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1966 Champions
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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To say coach Don Haskins' Miners were the underdogs at the NCAA Final Four in 1966 would be putting it mildly. Kentucky had won four national championships and Utah one while Duke had been a runner-up. All had made several trips to the NCAA playoffs. The Miners, on the other hand, had been in the NCAA playoffs only twice and had never advanced past the first round. (more)

Remembering Hill

Features
Mullens Eddie Mullens Remembers
Eddie Mullens, long-time sports information director at Texas Western College and UTEP, recently wrote a retrospective on the Miners' 1966 national championship season.
SI Cover 1966 Flashback: Sports Illustrated
No Miner player had made an all-district team, much less an All-America.
Haskins Where Are They Now?
Coach Haskins retired in 1999 with 719 victories. He enters the 2005-06 season as the 17th-winningest Division I head coach in college basketball history.
Arena 1966 Flashback: The El Paso Times
The Miner defense held Kentucky to a 38.6 field goal average.
Reunion 2002 Reunion
The 1966 National Champs returned to El Paso in February 2002.