RANKING THE REBELS: 30 – George Ackles
GEORGE ACKLES
Years: 1988-89, 1990-91
Career highlights:
■ The center was one of four players to start every game in 1990-91, when the Rebels finished 34-1, with the loss coming in the Final Four.
■ Missed the national championship season with a broken wrist, but in 1999 he was voted by fans to UNLV's All-Millennium first team with Greg Anthony, Stacey Augmon, Freddie Banks and Larry Johnson.
■ Ranks fourth with 141 career blocked shots.
Quotable: "I thought we had the best college team ever assembled. The group we had ... we were awesome." -- Ackles
Currently: Works in the casino industry in Las Vegas. A second-round pick by the Miami Heat in 1991. Played 10 years overseas and had brief stints in the Continental Basketball Association and with the Las Vegas Bandits of the International Basketball League.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
