UTEP basketball legend Willie Cager, a member of the historic, ground-breaking 1966 Texas Western national championship team and a lifelong backer of Miner athletics, has died. The 81-year-old passed ...

TEXAS, USA — On Sunday, the basketball world celebrated the 57th anniversary of the Texas Western Miners 1966 National Championship team. Led by coach Don Haskins, Texas Western became the first team ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a version of the game story transmitted by The Associated Press from the 1966 NCAA championship game between Kentucky and Texas Western. Much was ...

The NCAA paid tribute Saturday night to the team that broke barriers in 1966. At halftime of the Syracuse-North Carolina game, the famous 1966 Texas Western team that won the NCAA championship was ...

Dick Myers, a reserve on Texas Western's 1966 national championship basketball team, has died at the age of 81. UTEP announced the news on social media. Myers was a 6-foot-4 guard from Kansas, who ...

In the rich history of college basketball, one game stands apart for its sociological and historical ramifications. Texas Western's 1966 national championship is much bigger than just the only ...

A landmark day in college basketball history, as Texas Western College (now UTEP) wins the NCAA championship with a 72-65 triumph over Kentucky. It was the first time an all-Black starting five had ...

For about 40 years, Joe Gomez assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia tied to the historic Texas Western College, now UTEP, 1966 NCAA men’s championship basketball team. He’s loaned most of ...

Texas Western was the only school in the state to boast an NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament title when they won it in 1966. That all changed Monday when Baylor University took down Gonzaga. It has ...

UTEP has unveiled a new, vintage clothing line inspired by the 60th anniversary of the famed 1966 Texas Western College basketball team. The university partnered with Adidas and collegiate apparel ...