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The consensus 1966 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
The 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1965, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 19, 1966, at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland.
The 1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national men's basketball champion of the NCAA University Division, now Division I. It began on March 7 and ended with the championship game on March 19 in College Park, Maryland. A total of 26 games were played ...
1966 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans; G. Glory Road (film) N. 1966 National Invitation Tournament; ... 1966 NCAA University Division basketball championship game
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Basketball Game That Changed American Sports (2000) Haskins, Don with Dan Wetzel. Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Forever. New York:Hyperion, 2006. 254 pp. No index. ISBN 1-4013-0791-4. Hutchison, Phillip.
George W. Bush-signed White House 1966 team dinner ... historic 1966 Texas Western College NCAA men's basketball championship team. ... five African-Americans started in an NCAA championship game.
The Miners fielded an all-black starting lineup for the championship game, becoming the first team ever to do so in an NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament final. [14] Haskins motivated his team by telling them about a promise made by Rupp that his white Kentucky team would not be defeated by an all-African-American lineup. [14]
In September 1965, the NCAA granted the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) an automatic berth in the NCAA College Division tournament. Tommy Niland, head coach of Le Moyne, which had received an at-large berth to each of the previous two NCAA tournaments, said that he was generally in favor of automatic qualification for the tournament, but, with one less at-large bid ...