SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—Beyond Sister Jean-Dolores Schmidt creating massive buzz and the Cinderella team of Loyola-Chicago climbing its way into the Final Four rests a deep-rooted history of basketball and triumph for the program of the Ramblers. Sitting...

Orsten Artis, team captain on Texas Western’s 1966 national championship team, passed away at his home in Merrillville, Ind. on Tuesday. He was 74 years old. The Miners have lost both captains from the 28-1 squad that won the only Division I men’s...

Even if it wasn’t clear to everybody at the time, there would be a before and after to March 19, 1966. At a time when the NCAA Tournament was nowhere near the national spectacle it is today, Texas Western’s (now UTEP) victory over Kentucky to claim...