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Question of the Day: Texas Western Basketball
February 4, 2022
Test your college basketball history knowledge about Texas Western's groundbreaking 1966 national championship.
Texas Western made history in 1966 by winning the NCAA championship with the first all-Black starting lineup, defeating Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats 72-65 in the title game. Coach Don Haskins' decision to start five Black players was a landmark moment in sports and civil rights history.
The school is now known as the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The historic championship run was depicted in the 2006 film "Glory Road," bringing renewed attention to one of college basketball's most significant moments.