March 11, 2007
Third-year head coach Lon Kruger will become the fifth man in college basketball history to take four different schools to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship when his UNLV team opens play on Friday vs. Georgia Tech.

Kruger will be making his 10th career trip to the Big Dance and holds an all-time record of 11-9. He was 4-4 in the NCAA event while coaching his alma mater Kansas State; 4-2 at Florida, which included a trip to the 1994 Final Four; and 3-3 in four seasons at Illinois before he left to become head coach of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks in 2000.

With his Runnin' Rebel squad earning an automatic bid to this year's tournament, Kruger joins Rick Pitino, Eddie Sutton, Jim Harrick and Lefty Driesell in the exclusive club.
       
ALL-TIME COACHES LEADING FOUR TEAMS TO NCAA TOURNAMENT

Lefty Driesell - Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State
Jim Harrick - Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia
Lon Kruger * - Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV
Rick Pitino * - Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville
Eddie Sutton - Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State

* Active coaches

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