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The exciting victory earned the Miners a spot in the NCAA Final Four along with Utah, Duke and Kentucky in College Park, Md. Kentucky, ranked first in the nation, lost its undefeated season by falling to Tennessee 69-62 that Saturday afternoon. Battle of Fort Sumter. Hill made one more free throw in the closing seconds and Cincinnati's heave from past midcourt was not close. player in the Southeastern Conference. This guy could jump out of the gym. The movie erroneously paints a picture of a team of new recruits that takes a while to gel during that 1966 season. racial matters. The year after winning the title, the school became the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP). Seattle standout Tom Workman hit a jumper from the top of the circle to give his team the 74-72 lead with just over a minute to play. Orsten Artis had 12 points and Nevil Shed and Harry Flournoy had 10 points each. That just didn't happen in those days of college basketball. of American sports. Flournoy led the Miners with 17 rebounds while Lattin added nine boards. Hill led the Miners in scoring with 15 points. A couple weeks ago, some Texas Western players returned to Cole Field House for the first time since 1966. It was the second big upset of the day. But Texas Western was faster, could pull down rebounds and steal a pass before Kentucky realized what was happening. Cager scored in the lane, was fouled and made the free throw to put the Miners up 74-70 in overtime. until Texas Western coach Don Haskins did it earlier that season, no As Worsleystood in the airport in New York City to fly out to El Paso, he was nervous. On hisside of the track, literally right by the track, there was a basketball goal. As early as the 1920s, the NAACP urged Black people to take part in sports, "as a way to demonstrate citizenship, reliability, sportsmanship, all those kinds of character issues," said Pierce,who studies twentieth century America andspecializes in the urban experience of Blacks. Orsten Artis made 11-of-12 free throws and led the Miners with 19 points. Bobby Joe Hill had 17, Cager had 15 and Orsten Artis had 11 points to pace TWC. But it was on the boards that the Miners truly dominated this game. jungle wire.". 1 Kentucky. Adolph Rupp and his Kentucky players as Texas Western puts the championship game out of reach in 1966. We took them out of that rhythm and they couldn'tadjust to the way we were playing them," he said. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "You know what I was thinking about? The Miner defense was once again on display, holding Pan American to just 31.1 percent shooting from the field and holding the visitors from Edinburg, Texas, to just 22 second half points.