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Yeah. I'm fine, man.
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Hey, man. Hey, tell me
what's goin' on, man. You OK?
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- (teacher) Be ready, please. Thank you.
- (bell rings)
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Scoops, you got a minute?
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Says you got something called
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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My heart's too big.
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Ain't that something?
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How long you known. Scoops?
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Well. I...
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I started fainting
when I was in high school. Coach.
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So my mom being who she is.
she took me to the doctor.
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They ran a few tests. That's how
I found out. But it doesn't matter.
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You're a fool. You're a dang fool.
You could have died out there.
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Coach. I'll die if I don't play.
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Look. Coach. My whole life
I only loved playing basketball.
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That's it. But you see.
I could never play in high school.
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because I had to work
to support my mom and my sisters.
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But I never stopped playing in the street.
Never. 'Cause to not play. Coach, man...
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Man. That was like letting something
just crawl up and die in me.
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Far as this heart thing goes.
I can still play.
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My heart's good. This heart thing
ain't nothing. I lived with it this long.
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- That's why you gotta play me.
- I can't do it.
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- The doctor said I could.
- I can't.
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He said I could play a few minutes here
and there. Why you won't let me?
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I know what the doctor said. Willie.
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But I can't take a chance with your life.
I can't do that.
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Now, you're still on the team.
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We're gonna need you. Cager.
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We're gonna need your courage.
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(Don chuckles)
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We're gonna need that big heart of yours.
all right?
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(# "People Get Ready"
by The Impressions)
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- # People, get ready
- # There's a train a-comin'
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# You don't need no baggage
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# You just get on board
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# All you need is faith
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# To hear the diesels hummin'
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# Don't need no ticket
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# You just thank the Lord
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# So, people, get ready
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# For the train to Jordan
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# Picking up passengers
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# Coast to coast
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- You got basketball on your mind. Hill?
- Yeah. Coach. Nothing but.
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Coach Haskins. Matt Pavelar.
Dallas Morning News.
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You're playing a lot of coloreds.
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Are you concerned as to whether
the Negro player can handle the pressure
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at the national level?
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My team plays defense, rebounds.
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- (Matt) What statement are you making?
- I'm a coach. I don't make statements.
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- (man) Kentucky's here.
- Thank you. Coach.
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Coach Rupp. Coach Rupp.
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Coach Rupp. Coach Rupp!
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(overlapping chatter)
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Coach Rupp, great game. Take us to the
last 20 seconds. What'd you tell the boys?
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(Rupp) I knew it was 20 seconds.
I gave them a good play.
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Something in our playbook we used for
years. The boys performed it to perfection.
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I'm gonna introduce myself.
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...and I know you're gonna let me go.
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- Figures.
- Thank you. Coach.
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- Coach.
- No more interviews. Thank you.
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Don Haskins.
I'm the coach over at Texas Western.
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Just wanted to introduce myself.
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Congratulate you
on another great year and...
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- These your boys?
- Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir, my players.
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Well, you had a fine season.
See you down the road.
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(booing)
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- (man) Losers!
- (man #2) We don't want your kind!
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Ignore all this trash!
Just get out on the court.
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(heckler) Don't you come in here!
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(heckler #2) Look at all
these stupid kids!
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Let go of me, boy!
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(Armstrong) Don't listen to 'em.
Come on, focus.
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- That's easy for you say.
- Don't listen to 'em.
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In spite of a hostile crowd.
the Miners have played well tonight
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as they look to close out East Texas.
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And there's a block, and a fast break
opportunity for the Lions.
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And Jason Stevens puts it up for two.
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Could have been in a Miners' uniform
if Coach had been able to recruit him.
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I see Coach must be clearing the bench.
huh?
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And Stevens, with the hot hand here in the
second half, being guarded by Baudoin.
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Coach sends his best.
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This has been a hard-fought game
on both sides. Miners lead by five.
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Takes it in to Big Daddy.
who's pushed to the floor!
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- Are you kiddin' me?
- It is getting rough.
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Let's see who the foul's on.
They call it on Lattin! I can't believe this!
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Lattin's gotta watch his temper here.
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He's already fouled
out of ten games this year.
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(referee) Technical foul.
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Just sit down. You never let your anger
get the better of you.
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- He stuck his knee out!
- I know.
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- Lattin's temper is gonna cost the Miners.
- You gotta hold yourself together.
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- He's sticking his knee out!
- You hold yourself together.
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Keep that anger inside you and I'll let you
know when you can let it go, understand?
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At the beginning of the season.
no one could have imagined
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that we would wind up
where we are now.
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Number four in the nation.
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close on the heels of powerhouses
like Kentucky and Kansas.
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Now, with two weeks to go
before the NCAA tournament starts.
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we're not a secret anymore.
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(chatter)
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Been this cold before.
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Man!
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Ross. Coach, hurry!
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- (Ross) Oh, man.
- (Don) Moe, get us checked out.
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Listen, we're gonna get on the bus
and go to Seattle tonight, all right?
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Get your stuff, pack up
and let's get on the bus.
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Hey, man.
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You ever get scared?
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When I was a kid in Houston...
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a white gang strung me on a fire escape
till I peed my pants.
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I came back down and...
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took nothing from nobody ever again.
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Took it to every honky on the block...
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till they left Big Daddy D alone.
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But this is different.
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This is worse.
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This is the whole world.
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- Everything all right. Coach?
- Oh, what'd I get these guys into. Ross?
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You did the right thing.
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You think about what these boys had
to overcome just to get here.
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You think about how they've been
degraded and humiliated.
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just 'cause they black.
by all these "civilized" folks.
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- Shame on us.
- (thunder rumbles)
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WTSM. 1380 broadcasting live
from Seattle. Washington.
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Hi. Miners fans. Thanks for joining us
at a packed house in the Pacific Northwest.
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The question. Will the Miners, in the last
regular season game here in Seattle.
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take the number-one spot
in the NC 2A polls?
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Adolph Rupp's fabled Wildcats dropped
a nail-biter to Tennessee last night.
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And that will allow the Miners.
if they win here tonight.
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to take the number-one spot
in the nation.
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Hey. Lattin, you didn't jump high enough
to get toilet paper under your shoe.
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The Chieftains go down
for an easy lay-up.
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Miners making it a little too easy
for the Chieftains at this point.
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Armstrong down low.
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Armstrong's wide open. Flournoy looks
down there, will not pass the ball.
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He wants to go it alone.
Launches a 20-footer. It's off the mark.
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Come on, man. I was wide open.
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Hill, we're in orange tonight.
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- Come on. Shed, meet the pass.
- Don't worry about me.
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The Miners are just playing flat.
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Your guy just got by you. Hill.
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There's no chemistry, no energy.
It's every man for themselves out there.
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They're not playing like a team.
That jump was no good.
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- Coach, you're in my chair.
- I like the view better down here.
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Eight minutes to play.
and I hate to say this.
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but it looks like
our Miners have given up.
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(no audio)
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They've got only themselves
to blame.
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They didn't play together
or find the open man.
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and the Miners' perfect season
is slipping away.
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(woman humming)
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Ohh!
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(buzzer signals end of the game)
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You stunk out there tonight!
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Squeaky could have played better D
than you did.
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And. Shed, are you kiddin' me?
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That was the same ol' weak.
scared Shed out there.
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Maybe you thought what used to be
an undefeated record meant something.
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That we could just waltz
our way in the tournament.
