What year did Texas Western win the national championship?
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Asked by: Danny Knoyle
1966March 19, 1966, the night a team with five black starters made history by winning a national championship. Texas Western College, now UTEP, defeated the University of Kentucky.
What happened to the 1966 Texas Western basketball team?
The team won the national championship in 1966, becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so. The Miners only lost one game, a road loss to Seattle by two points. They won their games by an average of 15.2 points.
Is Glory Road based on a true story?
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.
Who beat Texas Western in 1966?
Kentucky
How Texas Western’s 1966 national championship changed college sports forever. March 19, 2020, is the 54th anniversary of Texas Western’s historic national championship when the school out of El Paso knocked off an Adolph Rupp coached Kentucky team 72-65 in 1966.
What year did Texas Western win the national championship in men’s basketball?
1966
In College Park, Maryland on March 19, 1966, underdog Texas Western College defeats Kentucky, 72-65, in the NCAA men’s college basketball final—the first NCAA title for an all-Black starting five.
How accurate is the movie Glory Road?
Inaccuracies In The Movie “Glory Road”
As with most Hollywood sports biopics, although based on actual events, there are many inaccuracies in the movie. Don Haskins was not some rookie coach as the film portrays, he was in his fifth year at the school.
Who was the first black basketball player?
On Oct. 31, 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
What happened to Coach Haskins in 1997?
He was admitted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a basketball coach. His 1966 team was inducted in its entirety by the same Hall of Fame on September 7, 2007.
