1966 national championship

In the midst of ESPN replaying classic games, showing documentaries and figuring out something new each day for primetime television, they will be streaming Glory Road on Friday night starting at 6:30 MT.

Texas Western's 1966 National Championship? Yeah, it's referenced just about every single March in El Paso. The championship—still the only men's team in Texas to win the NCAA title—still serves as the cornerstone of the city's athletic history.

A new rap has been written and recorded based on the book The Baron and the Bear that celebrates Texas Western's 1966 National Championship over Kentucky.

The 1966 Texas Western Miners were honored this past weekend at the Final Four in Houston for the 50th anniversary of their National Championship. The NCAA held various activities with members of the '66 team including a youth clinic, Q&A session, appearance at the 2016 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announcement, and autograph session...

We learned yesterday that ESPN was planning a special retrospective on the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Texas Western championship. When ESPN first issued their media release on the rebroadcast, they claimed that Making History: The 1966 NCAA Championship - Texas Western vs...

CBS Sports Network announced that they will air a one hour special documentary to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Texas Western College National Championship. 1966 Texas Western: Champions of Change will debut Sunday, February 28th at 10am MT on CBS Sports Network...

If you were in attendance Saturday afternoon at Don Haskins Center, you were treated to one of the most memorable games in recent memory. Despite being down by 19 points in the second half, the UTEP Miners came back to defeat Western Kentucky in overtime by a final score of 93-89...

A few weeks ago, we unearthed a rare defensive drills video featuring Don Haskins and his 1966 Texas Western team. Now, you can go back in time 30 years to the commemorative rings that were given to that Miners team. The date was March 1st 1986, and the ceremony took place at halftime of the Hawaii game...

In less than a month, the surviving members and families of the 1965-66 Texas Western College National Championship team will be honored at the February 6th game between UTEP and Western Kentucky. The event will culminate the 50th anniversary celebration of the Miners' historic 72-65 win over Kentucky at College Park Maryland...

The 2015-16 men's basketball season will be a memorable one for UTEP sports fans. The school is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Texas Western's National Championship. Not many details are currently known about exactly what UTEP will do to honor the greatest team ever to wear the Miners' jerseys...