define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); texas western v kentucky – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:50:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court RIP to The Bear, Don Haskins http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/10/rip-to-the-bear-don-haskins/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/10/rip-to-the-bear-don-haskins/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:48:54 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=1202

Over the weekend, we too heard the disheartening news that one of the game’s most historically important figures had died.  Don Haskins, longtime coach of UTEP (nee’ Texas Western), passed away on Sunday at the age of 78. 

(photo credit: UTEP)

Most of Haskins’ career was before our time, and it’s not like UTEP games were burning up the airwaves anyway, but the 1997 Hall of Fame coach (719 wins) consistently put quality teams into the NCAA Tournament (14 trips) throughout his 39 seasons in El Paso.  Of course, Haskins will forever be historically notorious for his 1966 Texas Western [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/10/rip-to-the-bear-don-haskins/feed/ 0