10-19-2017, 08:44 PM
(10-19-2017, 08:30 PM)French Rage link Wrote:[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=17727.msg207106#msg207106 date=1508460880]
[quote author=TreesAndBirds link=topic=17727.msg207095#msg207095 date=1508441708]
Kind of like UTEP (Glory Road) wasnt the first team with Black players, but the first majority Black team to win the NcAA bball championship.
Not "majority". FIVE starters!
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That doesn't preclude what he said.
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Loyola (Chicago) was actually the first team to significantly break racial barriers in college basketball. In 1961 they routinely started four black players; until then teams adhered to a "gentlemen's agreement" to restrict the number of black starters. In 1962 they became the first D-I team to play an all black lineup. In 1963 they won the NCAA title while starting four black players in every game of the tournament. The team that they defeated (Cincinnati) started three black players in the championship game, so 7/10 starters were black.
In 1966 Texas Western (now UTEP) indeed made history by starting five black players in the NCAA championship game that they won.