Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

1990-91 UNLV deemed best team to never win a national championship

UNLV tourney history

Associated Press

UNLV’s Anderson Hunt (12) leaves the floor after losing to Duke in an NCAA semifinal game in Indianapolis on March 30, 1991. Duke defeated UNLV 79-77.

Since Indiana's perfect run to a national championship in 1975-76, only two teams have entered the NCAA tournament with an unblemished record.

The most recent was 2013-14 Wichita State, which despite being 34-0, was neither No. 1 in the final regular season Associated Press poll, nor the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAAs.

The other team was 1990-91 UNLV, a defending national champion that entered the NCAAs sparking debate not about whether they were the best team of that season, but whether they were the best team ever.

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