RANKING THE REBELS: 29 – Mark Wade
MARK WADE
Years: 1985 to 1987
Career highlights:
■ Had UNLV season record 406 assists in 1986-87 and ranks No. 4 in career assists with 689.
■ His 18 assists against Indiana in 1987 set the record for an NCAA Tournament game.
■ UNLV went 33-5 in his first season, then 37-2 with a Final Four berth in 1986-87.
■ Averaged 9.1 assists and 3.8 points in 76 games.
Quotable: "We got the thing rolling in '87, and the '90 team was a culmination of that process." -- Wade
Currently: Coaches AAU teams in California and teaches kids life skills through his foundation, free2bmesports.org. Has a 21-year-old daughter who attends Florida State. Played one season in the NBA for Golden State. A longtime college assistant coach, he was fired at UC Riverside in 2007 and later pleaded guilty to embezzlement.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
