This will be Tarkanian's final season, and also Larry Johnson's last college season.
UNLV almost created a miracle this year, winning game after game from the very start.
In the regular season tournaments and invitational tournaments, they remained undefeated, slicing through to the national tournament and then marching into the Final Four with ease.
With the whole world against them, UNLV, under Larry Johnson's leadership, went on a 34-game winning streak. Adding the 1990 season games, they had already achieved a 45-game winning streak.
Before the 1991 final showdown between Gan Qiao, UNLV's fate was the most concerning matter for all American basketball fans.
In the semifinals, they faced their previous year's final opponent, Duke. Coach K's Duke team, with players like Reiner and Grant Hill, were eager for revenge.
In the previous year's final, UNLV crushed Duke by a 30-point margin, but this time Duke came prepared.
