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4Yoiinff-Pun!•1Whl,I Ik4i Hlt;i MasterCOLLEGE PARK, Md. fAP) Coach Don Haskins felt like a lucky “young punk” after his Texas Western Miners won the. national collegiate basketball n championship.e The 36-year-old Haskins and- his underdog Miners had s scored a 72*65 upset over the 5 Old Master. Adolph Rupp, and h his Kentucky Wildcats Duke edged Utah 79 77 for third place. r. “It’s quite a thrill for me. a h kind of young punk,” Haskins d ^aid. “It’s great just playing in* a game with Mr Rupp, let alonewinning it• • •* *Although both teams entered the title game with identical 27-1 records, Kentucky was aneight-point favorite to win Us fifth NCAA championship. No other school has won more thantwoKentucky was ranked No. 1 inthe nation after the regular sea son and Texas Western was No. 3, with the suspicion that the Miners didn't plav too hard a schedule Haskins disgreed.Ve don t worry about that kind of talk.’’ Haskins said, “We played a lot erf good teams before we got here. We played a of teams like ourselves . . . ones without a name Texas Western should no longer remain in that categorySince Haskins arrived at the ElPaso, Tex., school five years ago, the Miners have wtm JfHt games and lost only 26 Three times in the past fouryears, the Miners have receiveda bid as an independent to play in the NCAA tournament. In 1964. they went to the NationalInvitation Tournament in NewYorkAs a former player under and Pat Riley, the victims of Hank Iba at Oklahoma State, Hill’s thefts, each scored 19 for Haskin* stressed defensive bas- the Wildcats, ketball and he contends it was Kentucky dosed to within 39-defense which upended Ken- 38 early in the second half but tucky Texas Western stretched it* ad-“It was one of the finest de- and *tav*!fensive games we played all ‘ideal* in he closingseason,” Haskins said. ‘ Theboys knew Kentucky could shoot Hl^- am^*r exceptionally well and that if named to the Ail Tournamwitih#v riirii.'t nlav a fin* defensive ^im sportsgame, they would windond»*Rupp said his Wildcats didn’t.shooting when the opposing player was still 10 feet away.wnter* amisportscasters, along with Jack Marin of Duke and Jerry Chamher* of Utah.Chambers, who set an NCAA record with 143 point* in fourthe only uni » 129 voters* * * ,, also was chosen the outstanding“We weren’t shooting welland our ball handling wasn'tnd3,Itdeqoilt;‘€good Rupp said When those !‘a*kin* two things break down, you’re Jo Mr Ruppin trouble.” *The Miner* were led by spoe dy Bobby Joe Hill, a 5 foot-10 junior guard, and Dave Lattin, a* much asplayer of the tourney.repeatedly“Mr. Iba.”aying he respected thethe be-? in the bus mesaft“I just hope I can do one-thirdMr, Rupp has,”sophomorepounds effectivelyinningestIHill scored 20 points, four of collegiate coach with them within 10 seconds after record, said he hopeda sotwo seals early inthe ffame otherThat gave the Miners a 11-9 lead “before I retire “and they were never headedquestion aboutwdndd**m■dnrDfaleUy10ie■ii?rEL PASO fUPI)— Students and “some people who.-e identity was in question*’ danced in the streets, cheered around bonfires and turned on fire hydrants for the second consecutive night Sunday night in joy-over Texas Western College’sbasketball championship.Police rushed eight squadcar-loads of patrolmen to theTexas Western campusWe got things smoothed out before any trouble developed,” a police spokesman said“Some of these people we don’t think were students,’’ he said “At least they were people whose identity was in doubt ”He said some of the bonfireswere set off In yards and inthe street and that had to stop Householders also complained erf fireworksA crowd police estimated at 10,000 persons gathered at ElPaso Internationa! Airport towelcome the victorious Miners, who beat Kentucky 72-65 for the NCAA title Saturday night in College Park, Md Saturday night, 500 persons whooped it up for almost fourhoursThey set fire to grass on the campus and marched on downtown El Paso,Eighteen police herded them back to the campus.A fireman called to shut off gushing hydrants got hit on the head but his attacker fled into the crowd.Lattin scored 16 points possible retirement, the 64-vear-grabbed nine rebound*, while old coach said, “I want to coachOrsten Artis added 15 points. All-America txxuie Dampier flooruntil they haul me off theNEWL: -.Pi'3‘-ts?'/inVi /I f/»Equipped with Heatar, Paddad Dash, Windshieldatr«rV * rl * hi# Sn*«d Wioar. Back-up Licjht.
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Amarillo Globe Times
Amarillo, Texas, US
Mon, Mar 21, 1966
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