2010 – 11 UNLV Runnin ' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada , Las Vegas . The team was coached by Lon Kruger , returning for his seventh year with the Runnin ' Rebels . They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV 's main campus in Paradise , Nevada and are a member of the Mountain West Conference . They finished the season 24 – 9 , 11 – 5 in Mountain West play and lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Mountain West Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament to San Diego State . They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost in the second round to Illinois
2011 Mountain West Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2011 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2010–11 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team