Texas Western set to celebrate historic 1966 NCAA title

Texas Western set to celebrate historic 1966 NCAA title

Published Feb. 4, 2016 7:48 p.m. ET

EL PASO, Texas (AP) David Lattin says something happens every day to remind him of Texas Western's historic NCAA championship in 1966, when the Miners won with the first all-black starting lineup in a title game against all-white Kentucky.

The center from that team and eight of his teammates have gathered in El Paso for a weekend celebration of the 50th anniversary of a game that is largely credited for ending segregation in athletics at universities in the South.

The 72-year-old Lattin said ''somebody mentions it or somebody calls me'' and brings up ''Glory Road,'' the 2006 movie about the season.

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Now called UTEP, the unknown school from far West Texas shocked basketball royalty with a 75-65 win in College Park, Maryland, and remains the only Texas team to win an NCAA title.

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