Freddie Banks doesn’t hesitate responding when asked who is the best high school basketball player to come out of Las Vegas. ... It's time for UNLV basketball to retire Freddie Banks' No. 13 jersey ...

"Fearless" Freddie Banks, Years: 1983 to 1987, Career highlights: Former Valley High star ranks No. 4 with 2,007 career points, tied for fourth in steals (184) and ranks sixth in assists (497).

Former UNLV star Freddie Banks will have his jersey retired. (Las Vegas Review-Jouranl file) UNLV basketball player Robert Smith, 1974-1977, is shown in this undated file photo.

This isn’t another story about UNLV basketball great Freddie Banks. He made a lot of 3-pointers for the Rebels in the mid-1980s, helped them reach the Final Four and, depending on whom you talk ...

The HBO special that aired on Saturday evening about the Runnin' Rebels of UNLV found a special chord of emotion in my heart. Growing up in Las Vegas from the 70's onward and having a wonderful ...

UNLV's Freddie Banks was the first to do it when he hit 10 3-pointers in a loss to Indiana in 1987. Memphis' Roburt Sallie joined the list in 2009, followed by Purdue's Carsen Edwards in 2019.