 | at Fresno State | W 71–60 | 25–3 (14–2) |
Selland Arena (10,159) Fresno, California | ||||||
Mar 3, 1988 |
No. 5 | Long Beach State | L 77–79 | 25–4 (14–3) |
Thomas & Mack Center (18,310) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
Mar 5, 1988 |
No. 5 | New Mexico State | W 86–68 | 26–4 (15–3) |
Thomas & Mack Center (19,371) Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
PCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 1988* |
No. 7 | vs. Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinals |
W 61–56 | 27–4 |
The Forum (9,587) Inglewood, California | ||||||
Mar 12, 1988* |
No. 7 | vs. UC Irvine Semifinals |
L 70–74 | 27–5 |
The Forum (12,066) Inglewood, California | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 1988* |
(4 W) No. 12 | vs. (13 W) SW Missouri State First round |
W 54–50[1] | 28–5 |
Pauley Pavilion (11,175) Los Angeles, California | ||||||
Mar 20, 1988* CBS |
(4 W) No. 12 | vs. (5 W) No. 17 Iowa Second round |
L 86–104[2] | 28–6 |
Pauley Pavilion (12,901) Los Angeles, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. |
Rankings edit
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | — | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Coaches | Not released | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "UNLV Barely Escapes With 54-50 Victory". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1988. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Iowa Gives UNLV Lethal Taste of Its Press and Run Game". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "1985-86 UNLV Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ "2020-21 UNLV Men's Basketball Media Guide". UNLV Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ "1987-1988 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball Stats" (PDF). NCAA Career statistics.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.