The Game That Changed the Game

College GameDay (Saturday, April 2, 2011, noon, ESPN)
The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Friday, April 1, 2011, 10 p.m., ESPN Radio)
College GameDay (Monday, April 4, 2011, 6 p.m., ESPN2)

The University of Nevada Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels were the defending national champions entering the 1991 NCAA tournament - a team that reflected the town it was from. The players were brash, confident, and the odds were in their favor with a 30-0 record. Some suggested they formed the greatest college basketball team ever. When they reached the Final Four they were facing the Duke Blue Devils, a team they had defeated by 30 points the year before to capture their first crown. However, the outcome of the '91 game is considered one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history. Twenty years later, Tom Friend looks back at Duke's stunning defeat of UNLV.

"I didn't want to play Duke because I knew I'd have a hard time convincing our guys how tough they're going to be because we beat them so easy the year before.' -- Jerry Tarkanian, former UNLV coach

"I wasn't the same guy in that game (the 30-point loss) that Vegas was going to see on Saturday." -- Bobby Hurley, former Duke point guard

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