Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski (center) congratulates UNLV's Stacey Augmon (left) and Larry Johnson (right) after 1990 NCAA national championship won by the Rebels 103-73 in Denver's McNichols Arena ...

Duke point guard Bobby Hurley, looking like a lost, 12-year-old kid, was overwhelmed by UNLV’s aggressive, athletic defense. The Runnin’ Rebels had a Final Four-record 16 steals and they ...

UNLV leads the all-time series, 2-1. The Rebels defeated Duke in the 1990 national championship game by 30 points, the largest margin of victory in an NCAA championship game.

IT`S UTILITARIAN UNLV VS. DOGGED DUKE By Skip Myslenski PUBLISHED: April 2, 1990 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 10, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

The UNLV basketball team beat Duke 103-73 to win the 1990 national championship. After more than 25 years later, the teams play Dec. 10, 2016, at T-Mobile Arena.

The Duke stars, in contrast, were many and smiling. There was Henderson, who scored a game-high 28, held Mayberry to 6 of 18 from the field and took on an expanded ballhandling role when freshman ...

His dad, Chris, played four seasons with UNLV and was on the high-profiled teams that met Duke in 1990 and 1991. UNLV beat Duke 103-73 for the 1990 NCAA championship.

How cool would it be if UNLV, Duke meet in final UNLV basketball forward Larry Johnson gets off shot beyond the defensive reach of Duke's Alaa Abdelnaby April 3, 1990, in Denver. (AP Photo/Eric ...

In Las Vegas, there is no debate: UNLV’s 1990-91 basketball team is the best of all time. A poll in the Sporting News, however, doesn’t reach the same conclusion.

No basketball team has ever captured my heart, though, the way UNLV did during their nearly undefeated 1990–91 season. I was a rebellious teenager; they were the Runnin’ Rebels.