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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).
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 ...
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.
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).
Rick Barnes spent 17 seasons at Texas before becoming Tennessee's coach. Here's what you need to know on why Barnes was fired from the Longhorns bench
Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941–2002), American basketball player in the NBA Marvin Barnes (1952–2014), American basketball player in the ABA, NBA, CBA and briefly in Italy Topics referred to by the same term
Barnes is in his ninth season at Tennessee after coaching 17 seasons at Texas.
Marvin Jerome "Bad News" [1] Barnes (July 27, 1952 – September 8, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. A forward , he was an All-American at Providence College , and played professionally in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).