Jan. 20, 1968: Houston defeats UCLA in the Astrodome to end the Bruins’ 47-game winning streak before a crowd of 52,693, at the time the largest crowd at a college basketball game. January 20, 1968 15
March 17, 1967: Winston-Salem State, led by most outstanding player Earl Monroe and coached by Clarence “Big House” Gaines, becomes the first historically black institution to win an NCAA basketball title (College Division champion). March 17, 1967 19
March 19, 1966: Texas Western College (now UTEP) defeats Kentucky in the basketball final with a starting team consisting entirely of black players. March 19, 1966 22
March 21, 1964: UCLA finishes an unbeaten season and wins the first of 10 basketball championships between 1964 and 1975 under coach John Wooden. March 21, 1964 19
March 15, 1963: Loyola Chicago faces Mississippi State in a men’s basketball tournament regional semifinal. Mississippi State, an all-white team, sneaks out of town in the middle of the night despite protests from the governor and state police of Mississippi to play a Loyola team that features four Black starters. Loyola beats Mississippi State and goes on to win the title. March 15, 1963 18