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- Maybe these crackers is getting to us.
- Why you looking at me. Bobby Joe?
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You a cracker, ain't you?
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Coach, the more we win.
the harder it is for us out there.
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What do you suggest we do. Shed?
Lose?
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Give them what they want?
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You think basketball is everything. Coach.
And that's easy for you to say.
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But you don't have rednecks
in your face all the time.
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None of you white boys get it because you
don't have people breaking into your room
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or shoving your head in toilets.
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(Armstrong) It's not us.
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White is white. Green Acres.
and that means you too.
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Yeah. I'm white. And you've never been
able to see past that! We're not like them!
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Think we haven't had heat
come down on us?
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You're the ones out there skating by.
while we're out there sweating blood.
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You think it's easy being on this team?
Taking a backseat to you every day?
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We came here to play basketball.
just like you guys!
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Now it's like we don't even count.
We're the minority!
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I don't wanna hear that from you. I have
been the minority every day of my life.
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And you're crying because you spent
the last few months in our shadows?
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Welcome to the back of the bus.
white boy.
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I wish y'all would just sit back here
and listen to yourselves.
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It's worse than losing the game.
You've all forgotten what you're doing here.
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What do you wanna do?
You wanna quit?
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- They're trying to take our dignity from us.
- Your dignity's inside you.
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Nobody can take something away from you
you don't give them.
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Hey.
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Hold your heads up.
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Hold your heads up.
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You wanna shake off that hate?
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It's your choice. Harry Flournoy.
It's your choice. Jerry Armstrong.
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Togo.
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Cager. Hill, it's your choice.
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Shut them up.
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Win.
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The NCAA Tournament gets off
to a rip-roaring start
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as the powerhouse Kansas Jayhawks
take on the upstart Texas Western Miners.
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(Cager) Thank you
for keeping us together.
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Lord, we ask that you see us through.
no matter what the obstacles.
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No matter how high the mountains.
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- Amen.
- (all) Amen.
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(Cager) Let's go, guys.
Let's get this game.
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While the Texas Western club has turned
heads across the country with this roster.
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it's safe to say that Haskins' experiment
should end tonight.
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- Coach?
- You must be Mrs. Cager.
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- Thanks for seeing me before the game.
- I know you come a long way, so...
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You have too.
You know, you're all he talks about.
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"Coach said this" and "Coach said that."
So I said. "Let me meet this man."
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Well. Mrs. Cager, your son's
all a coach could ever ask for.
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He's hard working, he's unselfish.
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Tell you the truth. I wouldn't be here
if it wasn't for Willie.
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Mr. Haskins. I came to ask you
to let him play.
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Mrs. Cager, the thing is.
his condition is just...
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I know about it better than anyone.
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This is his time.
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These are the last games
he'll ever play.
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I don't care if it's just five minutes
or five seconds.
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Just... let him play.
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Led by all-American JoJo White.
the number-six Jayhawks are, with Duke.
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the favorites to challenge Rupp and
Kentucky for basketball's holy grail.
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That's the all-American.
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All press clippings.
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- Think so?
- He's all talk too.
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(cheerleaders cheer in background)
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Bobby Joe Hill will set up
the Texas Miner offense in the front court.
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Stolen! JoJo White.
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(commentator #2) Tremendous
anticipation defensively by White.
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Easy pass and a dunk.
and a four-nothing Jayhawk lead.
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You gotta protect the ball. Hill!
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Ball in to Wesley.
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He just overpowers Lattin.
232
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(commentator #2) Wesley trying to
intimidate Lattin early on in the game.
233
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(crowd) Defense! Defense!
234
00:16:34,267 --> 00:16:37,065
(commentator) White extends
the Jayhawk lead to five.
235
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(commentator #2) But more importantly
now Kansas has all the momentum.
236
00:16:40,907 --> 00:16:44,070
(commentator) It looks like Haskins
is going to go to his bench.
237
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He's calling for Willie Cager.
238
00:16:46,079 --> 00:16:49,207
(commentator #2) Cager missed
half the season with heart problems.
239
00:16:49,282 --> 00:16:52,683
But the Miners sure could use
a lift right now.
240
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(commentator) Now Cager
from the top of the key.
241
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It's good!
242
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Hey, welcome home, son! That's a good
play. Cager! Way to be out there!
243
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- That's my son.
- Plays good.
244
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(commentator #2) JoJo White
into the front court. 22-footer.
245
00:17:12,772 --> 00:17:14,262
It's good!
246
00:17:14,340 --> 00:17:16,968
Bobby Joe Hill looking to answer
for the Miners.
247
00:17:17,043 --> 00:17:18,101
and he'll score!
248
00:17:18,178 --> 00:17:22,274
(commentator #2) And these two point
guards are really putting on a show.
249
00:17:22,348 --> 00:17:26,079
(commentator) It's JoJo's turn.
from the wing. He looks unstoppable!
250
00:17:26,152 --> 00:17:27,847
And Coach Haskins calls time.
251
00:17:27,921 --> 00:17:31,880
Y'all are paying so much attention
to their jerseys that you're playing tight.
252
00:17:31,958 --> 00:17:36,622
JoJo's having a big night, so I'm making a
change. Armstrong, you're in for Worsley.
253
00:17:36,696 --> 00:17:40,359
Now, if you can stop him, bottom line is
we're gonna win this game.
254
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- Don't worry. I'll take care of him.
- Let's go to work.
255
00:17:43,870 --> 00:17:45,861
On three.
256
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- Let's go, team.
- One, two, three!
257
00:17:47,740 --> 00:17:49,264
Miners!
258
00:17:59,285 --> 00:18:00,616
That's good D, son.
259
00:18:01,721 --> 00:18:06,215
(commentator) Lattin, back door to Shed.
And he'll lay it in for two.
260
00:18:12,632 --> 00:18:14,327
(grumbles)
261
00:18:16,903 --> 00:18:20,600
(commentator #2) Here in the second half.
Armstrong has shut down JoJo White.
262
00:18:20,673 --> 00:18:23,574
We need a stop!
We need a stop!
263
00:18:26,446 --> 00:18:29,313
(commentator) Kansas scores.
and they lead by two!
264
00:18:29,382 --> 00:18:31,680
- Seven seconds! Push the ball!
- Seven seconds!
265
00:18:31,751 --> 00:18:34,242
No time-outs for the Miners!
266
00:18:39,092 --> 00:18:41,720
Long inbound to Lattin.
267
00:18:41,794 --> 00:18:45,628
Back out to Hill. To the basket!
268
00:18:45,698 --> 00:18:47,598
Cager! He got it!
269
00:18:49,002 --> 00:18:50,697
(commentator #2) What a play!
270
00:18:50,770 --> 00:18:55,139
He wasn't expected to play tonight.
but he saved the season for the Miners!
271
00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:59,770
Overtime! Hey, you got an overtime!
Hey, get in here! We got an overtime!
272
00:18:59,846 --> 00:19:03,714
(commentator #2) And we'll play overtime
to settle this one!
273
00:19:08,721 --> 00:19:10,882
That's the way to go! That's it!
274
00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,618
(commentator) Just seconds remaining.
275
00:19:17,697 --> 00:19:19,688
Artis, up to Lattin.
276
00:19:19,766 --> 00:19:23,668
It's good! And the Miners win!
The Miners win!
277
00:19:23,736 --> 00:19:28,264
(commentator #2) They're calling it
hanging on the rim! I can't believe it!
