Paying tribute to Tarkanian one year after death — PHOTOS

Two towels sit on the Jerry Tarkanian statue at UNLV‘s Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Tarkanian passed away a year ago today from respiratory and cardiac failure. Jason Ogulnik/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Memorials sit on the Jerry Tarkanian statue at UNLV‘s Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Tarkanian passed away a year ago today from respiratory and cardiac failure. Jason Ogulnik/Las Vegas Review-Journal

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February 11, 2016 - 9:40 pm

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The legendary UNLV men's basketball coach died a year ago Thursday at age 84.

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