Hoop Champs: Texas Western Upsets Kentucky
Hoop Champs: Texas Western Upsets Kentucky
The crowd at College Park, Maryland, see a David come out of the west to slay an eastern Goliath. Texas Western wins the National Collegiate Basketball Championship by downing the highly favored Kentucky team 72 to 65. Nobody paid much attention to Texas Western when they entered the tournament, but there was tumult and shouting when the team won the first major sport title Texas Western had ever won. College Park, Maryland High Angle Wide Shot - Throngs of Basketball fans all looking down at the basketball court at the University of Maryland, the game is in play. High Angle Shot - Texas has the ball and in no time they bring it down to Kentucky's basket and scores some points. MS - No 42, Pat Riley lobs the ball and it falls into the basket scoring some points for Kentucky. CUS - Coaches. High Angle Shot - Texas has the ball on court, they bounce it back and forth among the Texas players. One of the players lobs the ball right into the basket. Texas scores and tallies up more points. Texas played with 7 men during the whole game. High Angle Shot - No 10 Kentucky has the basketball and out of nowhere comes a Texas player. He steels the ball, runs right over to the basket and scores. MS - No 45, Kentucky has the ball in the second half and scores. MS - No 10, Kentucky has the ball. He tries to make the basket and hits the rim. Texas No 23, Dave Lattin, picks up the ball and backs up teammate to tap the ball in the basket. Wide Angle Shot - Packed stadium with basketball fans. MS - Texas Western has the ball and sinks it in for some points and wins the game. CU - Happy, smiling hand waving college basketball players of Texas Western celebrating their win. Camera swings to Kentucky and the basketball players are sitting there on the bench with their heads hanging and looking disappointed. CUS - Texas Western receiving the winning plaque. Texas 72 to Kentucky 65.