Miners basketball legend Tim Hardaway Sr., who played for the Miners from 1985-1989, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Saturday, Sept.10. Hardaway is the fifth UTEP men’s basketball player to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame.
Hardaway will join Nolan Richardson who was inducted in 2014, the 1966 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champions who were inducted in 2007, Don Haskins who was inducted in 1997, and Nate Archibald who was inducted in 1991.
As a Miner, Hardaway recorded a total of 1,586 points (12.6 points per game), ranking seventh all-time in assists at UTEP, averaging 4.