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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 1966 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College (now known as the University of Texas at El Paso) as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.
The 2006 film Glory Road is based on the story of the 1966 Texas Western team. Their tournament games against fourth-ranked Kansas and Kentucky are depicted in the film. The tournament is also significant in that it was the last tournament until 2021 , and one of two since the league's official founding, that the Ivy League did not send a ...
As Texas Western, the Miners won the 1966 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.The 72–65 victory over Kentucky in College Park, Maryland is considered one of the most important in the history of college basketball, as it marked the first time that a team with five African-American starters won a title game.
George W. Bush-signed White House 1966 team dinner invitation, Coach Don Haskins' signed poster, variety of other sports items for sale. El Paso collector selling Texas Western 1966 championship ...
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 ...
Texas Western was renamed to University of Texas at El Paso (or UTEP) in 1966. 1965: UCLA (28-2) Championship game: UCLA 91, Michigan 80
Bobby Joe Hill was the 5'11 point guard from Highland Park, Michigan on the Texas Western college basketball team that won the national title in 1966. Texas Western's win over the top-ranked Kentucky team, nicknamed "Rupp's Runts," in the title game in College Park, Maryland, is considered one of the most historic games in the annals of college ...