Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Sombrilla Magazine, Winter 2001.
(Feb. 15, 2019) — On November 30, 1981, UTSA’s men’s basketball team gave the Arkansas Razorbacks a run for their money. It was the Roadrunners’ first game—ever. The second half wasn’t pretty, though, and it ended in a 71–42 loss for the ’Runners.
The NCAA Division I independent played formidable opponents like Texas Tech, Texas Christian, UT El Paso, Houston, and Rice that season. They played some games at the Convocation Center and some at the former home of the San Antonio Spurs, HemisFair Arena, which has since been replaced by the S.A. Convention Center expansion.
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