Texas Western Miners and their 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship

The Official Athletic Site of the University of Texas at El Paso - For weeks Don Haskins had splitting headaches--frightful, bursting pains that seemed to cleave his brain. The closer Texas Western came to the national basketball championship, the worse the headaches became. Perhaps his suffering was attributable to the implausibility of it all, for near the end Haskins really began to wonder if maybe he wasn't knocking destiny just a little bit out of joint.

50 years ago, Texas Western didn't realize what it set in motion

The 1966 NCAA championship game between Texas Western and Kentucky was the first title matchup featuring an all-black lineup against an all-white lineup. While the game was historic in that regard, it wasn't until afterwards that its cultural impact was felt.

               Before there were a Michigan’s Fab Five (considered to revolutionize the game of basketball), there was one team that stood against all odd and obstacles to partake in what can be considered the greatest upset in college basketball history. Not any of Carolinas, Duke, or UCLA teams. However,…

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With UTEP's upset win of Kansas in the 1992 NCAA Tournament, the 1966 Texas Western College National Championship team was brought into the forefront. In 196...

Members of the 1966 Texas Western NCAA championship team gathered for a 50th anniversary celebration

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The team was honored at the Final Four this weekend, but for years the significance of the win was ignored or dismissed.