College Park, Md. – Texas Western, tabbed as the underdog, used a scurrying defense and a champion’s poise to defeat No. 1 ranked University of Kentucky 72-65 and win the NCAA national collegiate ...

Two teams pulled off stunning upsets in the NCAA men’s basketball national title game as 8-point underdogs: Texas Western in 1966 (beat Kentucky, 72-65) and Kansas in 1988 (beat Oklahoma, 83-79). But ...

College Park, Md. – Texas Western, tabbed as the underdog, used a scurrying defense and a champion’s poise to defeat No. 1 ranked University of Kentucky 72-65 and win the NCAA national ...