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The 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team represented Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), led by Hall of Fame head coach Don Haskins. The team won the national championship in 1966, becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so. [ 1 ] The Miners only lost one game, a road loss to ...
The Kentucky Wildcats, the number one ranked team in men's college basketball, faced the Texas Western Miners, who were ranked third in the nation. Texas Western's starting lineup of five African Americans was the first all-black lineup in an NCAA title game; their opponents, by contrast, fielded an all-white squad. The Miners won 72–65 ...
1967 ». 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.
Glory Road is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by James Gartner, based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship. Don Haskins portrayed by Josh Lucas, head coach of Texas Western College (now known as University of Texas at El Paso or UTEP), coached a team with an all ...
1967–68→. The 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball seasonbegan in December 1966, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournamentchampionship game on March 25, 1967, at Freedom Hallin Louisville, Kentucky. The UCLA Bruinswon their ...
The 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball seasonbegan in December 1965, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournamentchampionship game on March 19, 1966, at Cole Field Housein College Park, Maryland. The Texas Western Minerswon their ...
Worsley in 1966. Willie James Worsley (born November 13, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player who was one of the guards for the Texas Western Miners basketball team during their now-legendary 1966 NCAA championship game against Kentucky. Although only 5 foot 6 inches tall, he later played 24 games for the ABA 's New York ...
1966 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans. Awarded for. 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. ← 1965 ·. All-Americans. · 1967 →. 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 ...