TEAMS TO REMEMBER - 1990 UNLV - PART 1

TEAMS TO REMEMBER - 1990 UNLV - PART 1

[@mrmartywaring]

This UNLV team from the early 90's is the best team I have ever seen

[@TA-ht4jo]

Better than the Fab 5 from Michigan?

[@jonaskessler326]

@@TA-ht4jo absolutely. That UNLV team went something like 50 games in a row without a loss before losing to Duke in 91.

[@tallpaul1563]

Agreed.....Best college basketball team I've ever seen as well and beating that powerhouse Duke team by 30 in th Championship game was the most dominant performance.

[@russellwarner363]

@@TA-ht4jo what did the Fab 5 win? Lots of talent but no championship. They were fun to watch but not dominant like UNLV.

[@tubemelly24]

I still think this is the best team ever formed in college basketball history.

[@tyroneriggs7915]

Those 90 Running Rebels were must watch television!!! I have never in life seen a group of players play in sync the way they did . They seemed like a pro team against all other teams. Larry Johnson is one of my favorite players of all time . Love the hollering from Moses Scurry and David Butler - that alone struck fear in opponents. Long live Tarkanian.

[@nath8282]

1990 UNLV vs 1994 Arkansas would of been a hell of a game

[@curtaniuswilliams7544]

I always wanted to see that shit. Also wish C Webb would have stayed 1 more year to see Arkansas vs Fab 5 instead of fab4

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

UNLV was essentially the catalyst for that 1994 Arkansas team. When Todd day threw that limp wristed punch at Larry Johnson, Johnson basically laughed at him and went over to Nolan Richardson and told him “you need to get you some men on your team”. Richardson took his words to heart and got players like Dwight Stewart, Lee Wilson, Darnell Robinson and of course The Big Nasty.

[@tallpaul1563]

I'm to young to have watched Woodens great UCLA teams, but in my time of following college hoops, Tarks 90-91 UNLV squad was the best I've seen.

[@Aj85234480]

I agree with you mate. I was too you to remember the UCLA teams but those Rebs were something really special !!

[@adamfitzgerald911]

Have watched NCAA basketball since 1987, the 1990 UNLV team was and still is the greatest basketball college team i have ever seen.

[@Bootyinspector007]

Agreed!!! Well said.

[@AntiMTVMovement]

Tarkanian was a genius when it came to getting players to communicate and pass the ball. UNLV was one of the greatest passing teams to ever play the game.

[@johnbreezy4902]

University of Numerous Lopsided Victories! U.N.L.V

[@rawn4203]

Not so much anymore though.

[@ThunderPants13]

UNLV went 95-8 over Tark's final 3 seasons as head coach.

[@sodear2meee]

Best most feared team ever in college basketball history !

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

Greg Anthony, when asked before the title game about whether the team thought the game was Good vs. Evil said: "I am privileged to live in a nation that just doesn't educate the ELITE." It was the perfect answer, and of course we have found out in the years since that Duke has accepted a number of players who didn't have the academic qualifications that other Duke students did (see William Avery). UNLV is a state run college that is easy to get into. You have to have schools like that. Especially a school like UNLV with its restaurant and hospitality type majors that are were designed to give all students a real job after they graduated. There are a lot students with doctorates in history from Columbia who are driving cab cars right now in NYC.

[@dsales2011]

Thanks to a lot of people Vegas keeps running like the way we've all become accustomed to. I definitely appreciate that.

[@WatchVenusSpa]

Had it not been for his back injuries that cut his career short by about 6-8 years LJ would be in the HOF right now.

[@citythink]

Tark is underselling his matchup zone. That locked teams down like nothing anyone else was doing, especially with their team. Used to love watching that team play; their game at Cameron Indoor was insane!

[@CMack28]

I felt that the NCAA cost them the championship in 1991.They didn't want the Running Rebal beat their poster children again...

[@anniboat]

Best College Bball Team EVA!!!!!

[@rawn4203]

Hardly....many teams have won the title with fewer losses and playing in tougher conferences. For example 1992 Duke or 1996 UK.

[@anniboat]

@@rawn4203 I feel ya, good point.

[@gimmeheadcousin7320]

@@rawn4203 yea but UNLV won the championship by 30

[@rawn4203]

@@gimmeheadcousin7320 And Duke won it by 20 in 1992, played in a much tougher conference and only lost 2 games all year where UNLV lost 5.

