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Velvet James Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002), [1] also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso).
As Texas Western, the Miners won the 1966 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.The 72–65 victory over Kentucky in College Park, Maryland is considered one of the most important in the history of college basketball, as it marked the first time that a team with five African-American starters won a title game.
Texas Western Miners was the first college team inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. ... All-American Jim "Bad News" Barnes is the other. In ...
The Kentucky Wildcats, the number one ranked team in men's college basketball, faced the Texas Western Miners, who were ranked third in the nation. Texas Western's starting lineup of five African Americans was the first all-black lineup in an NCAA title game; their opponents, by contrast, fielded an all-white squad. The Miners won 72–65 ...
Barnes is in his ninth season at Tennessee after coaching 17 seasons at Texas.
The school's name was changed again in 1949 to Texas Western College of The University of Texas (TWC) or simply Texas Western College. Notable events at UTEP include the training in 1961 of the nation's first Peace Corps class, the construction of Sun Bowl Stadium in 1963, and the winning of the 1966 NCAA basketball tournament .
It was Texas, one of the schools where Barnes coached before his tenure at Tennessee. The No. 2 Vols (24-8) open the NCAA Tournament against Saint Peter's (19-13) on Thursday (9:20 p.m. ET, TNT).
Barnes, who came to Texas following four seasons at Clemson, led the Longhorns to the NCAA tournament on 16 different occasions and three Big 12 regular-season titles.