1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team

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. 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.

1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record28–1
Head coach
Assistant coachMoe Iba (4th season)
Home arenaMemorial Gym
1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Texas Western 281  .966
No. 6 Loyola Chicago 223  .880
Oklahoma City 245  .828
Providence 225  .815
Boston College 215  .808
Dayton 236  .793
Houston 236  .793
Fairfield 195  .792
VPI 195  .792
Syracuse 226  .786
Hardin–Simmons 206  .769
Penn State 186  .750
Rutgers 177  .708
St. Bonaventure 167  .696
Army 188  .692
DePaul 188  .692
St. John's 188  .692
Detroit 178  .680
Georgetown 168  .667
Colorado State 148  .636
Villanova 1811  .621
Butler 1610  .615
Seattle 1610  .615
Duquesne 149  .609
Miami (FL) 1511  .577
Denver 1411  .560
Florida State 1411  .560
Air Force 1412  .538
Crieghton 1412  .538
Marquette 1412  .538
Georgia Tech 1313  .500
Xavier 1313  .500
Loyola (LA) 1212  .500
Centenary 1214  .462
Utah State 1214  .462
Niagara 1113  .458
Holy Cross 1013  .435
Fordham 1015  .400
Memphis State 1015  .400
Navy 712  .368
Colgate 814  .364
Canisius 715  .318
Saint Francis (PA) 818  .308
West Texas State 617  .261
Portland 619  .240
Pittsburgh 517  .227
Notre Dame 521  .192
Boston University 419  .174
New Mexico State 422  .154
Rankings from AP Poll

The Miners beat Kentucky (an all-white program until 1969) 72–65 in the historic championship game, played on Saturday, March 19, at Cole Field House on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, a suburb of Washington, D.C.

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

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