278
00:19:28,341 --> 00:19:31,310
(commentator) A foul called
against David Lattin.
279
00:19:31,377 --> 00:19:34,608
The basket will count
and Kansas will shoot two free throws
280
00:19:34,681 --> 00:19:37,673
to try to send the game
to a second overtime.
281
00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,366
(commentator) JoJo makes both.
and we're going to a second overtime.
282
00:19:58,438 --> 00:20:00,030
All right, bring it in!
283
00:20:00,106 --> 00:20:02,700
Oh, is this a game for the record books!
284
00:20:02,775 --> 00:20:04,709
We got a great mismatch, a little low.
285
00:20:04,777 --> 00:20:08,372
So we're gonna swing in the ball
and let him take his man one on one.
286
00:20:08,448 --> 00:20:10,279
You got it? All right, let's do it.
287
00:20:11,417 --> 00:20:13,385
(buzzer signals start of second overtime)
288
00:20:13,453 --> 00:20:18,447
OK, here we go. The winner moves on
for the national championship.
289
00:20:18,524 --> 00:20:21,118
Lattin. Cross-court pass to Artis.
290
00:20:21,194 --> 00:20:23,754
He'll drive the baseline and score!
291
00:20:23,830 --> 00:20:27,425
The Jayhawk defender really bit
on that fake, and the Miners lead by one.
292
00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:29,968
Kansas needs a basket to win.
Where they going?
293
00:20:30,036 --> 00:20:32,903
(commentator #2) Everyone knows
who will take this shot -
294
00:20:32,972 --> 00:20:35,634
it's their all-American JoJo White.
295
00:20:38,778 --> 00:20:41,576
(commentator) Ball goes in to JoJo!
296
00:20:41,647 --> 00:20:43,410
From the sideline!
297
00:20:45,385 --> 00:20:49,151
It's good! Kansas wins! Kansas wins!
298
00:20:52,992 --> 00:20:57,019
(commentator #2) Wait a minute. Ralph!
It looks like he stepped on the line.
299
00:20:57,096 --> 00:20:59,894
I think the official's going
to wave the basket off.
300
00:20:59,966 --> 00:21:05,131
(commentator) It's no good! And Texas
Western's improbable story continues
301
00:21:05,204 --> 00:21:09,664
with an 81-80 double overtime win
over the Kansas Jayhawks.
302
00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:19,778
Have you seen this?
Have you read this already?
303
00:21:19,852 --> 00:21:21,046
(Don) I read it.
304
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:25,386
It says. "The selfless support of Texas
Western's booster Wade Richardsons.
305
00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:29,986
which has made this breakout team's rise
a true phenomenon in the sports world."
306
00:21:30,062 --> 00:21:33,463
Well, they got you down.
didn't they, sir?
307
00:21:33,533 --> 00:21:35,933
Just forget all that stuff I said before.
308
00:21:36,002 --> 00:21:40,598
I've been selling more dinettes than
I've sold in the last four years combined.
309
00:21:40,673 --> 00:21:43,574
(overlapping chatter)
310
00:21:43,643 --> 00:21:47,977
You're 24 hours from the biggest game
in college basketball. How do you feel?
311
00:21:48,047 --> 00:21:49,810
You know. I've been here before.
312
00:21:49,882 --> 00:21:52,680
It's been some time now.
but I've had some success here
313
00:21:52,752 --> 00:21:55,846
and I feel like I'm coming home, really.
314
00:21:55,922 --> 00:21:58,152
I'm just glad to be here.
315
00:21:58,224 --> 00:22:01,216
I'd like to ask you
about your controversial win over Kansas.
316
00:22:01,294 --> 00:22:06,891
There's no controversy. JoJo White
stepped out of bounds. They lost, we won.
317
00:22:15,608 --> 00:22:19,908
Coach Haskins, how do you plan on
stopping Louie Dampier and Pat Riley?
318
00:22:19,979 --> 00:22:23,938
Ask Coach Rupp how he plans on
stopping David Lattin and Bobby Joe Hill.
319
00:22:24,016 --> 00:22:24,983
Who?
320
00:22:25,051 --> 00:22:26,643
(reporters chuckle)
321
00:22:26,719 --> 00:22:28,346
You have to admit. Coach Rupp.
322
00:22:28,421 --> 00:22:32,482
that the Negro player is changing
the game of basketball.
323
00:22:32,558 --> 00:22:33,547
Oh?
324
00:22:33,626 --> 00:22:40,327
Well, as far as I know, basketball's about
taking the basketball, putting it in the hoop.
325
00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:45,428
And you can quote me.
I don't think that's going to change.
326
00:22:45,505 --> 00:22:48,269
(woman) That horrible man.
playing those coloreds.
327
00:22:48,341 --> 00:22:50,901
And where are you from, sweetheart?
328
00:22:50,977 --> 00:22:55,641
El Paso. Texas. I'm married to that
horrible man you were just talking about.
329
00:22:55,715 --> 00:23:00,015
Coach Rupp, what do you think of their
lightning-quick guard. Bobby Joe Hill?
330
00:23:00,086 --> 00:23:03,681
He's a good boy. But there's lots
of good boys out there this year.
331
00:23:03,756 --> 00:23:06,816
Well, this good little boy led us
to 23 and one.
332
00:23:08,394 --> 00:23:10,726
Well. I think you understood my point.
333
00:23:10,796 --> 00:23:16,200
My point is that we at Kentucky don't worry
about the boys in other uniforms.
334
00:23:16,269 --> 00:23:17,759
We play our game.
335
00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:26,235
Don't pay them any mind.
It's just how some people were raised.
336
00:23:26,312 --> 00:23:29,110
Well, they weren't raised right.
337
00:23:29,181 --> 00:23:31,376
I guess not.
338
00:23:32,985 --> 00:23:36,318
But not everybody thinks like that.
339
00:23:37,657 --> 00:23:40,592
My name is Esther.
340
00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:42,753
Esther Rupp.
341
00:23:43,462 --> 00:23:48,092
Nice to meet you. Mary Haskins.
342
00:23:48,734 --> 00:23:52,033
Let's get this game over with
so we can get back to Memphis.
343
00:23:52,104 --> 00:23:56,803
Well, one thing's for sure -
can't no five niggers beat five white boys.
344
00:23:57,777 --> 00:24:02,077
Yeah. Just black trash, that's all they are.
They think they belong here.
345
00:24:02,148 --> 00:24:03,581
Harris. That's enough.
346
00:24:03,649 --> 00:24:07,312
- Wait. I'm just getting started here. Hold it.
- (laughter)
347
00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:11,916
(Don) Maybe old Coach Rupp still
has a thing to learn about basketball.
348
00:24:11,991 --> 00:24:16,121
These boys are playing
for more than just the championship.
349
00:24:18,664 --> 00:24:20,894
When I came here...
350
00:24:23,669 --> 00:24:25,933
I didn't wanna come.
351
00:24:27,974 --> 00:24:30,807
I didn't wanna be a part of this.
352
00:24:32,311 --> 00:24:34,836
But I was wrong, Don.
353
00:24:35,881 --> 00:24:38,042
I was wrong.
354
00:25:30,236 --> 00:25:32,966
You know, my dad called.
355
00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:38,807
He said everybody in town's going to
Thelma's Steakhouse to watch the game.
356
00:25:42,348 --> 00:25:44,839
He said he was proud of me.
