1966 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship - Texas Western vs. Kentucky | 
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 43356
Format: Ntsc
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 883629169101
ASIN: B000MX80DE
Release Date: February 23, 2007
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On March 19, 1966, Texas Western College, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), put an all-black starting five on the floor for the first time in an NCAA basketball championship. That night the Texas Western Miners, led by coach Don Haskins with star players David Lattin and Bobby Joe Hill, defeated coach Adolph Rupp's #1 ranked all-white Kentucky Wildcats, 72-65. Lattin set the tone early with a thunderous dunk, highlighting the strength of the Miners, while Hill's back to back steals showed their quickness. Other key players for the Miners included Harry Flournoy, Willie Cager, Willie Worsley and Nevil Shed. The Kentucky Wildcats featured Pat Riley, Louis Dampier and Larry Conley.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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 Missing DVD October 12, 2007
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
i would love to review this product but believe it was stolen from my mailbox. the postal service said it was delivered but my carrier can't remember if he left it or not. i plan to reorder it.
NCAA game September 20, 2007
After seeing the movie, I got this. It wasn't as exciting as the movie obviously (because you can't really sense the emotion and the conflicts on this black and white clip with audio dubbed over from a radio broadcast), but it was interesting nonetheless. I don't know why they didn't just include this game as an extra on the DVD.
 Great Story May 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the greatest humanistic stories of all times. It is the very beginning of what college sports represent today and I am thankfull for the inovative thinking of Coach Haskins and the young men of Texas Western University (University of Texas El Paso), if it wasn't for them, I would have never received a basketball scholarship and earned a degree.
FINALLY!!! April 18, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
For YEARS I have been pleading with the NCAA, the university (UTEP), ESPN, and anyone else who would listen that this game, perhaps the most important and culturally significant contest ever played, should be remastered and released on DVD. At last, my wish has been granted. I've had an old VHS copy of this game that was made from the original master reel for a few years, but the picture quality is very poor and there's no audio.
While the picture quality is still not 100%, this digitally remastered version of the game is as good as could possibly be expected (since the master reel is over 40 years old). Another great feature is that the game finally has audio. They managed to find the original radio broadcast of the game and matched it to the video, so the play-calling is seamless and exact. Add to that the bonus features, which include player interviews, the game newsreel, and the NCAA highlight video aired after the game, and it truly is a piece of history not to be missed.
When "Glory Road" was released on DVD last year, one of my biggest complaints was that they didn't even attempt to include a bonus disc of the actual game. Now that this DVD has been produced, fans of UTEP basketball and basketball fans in general can see for themselves the game that changed collegiate sports forever.
It's been long overdue... but well worth the wait.
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