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Bush summons '66 Miners to watch Glory Road
EL PASO —
Forty years after etching their place in history, members of the 1966 NCAA
men's basketball national championship team from Texas Western have been
invited to the White House.
The Miners
will meet with President Bush on Feb. 22 for dinner and a screening of
"Glory Road," a new movie depicting their unlikely rise to fame.
Texas
Western, now the University of Texas-El Paso, made history when coach Don
Haskins started five black players against an all-white Kentucky squad in
the championship game.
"This is
pretty exciting after 40 years," Haskins told the El Paso Times in Friday's
edition.
Glory Road
opened in theaters this month. The team also was featured on a Wheaties
cereal box released last month.
It wasn't
immediately clear how many players would attend. Bobby Joe Hill, a starter
and the leading scorer in the championship game, died of a heart attack in
2002.
Eddie
Mullens, the university's sports information director in 1966 and a longtime
friend of Haskins, said Friday he doesn't remember if it was routine in
those days for NCAA champions to get invitations to the White House. But he
does remember the team looking forward to an appearance on the Ed Sullivan
Show.
"I think
that was kind of the tradition," Mullens said. "They were excited about
that."
None of that
matters now, the 76-year-old retiree said. He said everyone he has spoken
with is in shock about the invitation. He learned about it Thursday, when he
got a message from a White House aide at his San Angelo home.
"I played it
twice to make sure I was hearing it right," Mullens said with a deep laugh.
"It's still incredible. It's just such an honor, a flattering honor. I just
think it's great for Don."
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
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(Updated
through Friday, Jan. 20, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
UAB
3-0 13-3
Texas-El Paso
3-0 10-5
Memphis
2-0 16-2
Rice
2-1 8-8
Tulsa
2-1 7-9
Central Florida
1-1 7-8
Houston
1-2 10-5
Southern Methodist 1-2
8-7
Marshall
1-2 7-8
Southern Miss
1-2 7-11
East Carolina
0-3 6-10
Tulane
0-3 4-11
----- SCORES -----
FRIDAY, JAN.
20
No games
scheduled.
THURSDAY,
JAN. 19
No games
scheduled.
WEDNESDAY,
JAN. 18
Southern
Methodist 74, East Carolina 70 (OT)
South Dakota State 69, Central Florida 64
Memphis 88, Tennessee 79
Houston 62, Southern Mississippi 58
Tulsa 66, Marshall 57
UAB 75, Rice 68
Texas-El Paso 75, Tulane 47
----- SCHEDULE -----
SATURDAY,
JAN. 21
Memphis at
Southern Mississippi, 5 pm
Houston at UAB, 6 pm
Texas-El Paso at Marshall, 7 pm
Tulsa at Central Florida, 7:30 pm
Rice at Southern Methodist, 8 pm
East Carolina at Tulane, 8 pm
SUNDAY, JAN.
22
No games
scheduled.
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