357
00:25:44,917 --> 00:25:50,355
It was always just a game to me. But now
it feels like a lot more than a game.
358
00:25:50,423 --> 00:25:55,451
Yeah. I know what you mean, brother.
Feels like my whole life.
359
00:25:55,528 --> 00:25:59,487
My folks are driving down
with Willie's parents.
360
00:25:59,565 --> 00:26:02,898
My old man's coming too.
361
00:26:02,968 --> 00:26:09,771
He was always a baseball fan.
But I think he's finally liking basketball.
362
00:26:09,842 --> 00:26:12,242
Bobby Joe. You hear me, man?
363
00:26:13,179 --> 00:26:17,240
This ain't gonna be nothing.
It's just a day at the playground.
364
00:26:17,316 --> 00:26:19,307
(telephone ringing)
365
00:26:24,590 --> 00:26:25,716
Hello?
366
00:26:33,566 --> 00:26:35,932
Take a look out there.
367
00:26:36,936 --> 00:26:39,496
We can't win tomorrow night.
368
00:26:41,607 --> 00:26:44,474
You're not a championship team.
369
00:26:45,411 --> 00:26:50,144
You've been lucky so far.
but tomorrow your luck's gonna run out.
370
00:26:53,085 --> 00:26:56,248
To win at this level, you gotta have a...
371
00:26:58,791 --> 00:27:02,522
intelligence inside you out on that court.
372
00:27:03,329 --> 00:27:05,729
You gotta be able to think.
373
00:27:05,798 --> 00:27:09,199
We just got too much
of the wrong complexion.
374
00:27:12,204 --> 00:27:15,139
You're athletes, sure.
375
00:27:15,207 --> 00:27:18,233
But so are monkeys.
376
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,138
Mm-hm.
377
00:27:22,214 --> 00:27:25,047
You can run. You can jump.
378
00:27:25,117 --> 00:27:28,780
Maybe even hit the occasional outside shot
with the right training.
379
00:27:28,854 --> 00:27:31,652
but to compete against a real team...
380
00:27:35,261 --> 00:27:42,167
Well, should I go on, or you as sick
of this same old tired line of BS as I am?
381
00:27:46,972 --> 00:27:52,968
I'm so sick of it, tonight I made a decision
that we're gonna put a stop to it forever.
382
00:27:56,415 --> 00:27:58,849
Lattin.
383
00:27:58,918 --> 00:28:00,408
Flournoy.
384
00:28:00,486 --> 00:28:03,046
Artis. Cager. Worsley. Hill.
385
00:28:04,590 --> 00:28:05,750
Shed.
386
00:28:08,561 --> 00:28:11,086
Five starters, two subs.
387
00:28:11,163 --> 00:28:13,222
40 minutes, seven players.
388
00:28:13,299 --> 00:28:18,168
I'm only gonna play the black players
in the final game tomorrow.
389
00:28:18,237 --> 00:28:20,467
Just you.
390
00:28:20,539 --> 00:28:22,905
Togo. Armstrong. Palacio.
391
00:28:22,975 --> 00:28:25,443
Myers. Baudoin.
392
00:28:26,478 --> 00:28:30,642
I know how hard every one of you worked
to get here. I don't wanna hurt any of you.
393
00:28:30,716 --> 00:28:34,015
Coach. I can't lie.
394
00:28:34,086 --> 00:28:36,281
I wanna play.
395
00:28:37,189 --> 00:28:40,022
I do. We all wanna play.
396
00:28:43,729 --> 00:28:47,688
But I just wanna say one thing.
397
00:28:50,536 --> 00:28:52,527
Tomorrow night.
398
00:28:52,605 --> 00:28:59,408
y'all go out there and show 'em how bad
five brothers can be on the court.
399
00:29:01,847 --> 00:29:03,838
OK?
400
00:29:06,051 --> 00:29:11,387
Flournoy, if you don't get back and play
defense. I'll be all over your black butt.
401
00:29:23,068 --> 00:29:26,299
Good evening and welcome
to the Cole Field House for the finals
402
00:29:26,372 --> 00:29:28,897
of the NCAA Championship game
403
00:29:28,974 --> 00:29:34,071
between the University of Kentucky
and Texas Western College.
404
00:29:34,146 --> 00:29:36,637
And here come the Miners.
405
00:29:46,859 --> 00:29:49,657
When this tournament began.
virtually everybody
406
00:29:49,728 --> 00:29:51,696
could have predicted one of our finalists.
407
00:29:51,764 --> 00:29:54,562
But I don't think anyone
could have predicted the other.
408
00:29:54,633 --> 00:29:58,194
It's Texas Western College
against the University of Kentucky
409
00:29:58,270 --> 00:30:00,795
for the NCAA Championship.
410
00:30:00,873 --> 00:30:03,501
A little mining college from
out in West Texas.
411
00:30:03,575 --> 00:30:07,636
A scrappy bunch with an unusual lineup
going against basketball royalty.
412
00:30:07,713 --> 00:30:12,150
The Baron of the Bluegrass
and his four NCAA men's championships.
413
00:30:12,217 --> 00:30:15,015
If there was ever more of a mismatch.
I don't remember it.
414
00:30:15,087 --> 00:30:18,420
Here's tonight's starting lineup
for the Kentucky Wildcats.
415
00:30:18,490 --> 00:30:21,653
At guard number 30, six-three.
Tommy Kron.
416
00:30:21,727 --> 00:30:24,127
The Cats are led
by two great all-Americans.
417
00:30:24,196 --> 00:30:29,190
First of all, sharp-shooting Louie Dampier
and the high-scoring Pat Riley.
418
00:30:29,268 --> 00:30:31,429
These guys play with speed.
419
00:30:31,503 --> 00:30:35,405
they play with poise
and they play with intelligence.
420
00:30:35,474 --> 00:30:39,205
(announcer) And the coach of
the Kentucky Wildcats. Adolph Rupp.
421
00:30:39,278 --> 00:30:43,681
Now here's the starting lineup
for the Texas Western Miners.
422
00:30:43,749 --> 00:30:48,914
At guard, out of Detroit. Michigan.
number 14, five-ten. Bobby Joe Hill.
423
00:30:48,988 --> 00:30:53,049
At the other guard, number 24.
five-six Willie Worsley.
424
00:30:53,125 --> 00:30:58,119
At center, from Houston. Texas.
number 43, six-seven. David Lattin.
425
00:30:58,197 --> 00:31:01,928
At forward, number 44, six-five.
Harry Flournoy.
426
00:31:02,001 --> 00:31:05,129
At the other forward, number 20.
Orsten Artis.
427
00:31:05,204 --> 00:31:09,106
And the coach of the Texas Western
Miners, Don Haskins.
428
00:31:09,174 --> 00:31:12,041
(commentator) We have a
David-versus-Goliath match-up.
429
00:31:12,111 --> 00:31:16,411
Texas Western against Kentucky
for the NCAA Championship.
430
00:31:16,482 --> 00:31:19,781
You had a great season. Coach.
You must be thrilled to be here.
431
00:31:22,221 --> 00:31:24,485
- One, two, three.
- (all) Miners!
432
00:31:25,391 --> 00:31:28,121
You three guards are in there
to stop their fast break.
433
00:31:28,193 --> 00:31:30,286
Make them have to walk it down the court.
434
00:31:30,362 --> 00:31:33,798
You saw who they put on the floor.
They're gonna try to run against us.
