1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team

1965–66 UTEP Miners men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, National Champions
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP #3
1965–66 record 28-1
Head coach Don Haskins
Assistant coach Moe Iba
Home arena Memorial Gym
Seasons
« 1964-65 1966-67 »

The 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team represented Texas Western University, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso and was coached by Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins. The team made history by winning the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 1966, becoming the first team with an all-black starting line-up to win an NCAA basketball national championship. The Miners defeated Kentucky 72-65 in the historic championship game, played at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland on March 19, 1966.

The team was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.[1] and inspired the book and film Glory Road

Contents

Roster

Name # Position Height Year Home Town
Jerry Armstrong 21/52 Forward 6-4 Senior Eagleville, MO
Orsten Artis 20/23 Guard 6-1 Senior Gary, IN
Louis Baudoin 22/54 Forward 6-7 Junior Albuquerque, NM
Willie Cager 10/11 Forward 6-5 Sophomore New York City, NY
Harry Flournoy 44 Forward 6-5 Senior Gary, IN
Bobby Joe Hill 14 Guard 5-10 Junior Detroit, MI
David Lattin 42/43 Center 6-6 Sophomore Houston, TX
Dick Myers 31/40 Forward 6-4 Junior Peabody, KS
David Palacio 15 Guard 6-2 Sophomore El Paso, TX
Togo Railey 25/30 Guard 6-0 Junior El Paso, TX
Nevil Shed 32/33 Center 6-8 Junior New York City, NY
Willie Worsley 24 Guard 5-6 Sophomore New York City, NY

Schedule

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Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Record
1965/12/04* Eastern New Mexico Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 89-38  1-0
1965/12/09* East Texas State Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 73-51  2-0
1965/12/11* Pan American Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 67-47  3-0
1965/12/14* Weber State Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 74-63  4-0
1965/12/17* Fresno State Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 75-73  5-0
1965/12/18* Fresno State Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 83-65  6-0
1965/12/21* vs. South Dakota Rock Island, IL
(Rock Island Tournament)
W 88-42  7-0
1965/12/22* vs. Nevada Rock Island, IL
(Rock Island Tournament)
W 86-49  8-0
1965/12/29* Loyola (New Orleans) Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 93-56  9-0
1965/12/30* #4 Iowa Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 86-68  10-0
1966/01/03* Tulsa Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 63-54  11-0
1966/01/06* Seattle #9 Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 76-64  12-0
1966/01/27* at Arizona State #6 Tempe, AZ W 84-67  13-0
1966/01/29* West Texas State #6 Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 69-50  14-0
1966/02/01* New Mexico State #6 Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 104-78  15-0
1966/02/04* at Colorado State #6 Fort Collins, CO W 68-66  16-0
1966/02/10* at Arizona #4 Tucson, AZ W 81-72  17-0
1966/02/12* at New Mexico #4 Johnson Gymnasium • Albuquerque, NM W 67-64OT  18-0
1966/02/14* Arizona State #4 Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 69-67  19-0
1966/02/19* at Pan American #3 Edinburg, TX W 65-61  20-0
1966/02/24* at West Texas State #3 Canyon, TX W 78-64  21-0
1966/02/26* Colorado State #3 Memorial Gym • El Paso, TX W 72-55  22-0
1966/03/02* at New Mexico State #2 Las Cruces High School • Las Cruces, NM W 73-56  23-0
1966/03/05* at Seattle #2 Seattle, WA L 72-74  23-1
NCAA Tournament
1966/03/06* vs. Oklahoma City #2 Wichita, KS
(NCAA Midwest Regional Quarterfinal)
W 89-74  24-1
1966/03/11* vs. Cincinnati #3 Lubbock, TX
(NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal)
W 78-76OT  25-1
1966/03/12* vs. #4 Kansas #3 Lubbock, TX
(NCAA Midwest Regional Final)
W 81-802OT  26-1
1966/03/18* vs. Utah #3 Cole Field House • College Park, MD
(NCAA National Semifinal)
W 85-78  27-1
1966/03/19* vs. #1 Kentucky #3 Cole Field House • College Park, MD
(NCAA National Final)
W 72-65  28-1
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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