[@gimmeheadcousin7320]

@@rawn4203 yea that team had the college Christian laettner. That’s unfair😂

[@Bootyinspector007]

They truly were a special squad. If you didn't know any better you thought you were watching a NBA team. They were that good. Clearly one of the best D1 Team ever assembled. Total package. Whether you loved or hated them, you had to be in awe of this team. The 91 title game was fixed, they were robbed. LJ was a Man among boys.

[@hiawathasrevenge6208]

Let's Go Rebels!!!!!! I'm I'm from Vegas. It's a vibe. They did that! Shout out to everyone on that panel.

[@danadeloney8547]

this team is one of the best college teams EVER PERIOD..!! BUT in that championship game vs duke the second time there was some alleged point shaving

[@maskedavenger2621]

Dana Deloney it wasn’t the championship game the next year it was the final 4. And Duke got major help from the Referees.

[@anthonyharp7696]

It wasn't the refs or point shaving. It was the addition of grant hill

[@632rebeleazy]

No doubt one of the greatest teams ever! They crushed teams. I loved seeing them beat the hell outta Duke!

[@waltkel9]

was so great waching unlv especially watching them lay a beat down 103-73 on puke duke lol takecare all

[@fugbabylon7229]

Loved it when they destroyed Duke i mean LOVED IT!

[@johnbreezy4902]

Me too!!

[@petera2788]

YES!!! To all of that.

[@dsales2011]

Lol. It was something. The next year they got robbed of an undefeated run to beat Duke. They didn't want them to make history and win back to back. Those fouls they called on UNLV replay in my mind like a nightmare still today. I felt like in the 90s just didn't go right.

[@TA-ht4jo]

They should have destroyed Duke again the next year!

[@jcsuperstar4646]

@@dsales2011 Completely robbed them with those phantom fouls

[@dssin]

i love this team i was only 5 years old

[@Baltimorehop]

I followed that UNLV squad from 90' all the way to their loss to Duke in 91'. I see some people beefing on here about the refs calls but it was true. Greg Anthony had some suspect calls against him and ironically, he was the one that Duke had no answer for. He fouled out with a few minutes left in the game and Bobby Hurley cnotrolled the pace from that point on. Nonetheless, some folks, including me, felt that Augmon threw that game. Grant Hill was a major difference this time around.

[@kasheem1747]

Thanks man you confirmed 👍 it I knew they could not UNLV

[@davidwelch9277]

To this day I still say that these guys threw that 2nd game against Duke. There's no way that a freshman Grant Hill made that big of a difference against this team. They were THAT damn good.

[@bonzie1645]

leading the nation in field goal shooting percentage despite not being known as shooters... wow!

[@tikoakinney4781]

a,unlv was good in the 80 s don't forget the game against Indiana they had mark wade Freddie banks Gerald patio that team was awesome

[@terrancemoore1776]

A sleep on team 86-87 rebels my favorite.

[@theopark7341]

Great video posting. Greg and Larry together.

[@GLazz85]

Your dad is doing a great job with the current team. Keep your grades up and make him and our city proud. Cant wait to see you in a Rebel Uniform----stay hungry and work hard

[@randalllundgren6035]

Best college basketball team ever

[@Bootyinspector007]

TRUTH!!!

[@swissirish1]

every time i see LJ or UNLV, i either think about converses or space jam hahaha

[@reelavenue]

Grandmama!

[@LBjim]

@CMack28 So true!! That makes a lot of sense...

[@josephhernandez-ri7db]

I agree , I’ve never seen a college team this good. I thought they could beat a pro team. I also thought the rematch was fixed.

[@jcsuperstar4646]

I would stay up late to watch the runnin rebels

[@akvalues]

GREATEST COLLAGE TEAM EVER!!

[@wilnerjack732]

Still a Kenny Anderson fan "GT"

[@wilnerjack732]

Best coordinated college team ever

[@Pac0daTac0]

@tubemelly24 Never had been a team like that before then, never has been after.

[@BlessedN777]

Lj needs to be in the HOF

[@hichcoc]

Amen bro... H~

[@danmyers9372]

Still have to wonder if some or all of the UNLV players took a dive for the $ in the ‘91 final.

