Review
Social change comes in unexpected increments--like the 1966 NCAA men''s basketball tournament. The 72-65 victory by Texas Western over Kentucky had tremendous social symbolism: Texas Western (today the University of Texas, El Paso) started five black players--the first such occurrence in an NCAA championship--and they thoroughly outplayed the all-white Kentucky squad, coached by Adolph Rupp, collegiate sports'' intransigent exemplar of white supremacy. -- New York Times Book Review