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UNLV became the first team to break 100 points in the final and decimated Duke in the biggest rout in championship-game history. The Runnin' Rebels made a Final Four-record 16 steals, and Duke turned the ball over seven other times. With a 57-47 lead early in the second half, UNLV went on an 18-0 scoring binge (12 by Hunt) in just 2:51 to blow the game open. Hunt finished with 29 points on 12-for-16 shooting in the final, after a 20-point, seven-assist semifinal.

SI's Pick: "UNLV should nip [Georgia Tech's Kenny] Anderson in the bud, whip Arkansas again and win the national title."

Close Calls: UNLV survived Ball State 69-67 in the West semis. In Georgia Tech's Southeast Region semifinal against top-seeded Michigan State (which needed OT to escape 16 seed Murray State in the first round), freshman Kenny Anderson (who averaged 24.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists on 57.1% shooting in the tournament) hit a controversial shot to send the game to overtime. Replays showed the jumper was released after the clock hit :00 but before the buzzer sounded.

Memorable Moments: Connecticut's Scott Burrell threw a length-of-the-floor pass to Tate George, whose turnaround beat Clemson 71-70 in the Southeast semis. Two days later, UConn was the victim of a buzzer-beater: Christian Laettner's double-clutch jumper eliminated the Huskies 79-78.

Notable Performance: Loyola Marymount advanced to the West final without star Hank Gathers, who had collapsed and died 22 days earlier during a West Coast Conference tournament game. In tribute, teammate Bo Kimble took his first free throw of every NCAA game left-handed, like Gathers. In the second round, the Lions crushed defending champion Michigan 149-115 to set tourney records for most points by one and two teams in a game. Jeff Fryer scored 41 points on 15-for-20 from the field, including a tourney-record 11 three-pointers in 15 attempts.

Oops!: Late in the first half of the final, Brian Davis tried to high-five Laettner and accidentally slapped him in the face.

They Said It: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski—"This wasn't a game of X's and O's. It was one of complete ... domination." UNLV's Larry Johnson—"We wanted to win this championship bad, so that the NCAA guys will have to stare at that trophy on Coach's desk while they ask all those questions during the next investigation."

Future First-Round Picks: Nevada-Las Vegas—Larry Johnson (1991, 1st, Charlotte), Stacey Augmon (1991, 9th, Atlanta), Greg Anthony (1991, 12th, New York); Duke—Alaa Abdelnaby (1990, 25th, Portland), Christian Laettner (1992, 3rd, Minnesota), Bobby Hurley (1993, 7th, Sacramento); Arkansas—Todd Day (1992, 8th, Milwaukee), Oliver Miller (1992, 22nd, Phoenix), Lee Mayberry (1992, 23rd, Milwaukee); Georgia Tech—Dennis Scott (1990, 4th, Orlando), Kenny Anderson (1991, 2nd, New Jersey), Malcolm Mackey (1993, 27th, Phoenix).