Record: 28-1

Coach: Don Haskins

Best players: G Bobby Joe Hill (15.0 ppg), F David Lattin (14.0 ppg)

During the regular season: Won their first 23 games, soaring as high as No. 2 nationally. They lost only at Seattle in their final regular-season game.

NCAA history: Claimed the only NCAA men’s Division I title in Texas history after upsetting Kentucky in the final. But to get there, the Miners, now UTEP, needed overtime victories in two earlier tournament games in Lubbock, beating Cincinnati in overtime and Kansas in double overtime.

What makes them special: The sociological ramifications of their victory still resonate today. The Miners started five African-American players against an all-white Kentucky team. The Texas Western players also have been immortalized in their own movie and have been inducted as a team into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Record: 30-8

Coach: Scott Drew

Best players: G Pierre Jackson (13.8 ppg, 5.9 apg), F Perry Jones (13.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg), F Quincy Acy (12.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg).

During the regular season: The Bears streaked to a 17-0 start, soaring as high as No. 3 nationally before losing their first game at Kansas. They finished with a 12-6 mark in Big 12 play, winning two games at the Big 12 tournament before losing to Missouri in the conference finals.

NCAA history: Drew led the Bears to the Elite Eight for the second time in three seasons after beating South Dakota State, Colorado and Xavier. Eventual national champion Kentucky eliminated them in an 82-70 loss where Anthony Davis dominated with 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots.

What makes them special: Drew’s team produced three NBA players, finishing the season with a No. 9 rating that was the highest in school history. It also set the school record for victories in a season.