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1986–87 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
sex	none
year	1986–87
team	UNLV Runnin' Rebels
sport	Basketball
image	UNLV Rebels wordmark.svg
image_size	150
conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
short_conf	PCAA
CoachRank	1
APRank	1
record	37–2
conf_record	18–0
head_coach	Jerry Tarkanian
hc_year	14th
asst_coach1	Tim Grgurich
asst_coach2	Mark Warkentien
asst_coach3	Ralph Readout
stadium	Thomas & Mack Center
champion	[PCAA tournament champions](1987-pacific-coast-athletic-association-men-s-basketball-tournament)
PCAA Regular Season Champions
Preseason NIT champions
tourney	[NCAA men's Division I tournament](1987-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
tourney_result	[Final Four](1987-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)

PCAA Regular Season Champions Preseason NIT champions

The 1986–87 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada Las Vegas in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1986–87 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; it would join the Western Athletic Conference in 1996 and become a charter member of its current conference, the Mountain West Conference, in 1999.

The nickname "Runnin' Rebels" is unique to men's basketball at UNLV. The default nickname for men's sports teams at the school is simply "Rebels", while all women's teams are known as "Lady Rebels".

Roster

Jerry Tarkanian ()
Tim Grgurich ()
Mark Warkentien ()
Ralph Readout ()

Schedule and results

|- !colspan=12 style=| Regular season

|- !colspan=12 style=| PCAA tournament |- !colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament :Source:https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/nevada-las-vegas/1987-schedule.html

Rankings

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

Armon Gilliam – PCAA Player of the Year, Consensus Second-team All-American

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1987 NBA draft

References

. (March 1987). "1987 NCAA Final Four program".
(November 21, 1986). "Rebels rally to overcome Arizona". [[Las Vegas Sun]].
(November 25, 1986). "UNLV Pulls Away at End to Dump OU, 90-81". [[The Oklahoman]].
(November 30, 1986). "UNLV Overcomes 21-Point Deficit, Wins NIT Classic". [[The Washington Post]].
(December 6, 1986). "Memphis State Streak Ended by UNLV, 80-77". [[The Los Angeles Times]].
(December 30, 1986). "Top-Ranked Nevada-Las Vegas Routs Navy, 104-79". [[The Washington Post]].
(March 23, 1987). "UNLV Junks Strategy, Runs Down Iowa". [[Chicago Tribune]].
(March 23, 1987). "U.N.L.V. and Indiana squeeze into Final 4; Rally beats Iowa, 84-81". [[The New York Times]].
(2009). "ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game". [[Random House]].
"1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com.

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