Runnin’ Rebels Of UNLV Documentary

Perspective is a funny thing. I remember growing up as a pre-teen in the early 1990′s when the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels were in their glory years and thinking they were the epitome of what was wrong about NCAA basketball. However, now that I’m in my early 30′s and looking back on that period of college basketball, I can openly root for the team and all they stood for.  I’ve come to realize what the Rebels meant to college basketball during that decade and I can warmly embrace all they brought to the game. While watching HBO’s upcoming documentary “Runnin Rebels of UNLV,” there was some fantastic insight into how Jerry Tarkanian had to be convinced to leave Long Beach State through daily phone conversations that sometimes lasted for three hours.  Then, when he finally arrived at UNLV, Tarkanian and his wife needed to stay in a hotel during the start of the 1973 season until they could find proper accommodations. Despite coaching some fantast...