435
00:31:33,866 --> 00:31:38,064
In an unprecedented move. Coach
Haskins is starting five Negro players.
436
00:31:38,137 --> 00:31:41,766
- That's a spit in the face.
- A first in NCAA Championship history.
437
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,004
Now I want you to get angry. Go out there
first time you get the ball and dunk it.
438
00:31:46,078 --> 00:31:49,047
I don't care if you have
to run someone over to do it.
439
00:31:49,114 --> 00:31:50,877
We're faster.
We can spit right back.
440
00:31:50,949 --> 00:31:52,610
Send 'em a message. Get in there.
441
00:31:52,684 --> 00:31:55,414
They're the one that got a chip
on their shoulder, not us.
442
00:31:55,487 --> 00:31:58,513
It ain't about nothing except basketball.
One, two, three!
443
00:31:58,590 --> 00:32:00,080
Miners!
444
00:32:00,159 --> 00:32:04,061
Dampier's a great ball handler. You try
to take it from him, he's gonna burn you.
445
00:32:04,129 --> 00:32:06,893
- Come on. Coach.
- Some say he's the best guard.
446
00:32:06,965 --> 00:32:09,866
If I had a choice between him and you.
I'd choose you.
447
00:32:09,935 --> 00:32:12,927
That's good. 'cause you know
he wouldn't have chose me.
448
00:32:13,005 --> 00:32:14,302
(horn blows)
449
00:32:14,506 --> 00:32:15,996
(cheering)
450
00:32:19,111 --> 00:32:22,774
The opening tap.
Big David Lattin against Pat Riley.
451
00:32:27,419 --> 00:32:30,217
And the tap is controlled
by Texas Western.
452
00:32:30,289 --> 00:32:34,487
Worsley gives it to Bobby Joe Hill.
Now Hill rockets a pass into Lattin.
453
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,425
And he dunks it over Riley.
454
00:32:36,495 --> 00:32:38,656
Aah!
455
00:32:38,730 --> 00:32:39,788
Yeah!
456
00:32:39,865 --> 00:32:41,958
(cheering)
457
00:32:42,034 --> 00:32:46,471
- He was making a statement with that.
- And Adolph Rupp looks disgusted.
458
00:32:46,538 --> 00:32:50,907
Now Kentucky on offense for the first time.
The ball in the hands of Louie Dampier.
459
00:32:50,976 --> 00:32:53,672
Texas Western in a man-to-man.
He gets it to Conley.
460
00:32:53,745 --> 00:32:57,511
He's got a mismatch on Worsley. Backs
him down and scores. We're tied at two.
461
00:32:57,583 --> 00:33:01,451
Conley, that's gonna be there
all night long.
462
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:06,014
The Miners work the ball into David Lattin.
He spins outta the double team, scores.
463
00:33:06,091 --> 00:33:07,319
There it is. There it is.
464
00:33:07,392 --> 00:33:11,761
(commentator #2) It's six-seven. 240
pounds of a powerhouse in the middle.
465
00:33:11,830 --> 00:33:14,628
Wildcats get the ball to the high post.
Thad Jaracz has it.
466
00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:17,464
- Slow it down. Set it up.
- Lattin, get physical.
467
00:33:17,536 --> 00:33:20,300
They cut off him.
He puts it on the floor, goes to the hoop.
468
00:33:20,372 --> 00:33:23,000
And he is fouled
and fouled hard by David Lattin.
469
00:33:23,075 --> 00:33:26,340
That's a flagrant foul!
You gonna call that, ref?
470
00:33:26,411 --> 00:33:30,711
That's a flagrant foul! You want there to be
a melee? Someone's gonna get hurt here.
471
00:33:30,782 --> 00:33:32,340
I'll call the foul. Two shots.
472
00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:34,442
A pair of free throws ties the game
at 12.
473
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,250
but the Baron is not happy
on the Kentucky bench.
474
00:33:37,322 --> 00:33:40,553
Texas Western very disciplined
against this Kentucky zone.
475
00:33:40,626 --> 00:33:43,720
They work the ball down low to Lattin.
He goes up for the shot.
476
00:33:43,795 --> 00:33:48,255
No good. Offensive rebound.
Flournoy, and he is down and hurt.
477
00:33:48,333 --> 00:33:50,028
(official) Stay down.
Coach.
478
00:33:50,102 --> 00:33:51,535
Ohh!
479
00:33:54,806 --> 00:33:57,036
Where'd he hurt? Harry.
480
00:33:57,109 --> 00:34:00,101
How'd you come down?
Did it go out or in? Hold still.
481
00:34:00,179 --> 00:34:03,080
Well, that's one less thing
to worry about.
482
00:34:06,185 --> 00:34:08,176
Cager, you're in.
483
00:34:11,423 --> 00:34:14,449
And it looks like Flournoy has
to come out of this game.
484
00:34:14,526 --> 00:34:17,552
This will be a huge blow
to the Miners if he can't return.
485
00:34:17,629 --> 00:34:19,096
He's through for the night.
486
00:34:19,164 --> 00:34:23,225
Oh, boy. This will be tough because he's
a great rebounder for Texas Western.
487
00:34:23,302 --> 00:34:28,899
At six-five, he is one of the best.
and it'll be a disaster if he can't continue.
488
00:34:28,974 --> 00:34:31,306
Tough break, son.
489
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,313
Ten minutes gone
in this fast-paced first half.
490
00:34:38,383 --> 00:34:42,080
Kentucky with the ball and the lead.
Here's a backdoor cut by Riley.
491
00:34:42,154 --> 00:34:44,145
He goes up and is slammed to the floor.
492
00:34:44,223 --> 00:34:47,021
And that'll be number three
on Big David Lattin.
493
00:34:47,092 --> 00:34:51,426
That really hurts the Miners because this
big guy's been carrying Texas Western
494
00:34:51,496 --> 00:34:53,293
with his strong inside play.
495
00:34:53,365 --> 00:34:57,233
Now Don Haskins will have to take
the very physical Lattin out of the game.
496
00:34:57,302 --> 00:34:58,826
I can't let you foul out.
497
00:34:58,904 --> 00:35:03,568
And it looks like Nevil Shed is replacing
him, but they're giving up something here.
498
00:35:03,642 --> 00:35:09,103
Riley's first free throw is good. And Coach
Haskins wants a word with Bobby Joe Hill.
499
00:35:09,881 --> 00:35:13,578
The Wildcats by four now with a chance
to stretch their lead.
500
00:35:13,652 --> 00:35:16,644
Here's Tommy Kron
bringing the ball up for Kentucky.
501
00:35:16,722 --> 00:35:19,384
Orsten Artis all over him.
And here comes Hill!
502
00:35:19,458 --> 00:35:22,985
He strips it away
and he's going in for the lay-up!
503
00:35:23,061 --> 00:35:25,586
(commentator #2) What a pair of hands.
504
00:35:26,498 --> 00:35:28,489
(commentator) What a steal by Hill.
505
00:35:28,567 --> 00:35:30,159
That happens when you don't talk
to each other.
506
00:35:30,235 --> 00:35:34,569
This time Louie Dampier with the
basketball. He's played by Bobby Joe Hill.
507
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,131
He steps in and steals it again!
Holy mackerel!
508
00:35:37,209 --> 00:35:41,145
Bobby Joe Hill picked the lock
on the Fort Knox hands of Louie Dampier.
509
00:35:41,213 --> 00:35:45,650
and he's got back-to-back steals and
lay-ups. And like that, we're tied again.
