Английская Википедия:1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

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The 1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national men's basketball champion of the NCAA University Division, now Division I. It began on March 7 and ended with the championship game on March 19 in College Park, Maryland. A total of 26 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Third-ranked Texas Western (now UTEP), coached by Don Haskins, won the national title with a 72–65 victory in the final over top-ranked Kentucky, led by head coach Adolph Rupp. Haskins started five black players for the first time in NCAA Championship history. Jerry Chambers of Utah was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

The 2006 film Glory Road is based on the story of the 1966 Texas Western team. Their tournament games against fourth-ranked Kansas and Kentucky are depicted in the film.

The tournament is also significant in that it was the last tournament until 2021, and one of two since the league's official founding, that the Ivy League did not send a representative to the tournament. The league champion, Penn, refused to comply with an NCAA edict that all teams must certify a 1.6 GPA for all student-athletes; the Ivy League and the university did not believe that the NCAA had the power to dictate such things, and as such the team was banned. They would have played Syracuse in the East regional at Blacksburg.

This was the only NCAA tournament between 1961 and 1982 which did not include UCLA.

Locations

Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	Blacksburg, Virginia	Cassell Coliseum
	Mideast	Kent, Ohio	Memorial Gymnasium
	Midwest & West	Wichita, Kansas	WSU Field House
Regionals	East	Raleigh, North Carolina	Reynolds Coliseum
	Mideast	Iowa City, Iowa	Iowa Field House
	Midwest	Lubbock, Texas	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
	West	Los Angeles, California	Pauley Pavilion
Final Four		College Park, Maryland	Cole Field House

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Davidson	Lefty Driesell	Southern	Regional Fourth Place	Saint Joseph's	L 92-76
East	Duke	Vic Bubas	Atlantic Coast	Third Place	Utah	W 79–77
East	Providence	Joe Mullaney	Independent	First round	Saint Joseph's	L 65–48
East	Rhode Island	Ernie Calverley	Yankee	First round	Davidson	L 95–65
East	Saint Joseph's	Jack Ramsay	Middle Atlantic	Regional third place	Davidson	W 92–76
East	Syracuse	Fred Lewis	Independent	Regional Runner-up	Duke	L 91–81
Mideast
Mideast	Dayton	Don Donoher	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Western Kentucky	L 82–62
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Runner Up	Texas Western	L 72–65
Mideast	Loyola–Chicago	George Ireland	Independent	First round	Western Kentucky	L 105–86
Mideast	Miami (OH)	Dick Shrider	Mid-American	First round	Dayton	L 58–51
Mideast	Michigan	Dave Strack	Big Ten	Regional Runner-up	Kentucky	L 84–77
Mideast	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	Ohio Valley	Regional third place	Dayton	W 82–62
Midwest
Midwest	Cincinnati	Tay Baker	Missouri Valley	Regional Fourth Place	SMU	L 89–84
Midwest	Kansas	Ted Owens	Big Eight	Regional Runner-up	Texas Western	L 81–80
Midwest	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Independent	First round	Texas Western	L 89–74
Midwest	SMU	Doc Hayes	Southwest	Regional third place	Cincinnati	W 89–84
Midwest	Texas Western	Don Haskins	Independent	Champion	Kentucky	W 72–65
West
West	Colorado State	Jim Williams	Independent	First round	Houston	L 82–76
West	Houston	Guy Lewis	Independent	Regional third place	Pacific	W 102–91
West	Oregon State	Paul Valenti	AAWU	Regional Runner-up	Utah	L 70–64
West	Pacific	Dick Edwards	West Coast Athletic	Regional Fourth Place	Houston	L 102–91
West	Utah	Jack Gardner	Western Athletic	Fourth Place	Duke	L 79–77

Game summaries

The Tournament is most remembered for the all-black starting five of Texas Western defeating an all-white starting five for Kentucky in the championship game.

Clem Haskins and Dwight Smith became the first black athletes to integrate the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball program in the Fall of 1963. This put Western Kentucky at the forefront to integrate college basketball in the Southeast. The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers were 2 points away from defeating Michigan and meeting the University of Kentucky Wildcats in the Mideast regional final. A controversial foul called against Smith during a jump ball put Cazzie Russell on the free throw line for Michigan, where he scored the tying and winning baskets.

See also

• 1966 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
• 1966 National Invitation Tournament
• 1966 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game
• Black participation in college basketball