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2centsworth
09-07-2008, 10:58 PM
Legendary Coach and basketball pioneer.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3574739
MajorMike
09-08-2008, 12:40 PM
RPI; Haskins is from my hometown of Enid and was a fellow OSU alum.
RonMexico
09-08-2008, 12:46 PM
Enid looks like the biggest shithole in all of America. This explains a lot.
K-State Spur
09-09-2008, 01:08 AM
I was a lot more impressed with it until I found out that the previous 2 champions had each started 4 black players and the one before them had started 3.

I'm not sure how pioneering it was. It wasn't viewed as that big of a deal at the time. It's more the movie 'glory road' and sportstalk guys today that make a huge deal of it.
MajorMike
09-09-2008, 07:49 AM
More of it was the 1st full starting 5 against one of the biggest powers of the time and one of the biggest bigots in college sports history.

Other champions before them had blacks - in '55 USF had Bill Russell and KC Jones.