UNLV Runnin' Rebels Basketball
The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are a NCAA Division I men's basketball team who play at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Their most recent appearance in the NCAA Tournament was in 2012 when they received an at–large bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 6-seed. However, they lost to 11-seed University of Colorado in the second round. As of 2009, UNLV has the fourth-highest winning percentage (.712) in Division I history — ranking behind Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas, but ahead of UCLA, and Duke. UNLV is 33-18 all-time in the NCAA tournament with a .647 winning percentage. In July 2008, ESPNU named the program the eighth most prestigious collegiate basketball program in the nation since 1984.
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—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
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