LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – A former New Mexico State University basketball coach, who was fired and denied his more than a million-dollar buyout in the midst of a massive hazing scandal, is getting a big payout after all.

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What started as a new chapter for NMSU men's basketball, ended in scandal less than a year later. In 2023, NMSU fired head coach Greg Heiar after a hazing scandal, and it wasn't the first scandal to plague the team that sea

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