510
00:35:45,717 --> 00:35:47,412
Time-out. Time-out!
511
00:35:47,486 --> 00:35:51,217
- (commentator #2) Kentucky wants time.
- (blows whistle) Time-out, white.
512
00:35:51,290 --> 00:35:52,222
Yes.
513
00:35:56,128 --> 00:35:59,029
Hey, those are two big-time plays. Hill.
514
00:35:59,097 --> 00:36:01,531
- Are you scared?
- No, sir!
515
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,330
I know someone who's not scared.
Conley's not.
516
00:36:04,403 --> 00:36:06,530
We don't teach scared
at the University of Kentucky.
517
00:36:06,605 --> 00:36:09,972
I need you standing there waiting for 'em
when they come outta time-out.
518
00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:11,737
like a force, like a wall!
519
00:36:11,810 --> 00:36:15,371
Don't let that guy crowd you!
Get him out of there.
520
00:36:15,447 --> 00:36:19,144
This the national championship.
Are you surprised? They come to play.
521
00:36:19,217 --> 00:36:23,210
So we got to play back. We know how
to play this game better than anybody.
522
00:36:23,288 --> 00:36:25,051
Play the game. Let's go.
523
00:36:25,123 --> 00:36:26,920
Over here!
524
00:36:29,928 --> 00:36:31,725
Yeah!
525
00:36:33,732 --> 00:36:35,222
Set it up, set it up.
526
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,827
(Wildcat player) Defense, defense!
Watch Hill. Inside!
527
00:36:38,904 --> 00:36:40,269
Whoa! Whoa!
528
00:36:44,142 --> 00:36:46,440
That's it. That's what I want.
529
00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:54,275
(cheering)
530
00:36:56,321 --> 00:36:57,310
Whoo!
531
00:36:59,591 --> 00:37:01,957
Inside of ten seconds to go, first half.
532
00:37:02,027 --> 00:37:06,123
Jaracz with the ball, high post.
Looking for Riley. Running off a screen.
533
00:37:06,198 --> 00:37:08,428
Here's a shot at the buzzer.
534
00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:10,195
It's good!
535
00:37:14,673 --> 00:37:17,437
(commentator) We're all a little shocked.
536
00:37:17,509 --> 00:37:20,307
Texas Western is leading Kentucky
at the half.
537
00:37:20,379 --> 00:37:23,177
(commentator #2) But the smart money
has to be on Kentucky
538
00:37:23,248 --> 00:37:26,411
'cause they were firing on all cylinders
to end the half.
539
00:37:26,485 --> 00:37:28,248
The Miners did have some big plays.
540
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,312
but must be concerned with the three fouls
on David Lattin
541
00:37:31,390 --> 00:37:33,517
as well as the injury to Harry Flournoy.
542
00:37:33,592 --> 00:37:35,150
He will not return.
543
00:37:41,299 --> 00:37:44,132
- Yo, hurry up, you late.
- Close the door. Come on.
544
00:37:44,202 --> 00:37:46,670
They're getting ready
to start the second half.
545
00:37:46,738 --> 00:37:48,000
.., crowning a champion.
546
00:37:48,073 --> 00:37:51,065
Don't let that cocky kid set a tent up
under the basket.
547
00:37:51,143 --> 00:37:55,170
If he gets position on you, it'll throw down
every time. Get him out of there!
548
00:37:55,247 --> 00:38:00,275
I'm putting you in with three fouls. Lattin.
You gotta play smart and protect the paint.
549
00:38:00,352 --> 00:38:04,186
He's trying to figure out how to get you
to foul out, so keep your feet on the ground.
550
00:38:04,256 --> 00:38:07,350
- Get a body on him. I want him outta there.
- OK? You ready?
551
00:38:07,426 --> 00:38:09,792
- Are you the University of Kentucky?
- Yes, sir.
552
00:38:09,861 --> 00:38:11,920
What has the Baron designed
for his Wildcats?
553
00:38:11,997 --> 00:38:15,592
- Come on, number ten.
- Wildcats give the ball to Louie Dampier.
554
00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:16,691
Get your hand up!
555
00:38:16,768 --> 00:38:19,259
- Here's his long jump shot.
- There it is.
556
00:38:19,337 --> 00:38:21,532
And the Kentucky fans are on their feet.
557
00:38:21,606 --> 00:38:23,039
Come on, get back!
558
00:38:23,108 --> 00:38:26,600
The Miners feed it inside to Lattin.
And Riley steals it away.
559
00:38:26,678 --> 00:38:29,545
Now Kentucky looks to break.
Tommy Kron on the point.
560
00:38:29,614 --> 00:38:32,845
Feeds it to Riley, who beats Lattin
to the basket and lays it in for two!
561
00:38:32,918 --> 00:38:35,011
Now, that is Kentucky basketball.
562
00:38:35,086 --> 00:38:36,576
That's it, that's it.
563
00:38:36,655 --> 00:38:40,716
Kentucky trapping outta their zone.
And Kron takes it away from Worsley.
564
00:38:40,792 --> 00:38:44,455
The Wildcats look to run again.
Fast break ahead to Riley.
565
00:38:44,529 --> 00:38:47,327
And that is back-to-back hoops
for the all-American.
566
00:38:47,399 --> 00:38:51,460
I don't know what Coach Rupp told his
team at halftime, but they are on fire.
567
00:38:51,536 --> 00:38:54,130
This is how the number-one team
in the nation plays.
568
00:38:54,206 --> 00:38:57,642
Here's Riley on the move to the basket.
and Lattin fouls him again.
569
00:38:57,709 --> 00:39:00,303
(referee) Foul. Miners, number 43!
570
00:39:00,378 --> 00:39:04,075
And that will send the big center
to the bench with his fourth foul.
571
00:39:04,149 --> 00:39:05,548
That's aggressive play.
572
00:39:05,617 --> 00:39:09,246
The Miners are hanging in.
but that's gotta hurt on both ends.
573
00:39:09,321 --> 00:39:12,085
Hey, there's a lot of ball on that, ref.
574
00:39:16,495 --> 00:39:20,454
I know Lattin's out. But you can't do this
all by yourself. Just slow it down.
575
00:39:20,532 --> 00:39:22,090
OK? Get everybody involved.
576
00:39:24,402 --> 00:39:27,735
And Kentucky leads by eight
with ten minutes to play.
577
00:39:27,806 --> 00:39:29,797
Ball! Ball, ball!
578
00:39:31,076 --> 00:39:34,273
Bobby Joe Hill will fire one up
from 25 feet.
579
00:39:34,346 --> 00:39:35,370
And he got it!
580
00:39:35,447 --> 00:39:36,607
Check him! Check him!
581
00:39:36,681 --> 00:39:37,841
Whoo!
582
00:39:37,916 --> 00:39:40,248
Defense, now, defense!
583
00:39:46,091 --> 00:39:48,559
Way to penetrate. That's what I want.
584
00:39:51,096 --> 00:39:52,586
Ah, ha-ha!
585
00:39:58,003 --> 00:39:59,095
Yes!
586
00:40:11,850 --> 00:40:14,944
Cager's spun it off the glass.
and the Miners lead by three!
587
00:40:15,020 --> 00:40:18,786
Time. Time! Time-out. Wildcats!
588
00:40:19,658 --> 00:40:21,216
Coach Rupp calls time.
He's seen enough.
