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There's excitement in the state of Texas for the sport of basketball. It musters in Lubbock and will soon spread throughout the Lone Star State.

Texas Tech was 12 seconds away from glory but lost to Virginia in overtim.e last night, keeping Texas Western as the only Texas school to win a National Title

It has been 53 years since Texas Western won arguably the most important game in college basketball history by defeating Kentucky 72-65 to win the NCAA Tournament on March 19, 1966.  To this day the Miners have bragging rights as the only team in the great state of Texas to have won a nati…

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.

The first 400 fans at the UTEP-FAU game will receive a commemorative white Texas Western shirt to celebrate the themed "Texas Western Night" at the Don Haskins Center.

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.

Remember the time Don Haskins "The Bear" was the first to win NCAA title with 5 African American starters?

Aaron Jones is expected to be the first Miner since 2008 selected in the NFL Draft. Here is a list of all Texas Western and UTEP players drafted by the NFL.

Over the years, much has been written about the 1966 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game between Texas Western and Kentucky. Ray Sanchez's book Basketball's Biggest Upset remains a local favorite years after it was first published while Frank Fitzpatrick's And The Walls Came …

Willie Cager is a Miner hoops legend, a National Champion, and a Basketball Hall of Famer. How about Mayor? The former Texas Western star and longtime El Paso resident told the El Paso Times today that he is planning to run for mayor next May...