Runnin’ Rebels Stars
We’re The Best Faculty Group Ever
… And We’re Dropping A Model New Doc!
Revealed March 31, 2025 12:50 AM PDT
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Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Anderson Hunt, Greg Anthony and the remainder of the Runnin’ Rebels are getting a documentary (about time!) on their famed ’90 NCAA Championship squad — a workforce the blokes say is the best ever!
Johnson, Augmon, and Hunt joined Babcock … the place they introduced the model new challenge, titled UNLV: Kings Of Vegas, which they are saying will, as soon as and for all, ship the true story of the famed workforce, together with never-before-told tales.
“It was lengthy overdue,” Hunt mentioned … “To inform the story by means of our eyes.”
“There’s been many tales written about us. We have been talked about,” Augmon added, persevering with … “One factor about this story, and it is our story. It is coming from our imaginative and prescient, our eyes, our voice, and it isn’t edited. This story is gonna be instructed by us and we’re gonna let it cling!”
After all, the 1989-1990 workforce, coached by the legendary Jerry Tarkanian, entered the tourney as a primary seed. After defeating Arkansas-Little Rock, Ohio State, Ball State, and Loyola Marymount, the Runnin’ Rebels confronted Georgia Tech with a visit to the championship sport on the road.
UNLV despatched Kenny Anderson and his Ga. Tech workforce packing — though the competition was shut — incomes a date with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils.
On April 2, 1990, the groups squared off at McNichols Sports activities Area in Denver, CO … a matchup that many framed pretty much as good (Duke) vs. unhealthy (UNLV), enjoying on racial stereotypes.
The Runnin’ Rebels blew the doorways off Coach Ok’s workforce, successful 103-73.
Given the ultra-impressive season, we requested Larry, Stacy and Anderson the place they really feel the workforce stacks up towards different nice groups within the realm of school hoops.
There wasn’t a lot hesitation to say … proper on the very prime.
“I am going to put the workforce up towards anyone. Anyone,” Hunt mentioned, because the retired hooper ticked off a few of the most formidable squads ever, together with Michael Jordan’s ’82 UNC workforce that additionally gained a Natty.
“Like Hunt mentioned, you bought them nice UCLA groups, and you bought Indiana that went undefeated one yr, however we might’ve beat anyone at any time, bro,” LJ declared, which Stacey cosigned.
“I agree, primary, little doubt,” Augmon mentioned.
The sure-to-be extremely anticipated doc, which is able to embrace commentary from Snoop Dogg, CHuck D, Coach Ok and others, is slated to drop this fall. The 4-part sequence is being produced by The Actual Story LLC and Hidden Empire Sports activities (the corporate behind Floyd Mayweather’s The GOAT).
Try the total dialog with the blokes — who a long time later are nonetheless thick as thieves — as we talk about their polarizing, but beloved head coach, nationwide protection of their workforce (and whether or not it bothered the blokes to be depicted as hoodlums), cash in school basketball (then and now with NIL), and far more!