589
00:40:22,394 --> 00:40:26,490
Miners lead at 64-61.
Just two minutes left.
590
00:40:33,772 --> 00:40:38,436
All season, when you had nothing left.
you come up with it. And you had success.
591
00:40:38,510 --> 00:40:40,375
You did it, you did it.
592
00:40:40,445 --> 00:40:43,903
And that's how we got here, from your
efforts. From your efforts, we're here.
593
00:40:43,982 --> 00:40:48,248
We are two minutes from a championship.
Lattin. I'm putting you back in.
594
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,153
Right now it's not about talent -
it's about heart.
595
00:40:51,222 --> 00:40:54,623
It's about who can go out there
and play the hardest and the smartest.
596
00:40:54,693 --> 00:40:56,752
This team's a special team.
597
00:40:58,029 --> 00:41:00,259
Special team.
598
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,363
You're gonna win this game.
599
00:41:03,435 --> 00:41:04,993
- You hear that?
- Yes, sir.
600
00:41:05,070 --> 00:41:09,473
You're gonna win this game.
So go out there and make me a prophet.
601
00:41:09,541 --> 00:41:12,032
They've been here before -
they won't give it to us.
602
00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:16,137
We gotta go out there and we gotta take it!
Right? Take it! Take it!
603
00:41:16,214 --> 00:41:19,115
I want you to go out there and take it!
One, two, three!
604
00:41:19,184 --> 00:41:20,617
Take it!
605
00:41:26,725 --> 00:41:31,128
Two minutes to go, and the Miners lead
Adolph Rupp and Kentucky by three.
606
00:41:31,196 --> 00:41:33,130
Defense! Defense!
607
00:41:33,198 --> 00:41:34,187
Four-two.
608
00:41:34,265 --> 00:41:37,393
Louie Dampier guarded tightly
by Bobby Joe Hill.
609
00:41:37,469 --> 00:41:40,063
He reverses his dribble and fires.
It's good!
610
00:41:40,138 --> 00:41:41,127
There it is.
611
00:41:41,206 --> 00:41:43,674
That was a big shot.
612
00:41:43,742 --> 00:41:45,733
Miners look to answer.
613
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,038
Yes!
614
00:41:50,115 --> 00:41:52,675
Wildcats into the front court.
needing a score.
615
00:41:52,751 --> 00:41:54,946
Riley breaks free.
616
00:42:00,792 --> 00:42:02,692
Set it up! Set it up!
617
00:42:02,761 --> 00:42:05,093
Now who will answer the bell
for the Miners?
618
00:42:05,163 --> 00:42:07,324
Artis passes it to Cager
at the foul line.
619
00:42:07,399 --> 00:42:11,563
He slashes around Jaracz.
takes it right down Main Street.
620
00:42:15,507 --> 00:42:19,136
So it comes down to this.
18 seconds remain.
621
00:42:19,210 --> 00:42:21,508
Wildcats with the ball.
in need of a score
622
00:42:21,579 --> 00:42:25,015
to keep their hopes
of a fifth national championship alive.
623
00:42:25,083 --> 00:42:29,520
Kentucky looking inside for a mismatch
against the shorter Worsley.
624
00:42:31,056 --> 00:42:33,081
Stolen away by Bobby Joe.
625
00:42:54,045 --> 00:42:57,276
Desperation time now for Kentucky
in the final seconds.
626
00:42:57,348 --> 00:43:00,943
Here's a miss by Kron.
Lattin has the rebound for Texas Western.
627
00:43:01,019 --> 00:43:05,251
He gives it to Bobby Joe. Looking
at the clock, watching it count down.
628
00:43:05,323 --> 00:43:08,121
Ten, nine, eight...
629
00:43:08,193 --> 00:43:11,629
The Miners are on their way to victory.
630
00:43:12,997 --> 00:43:15,329
(buzzer signals the end of the game)
631
00:43:18,937 --> 00:43:21,462
Whoo! Whoo!
632
00:43:21,539 --> 00:43:22,767
(gibberish)
633
00:43:30,248 --> 00:43:34,184
This is the greatest upset
in NCAA history!
634
00:43:34,252 --> 00:43:38,586
Texas Western is
the new national champion!
635
00:43:55,273 --> 00:43:56,297
Whoo!
636
00:43:56,374 --> 00:43:59,172
National champion!
637
00:44:10,455 --> 00:44:13,515
Mama. I'm a national champion.
638
00:44:14,325 --> 00:44:17,123
I'm a national champion.
639
00:44:17,195 --> 00:44:18,787
Whoo!
640
00:44:26,237 --> 00:44:28,899
Where is he?
I can't see! Where is he?
641
00:44:28,973 --> 00:44:31,203
(squeals)
642
00:44:33,411 --> 00:44:35,675
I love you. Mama. Thank you.
643
00:45:16,955 --> 00:45:20,482
(# "People Get Ready"
by Alicia Keys and Lyfe Jennings)
644
00:45:22,594 --> 00:45:24,619
# Lemme tell ya now
645
00:45:24,696 --> 00:45:26,687
# People, get ready
646
00:45:26,764 --> 00:45:30,598
# There's a train a-comin'
647
00:45:30,668 --> 00:45:36,334
# You don't need no baggage
You just get on board
648
00:45:37,542 --> 00:45:39,737
# All you need is faith
649
00:45:39,811 --> 00:45:43,178
# To hear the diesel humming
650
00:45:43,581 --> 00:45:46,414
# You don't need no ticket
651
00:45:46,484 --> 00:45:49,817
# You just thank the Lord
652
00:45:57,862 --> 00:46:04,324
# So people, get ready
for that train to Jordan
653
00:46:04,402 --> 00:46:09,430
# Picking up passengers
coast to coast
654
00:46:10,875 --> 00:46:13,105
# Faith is the key
655
00:46:13,177 --> 00:46:17,079
# Open the doors and board them
656
00:46:17,148 --> 00:46:23,018
# There's hope for all
among those loved the most
657
00:46:37,869 --> 00:46:43,364
# There ain't no room
for the hopeless sinner
658
00:46:43,441 --> 00:46:46,535
# Who would hurt all mankind
659
00:46:46,611 --> 00:46:49,079
# Just to save his own
660
00:46:49,147 --> 00:46:51,081
# Believe me, now
661
00:46:51,149 --> 00:46:56,644
# Have pity on those
whose chances grow thinner
662
00:46:56,721 --> 00:47:03,285
# For there's no hiding place
against the kingdom's throne
663
00:47:03,361 --> 00:47:06,762
# So people, get ready
664
00:47:06,831 --> 00:47:10,494
# There's a train a-comin'
665
00:47:10,568 --> 00:47:13,162
# Don't need no baggage
666
00:47:13,237 --> 00:47:16,229
# You just get on board
667
00:47:17,542 --> 00:47:23,640
# All you need is faith
to hear the diesel humming
668
00:47:23,715 --> 00:47:26,946
# You don't need no ticket
669
00:47:27,018 --> 00:47:28,781
# You just
670
00:47:28,853 --> 00:47:36,589
# Thank the Lord
671
00:47:44,836 --> 00:47:48,465
(# "Sweet Music (One of These Days)"
By Alicia Keys)
672
00:47:50,875 --> 00:47:55,642
# Sky's gonna be blue
673
00:47:55,713 --> 00:47:59,877
# One of these days I'm gonna wake up
674
00:47:59,951 --> 00:48:05,856
# To a sun shining through
675
00:48:05,923 --> 00:48:11,361
# One of these days
676
00:48:11,429 --> 00:48:14,557
# This song is gonna be true
677
00:48:14,632 --> 00:48:17,396
# And the world
678
00:48:17,468 --> 00:48:19,595
# The world
679
00:48:19,670 --> 00:48:22,833
# Is gonna be brand-new
680
00:48:22,907 --> 00:48:26,308
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, check it out, y'all
681
00:48:26,377 --> 00:48:31,679
# One of these days I'm gonna wake up
682
00:48:31,749 --> 00:48:35,378
# And I'm gonna feel fine
683
00:48:36,621 --> 00:48:41,752
# One of these days I'm gonna wake up
684
00:48:41,826 --> 00:48:46,763
# And my dreams are gonna be mine
685
00:48:46,831 --> 00:48:52,235
# One of these days
686
00:48:52,303 --> 00:48:55,397
# This song is gonna be true
687
00:48:55,473 --> 00:48:58,271
# And the world
688
00:48:58,342 --> 00:49:00,401
# The world
689
00:49:00,478 --> 00:49:04,346
# Is gonna be brand-new
690
00:49:04,415 --> 00:49:05,473
# Yeah, yeah
691
00:49:05,550 --> 00:49:10,385
# It's gonna sound like music
692
00:49:10,455 --> 00:49:13,982
# Oh, sweet music
693
00:49:16,794 --> 00:49:20,890
# And everybody's gonna want
694
00:49:20,965 --> 00:49:26,062
# Is gonna sing this song
695
00:49:26,137 --> 00:49:27,900
# They're gonna say love
696
00:49:27,972 --> 00:49:33,774
You know. Kentucky's so big.
