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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.
"The legend of Texas Western: journalism and the epic sports spectacle that wasn’t." Critical Studies in Media Communication 33.2 (2016): 154–167. Sanchez, Ramon. Basketball's Biggest Upset: Texas Western Changed The Sport With A Win Over Kentucky In 1966 (1991) excerpt, game by game details—and play-by-play for championship game.
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He was a three year starter and Co-Captain for Texas Western College, renamed The University of Texas at El Paso or UTEP the year following the 1966 Championship win. Flournoy made history when his team won the 1966 NCAA Division I National Championship game against the University of Kentucky with the first ever all Black starting lineup.
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.
Go back to March 20, 2021, when Texas was upset by Abilene Christian in the first round of the NCAA Tournament; that 53-52 loss is one of the lowest points for Texas basketball this century ...
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.