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The movie skipped a crucial game that Texas Western had played. On March 18, 1966, the Miners defeated Utah 85–78 in the Final Four to advance to the national championship game the following night. In the movie the team played against Kansas in the regional final and the following game was the national championship, which is incorrect. [5]
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]
Glory Road, a Walt Disney Pictures film about the then-Texas Western 1966 championship season, was released on January 13, 2006. Haskins is portrayed in the film by actor Josh Lucas . On November 29, 2005, the City of El Paso renamed the street between its two basketball arenas "Glory Road."
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 ...
For about 40 years, Joe Gomez assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia tied to the historic Texas Western College, now UTEP, 1966 NCAA men’s championship basketball team.
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.
Billy Hoyle, played by Woody Harrelson, hustles Sidney Deane, played by Wesley Snipes, out of some money after winning a basketball game that Sidney thought he'd easily win because Billy is white.
23. Teen Wolf. For more than a minute, the entire gymnasium goes quiet. Michael J. Fox has just transformed into a werewolf and begins dribbling the basketball before stunned teammates and ...