The 1982–83 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada Las Vegas in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1982–83 season under head coach Jerry Tarkanian. The team played its final season of home games at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and was a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), now known as the Big West Conference. The Rebels won the first 24 games of the season and ascended to No. 1 in both major polls. UNLV captured the regular season conference title, then defeated Fresno State in the championship game of the PCAA Tournament. The team finished with a record of 28–3 (15–1 PCAA). As No. 3 seed in the West region, the Rebels were beaten in the second round of the NCAA tournament by eventual National champion NC State, 71–70.
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PCAA tournament champions PCAA Regular season champions | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 6 |
AP | No. 6 |
Record | 28–3 (15–1 PCAA) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Las Vegas Convention Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 UNLV † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 28 | – | 3 | .903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1983 PCAA tournament winner |
Roster
edit1982–83 UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 27, 1982* |
No. 20 | Oklahoma | W 65–54 | 1–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Nov 30, 1982* |
No. 19 т | at Nevada | W 85–84 | 2–0 |
Centennial Coliseum (6,042) Reno, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 3, 1982* |
No. 19 т | at Duquesne | W 67–54 | 3–0 |
Civic Arena (4,654) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Dec 6, 1982* |
No. 19 т | Arizona | W 88–70 | 4–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 9, 1982* |
No. 19 т | Nevada | W 85–75 | 5–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 21, 1982* |
No. 17 | Long Island University | W 101–78 | 6–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 22, 1982* |
No. 17 | Baylor | W 77–65 | 7–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 28, 1982* |
No. 15 | Wagner | W 120–70 | 8–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Dec 29, 1982* |
No. 15 | No. 8 Tennessee | W 70–54 | 9–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 1, 1983* |
No. 15 | Utah | W 71–68 | 10–0 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 6, 1983 |
No. 11 | at Utah State | W 89–77 | 11–0 (1–0) |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,506) Logan, Utah | ||||||
Jan 8, 1983 |
No. 11 | vs. UC Irvine | W 68–64 | 12–0 (2–0) |
Long Beach Arena (4,229) Long Beach, California | ||||||
Jan 13, 1983 |
No. 8 | Pacific | W 86–63 | 13–0 (3–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 15, 1983 |
No. 8 | Fresno State | W 56–48 | 14–0 (4–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 20, 1983 |
No. 5 | Long Beach State | W 95–83 | 15–0 (5–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 22, 1983 |
No. 5 | Cal State Fullerton | W 76–71 | 16–0 (6–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 25, 1983 |
No. 4 | at UC Santa Barbara | W 77–73 | 17–0 (7–0) |
The Thunderdome (4,215) Santa Barbara, California | ||||||
Jan 29, 1983 |
No. 4 | at Long Beach State | W 78–74 | 18–0 (8–0) |
Long Beach Arena (6,077) Long Beach, California | ||||||
Feb 4, 1983 |
No. 2 | UC Santa Barbara | W 85–79 | 19–0 (9–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 5, 1983 |
No. 2 | UC Irvine | W 70–68 | 20–0 (10–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 10, 1983 |
No. 2 | at Pacific | W 79–62 | 21–0 (11–0) |
Alex G. Spanos Center (5,902) Stockton, California | ||||||
Feb 12, 1983 |
No. 2 | at Fresno State | W 66–59 | 22–0 (12–0) |
Selland Arena (6,586) Fresno, California | ||||||
Feb 18, 1983 |
No. 1 | San Jose State | W 84–81 | 23–0 (13–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 19, 1983 |
No. 1 | Utah State | W 111–78 | 24–0 (14–0) |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Feb 24, 1983 |
No. 1 | at Cal State Fullerton | L 78–86[1] | 24–1 (14–1) |
Titan Gym (5,015) Fullerton, California | ||||||
Feb 27, 1983* |
No. 1 | at West Virginia | L 78–87[2] | 24–2 |
WVU Coliseum (15,638) Morgantown, West Virginia | ||||||
Mar 3, 1983 |
No. 9 | at San Jose State | W 67–61 | 25–2 (15–1) |
San Jose Civic Auditorium (2,612) San Jose, California | ||||||
PCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 10, 1983* |
No. 9 | vs. Pacific Quarterfinals |
W 74–67 | 26–2 |
The Forum (9,717) Inglewood, California | ||||||
Mar 11, 1983* |
No. 9 | vs. Long Beach State Semifinals |
W 67–64 | 27–2 |
The Forum (12,053) Inglewood, California | ||||||
Mar 12, 1983* |
No. 9 | vs. Fresno State Championship game |
W 66–63 OT[3] | 28–2 |
The Forum (11,022) Inglewood, California | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 20, 1983* |
(3 W) No. 6 | vs. (6 W) No. 16 NC State Second Round |
L 70–71[4] | 28–3 |
Gill Coliseum (8,700) Corvallis, Oregon | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. |
Rankings
editWeek | |||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | 20 | 19 т | 19 т | 18 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Coaches | — | —^ | — | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll. [8]
Awards and honors
edit- Sidney Green – PCAA Player of the Year
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Titans' Ambush of '83". The Los Angeles Times. March 6, 1993. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ "W.Va. Tops Vegas, 87-78". The New York Times. February 28, 1983. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Nevada-Last Vegas 66, Fresno State 63". The New York Times. March 13, 1983. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "N.C. State Rallies to Upset UNLV". The Washington Post. March 21, 1983. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ "1982-83 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.
- ^ "1982-1983 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.