[@joeynelson5245]

Where is part 2

[@tylerbeaudoin3225]

LJ was the man!! It sucks that he had that herniated disc issue with his back. If that didn’t happen the sky was the limit. He still is a legend in my book.

[@mikestewart4230]

It was not the same team.David Butler the starting genteel was not on the team.they had George ackles.he was ok but could not score like Butler.plus some of the players look like their pockets had been fill with some cash.Go back and look at the game.Hunt and Anthony and Johnson played like they were rebels.

[@claynation4-life979]

Real ballers.

[@poopstack]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS!!!

[@82Athomas]

REEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEELLLLLLSSSS!!!!

[@nlwilliams31]

When Greg Anthony fouled out in that 1991 game I KNEW Duke was going to win. I remember being so hurt from that lost. Affected me for months......

[@marlonsimmons3607]

I cried bro I'm still not over it....

[@kasheem1747]

SMH that was fixed 😂 now you can feel better ....

[@edytitus8173]

I cried too and thise 2 charged we're bullshit anthony ws willing them to victory had 16 first half points

[@tallpaul1563]

Same here......Still bothers me when I think about it or see the highlights.

[@coachlee7497]

Anderson hunt was my favorite player

[@Tra_West]

Anderson Hunt was so underrated. If he was 4 inches taller he would have averaged 25 in the league

[@alfarabi73]

@WatchVenusSpa Larry Johnson was the best college player I've ever seen, and I've been watching college basketball for some 25 years.

[@jonnychingas5757]

Obviously you never saw Lew Alcindor

[@TJ-bm3bb]

Hunt was the best outside shooter and dunker for his size I have ever seen

[@jonnychingas5757]

I can think of at least a dozen that were better

[@alfarabi73]

@@jonnychingas5757 I said 25 years, not 50! ;)

[@Pac0daTac0]

@adangme Really? I didn't follow any other schools too much but I think I remember Kentucky having a really good team , so it's possibly true.

[@BeatsbyDreLasVegas]

@Bob Stephens Whaaaaat?? No we're not. O.o

[@rawn4203]

Ball state scared the shit out of them in the sweet 16.

[@MHSstuds11]

702

[@mspe1960]

He says "pummeling perennial power house Duke in the championship game". Another person who reinvents history. Duke was not perennial anything in 1990.

[@MrPapageorgio10]

josh10177 Making it to the championship game doesn't make you a perennial power. It's in making it and winning on many occasions when you become a PERENNIAL power. Duke during this period became a perennial power after winning back to back titles in 1991 and 1992. In 1990 Duke had zero NCAA Tournament titles, so they weren't a perennial power at that point.

[@Antbeast23]

Duke considered a big time program already regardles of how they were doing during the season or previous. I mean they made the national championship and won back to back the next year.

[@falconzzzzzzzzzzzor]

@tubemelly24 Fab 5 was

[@wilbert916]

@CMack28 WORD man. Vegas got robbed

[@stealaxe]

i live in las vegas we're getting destroyed

[@FrecoSNxD]

My father is stacey augmon. be on the look out for me. im on the come up playing bball.

[@kasheem1747]

What happened to you?

[@f22raptoreagle]

REBELS

[@zairehammonds3826]

Was that you Chump

[@htownhomie06]

vegas? i always thought greg was from texas???

[@rawn4203]

Nope you are thinking of LJ.

[@allenwood100]

the Wooden era UCLA teams were the best

[@allenwood100]

1983 Houston Cougars,(Phi Slamma Jamma) would have beat this team , but they were good though

[@eaglesyz]

If they had a shot clock and 3 pointer in 1983, the cougars destroy NC state.

[@g-centergaming5803]

Problem with Houston was they couldn’t shoot, whether it be jumpers or FT’s. That was exposed in the title game against NC State. UNLV had several guys who could knock down shots (Hunt, Johnson, Augmon, even Anthony would hit one here and there)

[@dukemanjapan]

robbed? they were outplayed by a fantastic DUKE team. That is my all-time favorite college game.

[@kasheem1747]

Robbed !! That's right

[@nbaave]

The 84 or 85 Georgetown Hoyas were a better team !!!!!!!

[@Jeff-pf8qv]

Would love to see The FAB 5, 1990 UNLV, 1992 DUKE, 1994 Arkansas Have a winner take all tourney lol...