Show Me My Opponent-UNLV Runnin' Rebels

Location: Paradise, Nevada
Enrollment: 31,000
Conference: Mountain West
Stadium: Thomas and Mack Center
Record: 11-2 (0-0)

Head Coach: Lon Kruger

TEAM STATISTICS UNLV

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• SCORING.................. 942
• Points per game........ 72.5
• FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 320-745
• Field goal pct......... .430
• 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 98-296
• 3-point FG pct......... .331
• 3-pt FG made per game.. 7.5
• FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 204-300
• Free throw pct......... .680
• F-Throws made per game. 15.7
• REBOUNDS................. 458
• Rebounds per game...... 35.2
• ASSISTS.................. 192
• Assists per game....... 14.8
• TURNOVERS................ 158
• Turnovers per game..... 12.2
• Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.2
• STEALS................... 93
• Steals per game........ 7.2
• BLOCKS................... 57
• Blocks per game........ 4.4

TEAM STATISTICS LOU

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• SCORING.................. 783
• Points per game........ 78.3
• FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 277-624
• Field goal pct......... .444
• 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 84-244
• 3-point FG pct......... .344
• 3-pt FG made per game.. 8.4
• FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 145-229
• Free throw pct......... .633
• F-Throws made per game. 14.5
• REBOUNDS................. 423
• Rebounds per game...... 42.3
• ASSISTS.................. 186
• Assists per game....... 18.6
• TURNOVERS................ 132
• Turnovers per game..... 13.2
• Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.4
• STEALS................... 87
• Steals per game........ 8.7
• BLOCKS................... 64
• Blocks per game........ 6.4

Notable Alums....

• Veronica Hart, adult film star and director
• Jimmy Kimmel, comedian and talk show host
• Suge Knight, entrepreneur and CEO of Death Row Records
• Kenny Mayne, ESPN personality

• Athletes.....
• Greg Anthony, former basketball player, current basketball analyst with ESPN
• Stacey Augmon, former basketball player
• Keon Clark, former basketball player
• Armon Gilliam, former basketball player
• Larry Johnson, former basketball player
• Anderson Hunt, former basketball player
• Sidney Green, former basketball player
• Shawn Marion, basketball player, currently with the Miami Heat
• Reggie Theus, former basketball player, currently head coach of the Sacramento Kings
• Randall Cunningham, former quarterback
• Keenan McCardell, football wide receiver
• Ickey Woods, former football fullback
• Cecil Fielder, former baseball first baseman and designated hitter
• Ryan Ludwick, baseball right fielder, currently with the St. Louis Cardinals
• Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., former baseball pitcher
• Todd Stottlemyre, former baseball pitcher
• Matt Williams, former baseball third baseman

Head Coach Lon Kruger....

• Longtime collegiate and NBA basketball coach Lon Kruger completed his fourth year as the Runnin' Rebels' head coach in 2007-08, compiling an overall 91-42 mark (.684), after finishing a season that kept the program in the national spotlight.
• Hired at UNLV on March 15, 2004, as the 10th full-time head coach in UNLV men's basketball history. Kruger has led the Runnin' Rebels to records of 30-7 and 27-8, over the last two seasons as UNLV made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, including advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2007.
• Kruger, who earned his milestone 400th career win on Feb. 9, 2007, with a 68-51 victory over Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center, has led UNLV to back-to-back seasons with at least 27 wins for the first time since 1989-90 and 1990-91.
• A veteran of two-plus decades as a head coach on the collegiate and professional levels, Kruger came to Las Vegas after a four-year stint in the NBA.
• Following 18 years as one of the nation's most successful college coaches, Kruger spent three seasons (2000-03) as the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks and then part of the 2003-04 season as an assistant with the New York Knicks.
• At the collegiate level, Kruger has compiled an impressive 409-275 overall mark in 22 seasons as a head coach at Pan American (1982-86), Kansas State (1986-90), Florida (1990-96), Illinois (1996-2000) and UNLV (2004-present).
• His ability to build programs is also evident in the fact that he has led all five of the schools he has coached to 20-win seasons.

Projected Starters

• Guard - Jo'Van J. Adams (nicknamed "Wink")
• Guard - Rene Rougeau
• Guard - Oscar Bellfield (started 8 of 13 games) or Tre'Von Willis (started 5 of 13 games)
• Forward - Joe Darger
• Forward - Darris Santee

They only have two players that are taller then 6-8 and neither one of them play. Wink Adams is their leader and best player (14.1ppg, 25 in win over Arizona, but held to 5 in loss to Cincinnati).The six pplayers before mentioned as the starters all play over 20 mpg, led by Adams (30mpg), Rougea (29mpg) and Darger (28mpg).Darger (31 made at .34%), Bellfield (17 made at .45%) as well as Kendall Wallace (14 made at .41%) are their shooters. Adams has taken 68 attempts from beyond the arc (Darger leads team in attempts at 90) but has only connected on 17 of them (.25%).At 6-6 210lbs Rougeau laeds them in rebounding (8.1 rpg).
U of L has a rematch tonite with the Runnin' Rebels, who the Cards beat last year during their west coast trip. Wink Adam leads UNLV in scoring and is regarded as their best player. Lon Kruger is a coach with experience and he will have his boys ready to play. UNLV doesn't have a player over 6-8. Oh yea, our boy Derek Jasper transferred to UNLV, but won't play til next year.
Prediction: the days of Tark, Larry Johnson, and Stacey Augmon are over. Cards roll 77-62.