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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.
1965–66 NCAA Division I men's basketball season; Preseason AP No. 1: UCLA [1] [2] NCAA Tournament: 1966: Tournament dates: March 7–19, 1966 – National Championship: Cole Field House College Park, Maryland: NCAA Champions: Texas Western: Helms National Champions: Texas Western: Other champions: BYU : Player of the Year : Cazzie Russell ...
1965–66 American college basketball standings templates (18 P) 1966 National Invitation Tournament participants (1 P) 1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament participants (7 P)
The 1965–66 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in NCAA University Division competition in the 1965–66 season. Houston, coached by Guy Lewis , played its home games in Jeppesen Fieldhouse , Delmar Fieldhouse , and the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas , and was then an Independent .
This was the last of three consecutive Big Ten titles and NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearances. [2] The team earned the Big Ten team statistical championships for both scoring offense (95.4) and scoring margin (9.9) as well as field goal percentage (48.9).
The now historic 1966 NCAA championship game against Texas Western (now University of Texas at El Paso or UTEP) marked the first occurrence that an all-white starting five (Kentucky) played an all-black starting five (Texas Western) in the NCAA championship game. Texas Western won the game 72–65, on the night of March 19, 1966.
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.
The 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1966, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 25, 1967, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.