Teams from UCLA, UTEP and Indiana are college hoop hall’s Class of 2020
BY BLAIR KERKHOFF
NOVEMBER 28, 2020 03:32 PM, UPDATED NOVEMBER 29, 2020 08:31 AM
UCLA coach John Wooden, right, and the Bruins pose with the NCAA championship trophy on the court at Municipal Auditorium in 1964.
UCLA coach John Wooden, right, and the Bruins pose with the NCAA championship trophy on the court at Municipal Auditorium in 1964. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Basketball as a team sport is clearly defined with the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020.
Three historic teams will be inducted into the Kansas City-based hall to form the entire class for this year:
The 1963-64 UCLA Bruins, the first of coach John Wooden’s 10 NCAA title teams.
The 1965-66 Texas Western (UTEP) Miners, the first team to win the NCAA cham.pionship with an all-Black starting five.
The 1975-75 Indiana Hoosiers, the last undefeated NCAA championship team.
The teams will be inducted in a virtual ceremony in early 2021.
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article247473795.html#storylink=cpy
BY BLAIR KERKHOFF
NOVEMBER 28, 2020 03:32 PM, UPDATED NOVEMBER 29, 2020 08:31 AM
UCLA coach John Wooden, right, and the Bruins pose with the NCAA championship trophy on the court at Municipal Auditorium in 1964.
UCLA coach John Wooden, right, and the Bruins pose with the NCAA championship trophy on the court at Municipal Auditorium in 1964. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Basketball as a team sport is clearly defined with the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020.
Three historic teams will be inducted into the Kansas City-based hall to form the entire class for this year:
The 1963-64 UCLA Bruins, the first of coach John Wooden’s 10 NCAA title teams.
The 1965-66 Texas Western (UTEP) Miners, the first team to win the NCAA cham.pionship with an all-Black starting five.
The 1975-75 Indiana Hoosiers, the last undefeated NCAA championship team.
The teams will be inducted in a virtual ceremony in early 2021.
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article247473795.html#storylink=cpy
