RANKING THE REBELS: 28 – David Butler
DAVID BUTLER
Years: 1988 to 1990
Career highlights:
■ Ranks 32nd on UNLV's career scoring list with 1,073 points.
■ The Rebels went 64-13 in his two seasons, and he started 32 of the 33 games he played in during the NCAA championship season of 1989-90.
■ The third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder on the title team.
Quotable: "Butler was one of our better players ever, a great defensive player. He was tougher than hell. Our coaches loved Butler." -- Jerry Tarkanian, former UNLV coach
Currently: Lives in Washington, D.C., where he runs a youth basketball camp and is a high school assistant coach. Played about 10 years overseas in Greece, Spain and Turkey.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
