Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Reading Log again

The next 100 pages of Glory Road mainly focus on the first few seasons at TWC, and the historic 1966 season.  During his first two or three seasons, Haskins' team competed with the best.  They always had winning records and at least made the NIT (National Invitation Tournament).  Haskins continued to recruit black players, not to be a rebel, but to get the best players in the country.  Coach Haskins claimed he never saw color when coaching players, but talent and discipline.  The 1966 season could go down as the most historic season in NCAA history.  It started with a few good wins, followed by a 20 point shellacking of the number four team in the country.  Haskins knew his team was for real and they went undefeated until the final game of the regular season, where they lost to Seattle.  They went hard into the tournament and beat the first few opponents easily, then came Kentucky in the championship.  Haskins made history that game, becoming the first coach to start all black kids in the game, a first for men's or women's basketball.  They fought hard in the game and eventually won, a National Championship for Texas Western College.

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