don haskins

Welcome to another edition of Deep Dish Sports with the Iceman Brandon Cohn.

Today's show includes a discussion with former UTEP and NMSU assistant basketball coach Rus Bradburd about how the Miners are doing thus far this season

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I was saddened to hear the news that Rick Majerus lost his battle to heart disease earlier today. Most people will remember Majerus as a tough, no-nonsense coach who won at Ball State, Marquette, Utah, and St

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Earlier today, UTEP received word that small forward Vincent Hunter signed a letter of intent to play for the Miners. The addition of Hunter capped off an unbelievable early signing class for head coach Tim Floyd.

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It's hard to believe it's been four years since El Paso lost the man who put UTEP -- if not El Paso -- on the map. Don Haskins died on this day in 2008. In tribute, here's the feature on his viewing at the Haskins Center, along with testimonies former former players and assistants (including UTEP coach Tim Floyd, then at USC) on Haskins' impact on their lives.

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There are a handful of moments in my life that I will never forget -- with one thing in common, a legendary coach. All having similar qualities about them and known for their passion to win, make a difference and for their relationship with the media.

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What a thrill it is to have a library of audio of the late, great Don Haskins at our disposal.

Wednesday we went into the vault and brought out an interview from 2006.

The Bear and Jim Forbes talk about the 1972 Olympic Basketball team and the "shots"

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In honor of the US Olympics and What’s Up Magazine’s Best of the Best issue, I decided to write my latest column that is sure to attract controversy and debate from El Paso sports fans. So much has been made recently of this year’s US Olympic basketball team compared the 1992 Dream Team, I wanted to create my UTEP men’s basketball “dream team”.

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A long time ago some dude penned a song about receiving gifts over the twelve days of Christmas.  All the gifts are lame, but they didn’t have Xbox’s or iPad’s back in the day

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On a night where the UTEP Miners retired Tim Hardaway's number 10 jersey, fans where treated to an overall spectacular show.  UTEP defeated rival Houston in their C-USA home opener 70-50 in front of 8,327 fans.

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Saturday afternoon, the UTEP Miners finally found the cure for what ailed them, 40 minutes of smothering defense.

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