Memorial Gymnasium (University of Texas at El Paso)

Coordinates: 31°46′32″N 106°30′17″W / 31.775519°N 106.504592°W / 31.775519; -106.504592 Memorial Gym is a 5,200 seat multi-purpose arena in El Paso, Texas. It was home to the Texas Western College Miners basketball teams until the Don Haskins Center, then known as the Special Events Center, opened in 1977, by which time Texas Western had changed its name to the current University of Texas at El Paso. Memorial Gym was the home court of the 1966 Texas Western basketball team that won the NCAA title, using five black starters to defeat Adolph Rupp's all-white Kentucky squad. Since 1974 Memorial Gym has been home to UTEP women's volleyball.^[1] Memorial Gym hosted the first and second rounds of the 2011 Conference USA Women's basketball tournament.

References

↑ "Facilities-Memorial Gymnasium". UTEP Athletics. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

University of Texas at El Paso

Facilities	Border Intermodal Gateway Transportation Laboratory Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens Don Haskins Center Dudley Field Kidd Field Memorial Gymnasium Open Source Research Lab Sun Bowl University Field

Athletics	Football Men's basketball Women's basketball 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Media	"The Eyes of Texas" Glory Road KTEP Rio Grande Review Texas Western Press

UTEP Miners basketball

Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (19??–1976) Don Haskins Center (1976–present)

Rivalries	New Mexico State

Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete Glory Road "Miners Fight"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold

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