and Adolph Rupp's name was so big.
697
00:49:33,845 --> 00:49:38,805
that. I guess.
that made it more significant.
698
00:49:38,883 --> 00:49:42,478
The initial thought was.
"Do we really have a chance here?"
699
00:49:42,553 --> 00:49:45,317
We felt their presence
at the beginning of the game.
700
00:49:45,389 --> 00:49:48,950
when they came out
with this incredible effort and zeal.
701
00:49:49,026 --> 00:49:54,396
I think the most significant...
It's when David Lattin made his dunk shot -
702
00:49:54,465 --> 00:49:56,296
that's what really got us going.
703
00:49:56,367 --> 00:50:00,565
And I went up, and he grabbed it.
and he just kept going up and up and up.
704
00:50:00,638 --> 00:50:02,629
And he just dunked it
over the top of me.
705
00:50:02,707 --> 00:50:06,643
He put it down with such ferocity
that it intimidated me.
706
00:50:06,711 --> 00:50:11,546
And I did tell David before the game.
if he hadn't run over somebody.
707
00:50:11,616 --> 00:50:15,017
that I wanted him to tear the rim off
a couple of times.
708
00:50:15,086 --> 00:50:21,252
But those two steals by Bobby Joe Hill
broke our back
709
00:50:21,325 --> 00:50:25,523
and reinforced what the reality was.
710
00:50:25,596 --> 00:50:28,963
And the reality was this:
711
00:50:29,033 --> 00:50:31,194
They were bigger and they were better
712
00:50:31,269 --> 00:50:35,205
and they were more talented and they were
quicker. They were a better team.
713
00:50:35,273 --> 00:50:38,834
Kentucky was kind of a tough team
to match up against.
714
00:50:38,910 --> 00:50:41,743
See, that was a very, very quick team.
715
00:50:41,812 --> 00:50:47,011
And I played the guys
that I felt we could win with.
716
00:50:47,084 --> 00:50:50,815
We ran out there.
And what I saw was wall-to-wall people.
717
00:50:52,223 --> 00:50:55,954
The reporter was white.
The cheerleaders was white.
718
00:50:56,027 --> 00:50:58,791
The referee was white.
The camera people was white.
719
00:50:58,863 --> 00:51:04,324
It was an atmosphere that could have been
real hostile for us if we allowed it to be.
720
00:51:04,402 --> 00:51:10,898
I feel that this game was probably
the Emancipation Proclamation of 1966.
721
00:51:10,975 --> 00:51:16,470
And it wasn't until history started to talk
about this game, you know, in that context.
722
00:51:16,547 --> 00:51:19,539
that we realized we were part
of something that was bigger
723
00:51:19,617 --> 00:51:21,778
than just five blacks and five whites.
724
00:51:21,852 --> 00:51:26,186
Black ballplayers were thought of
as inferior.
725
00:51:26,257 --> 00:51:32,025
You know, can't work under pressure. You
know, rip 'em a little bit, and they'll fold.
726
00:51:32,096 --> 00:51:36,624
That was the way that a white person
was thinking back then.
727
00:51:36,701 --> 00:51:40,159
that we couldn't compete
with the white players.
728
00:51:40,238 --> 00:51:43,401
We experienced a lot of racism
during that season.
729
00:51:43,474 --> 00:51:50,812
People would spit at you.
and fans would call us niggers, coons...
730
00:51:52,049 --> 00:51:57,180
And the world looked at it
in that perspective -
731
00:51:57,255 --> 00:52:01,521
the white team verses this black team.
For us.
732
00:52:01,592 --> 00:52:04,618
We were playing for much more
than what they were playing for.
733
00:52:04,695 --> 00:52:07,630
They were playing
for just another championship.
734
00:52:07,698 --> 00:52:12,032
We were playing to prove that it doesn't
make any difference what color you were -
735
00:52:12,103 --> 00:52:16,802
if you're given the opportunity.
you could do anything.
736
00:52:16,874 --> 00:52:20,833
If I could turn back the hands of time.
737
00:52:20,911 --> 00:52:27,680
I would have love to have gone over
to the Kentucky players
738
00:52:27,752 --> 00:52:29,879
and shaken their hands.
739
00:52:29,954 --> 00:52:32,889
Not to patronize them, you know?
740
00:52:32,957 --> 00:52:36,893
And not to say.
"Thank you for giving me an opportunity."
741
00:52:36,961 --> 00:52:40,453
You didn't give us this opportunity.
We earned this, see.
742
00:52:40,531 --> 00:52:45,559
I'm proud to be part of this portrayal
of a great, great man in Don Haskins
743
00:52:45,636 --> 00:52:50,164
and, you know, players
who simply cared about being great
744
00:52:50,241 --> 00:52:53,506
and wanting to separate themselves
from the pack
745
00:52:53,577 --> 00:52:58,173
and wanting to do something unique.
746
00:52:58,249 --> 00:53:02,345
And to leave footprints in the sand.
They've done that, man.
747
00:53:02,420 --> 00:53:04,547
They've done that.
748
00:54:18,896 --> 00:54:22,297
(# "I Will Make the Darkness Light"
by Alicia Keys)
749
00:54:23,701 --> 00:54:29,333
# I will make the darkness light
750
00:54:29,407 --> 00:54:33,867
# Before you
751
00:54:35,813 --> 00:54:38,338
# What is wrong
752
00:54:38,416 --> 00:54:42,318
# I'll make it right
753
00:54:42,386 --> 00:54:46,447
# For you
754
00:54:48,626 --> 00:54:51,117
# All the battles
755
00:54:51,195 --> 00:54:55,154
# I will fight them
756
00:54:55,232 --> 00:54:59,032
# For you
757
00:55:01,005 --> 00:55:05,806
# And the high place
758
00:55:05,876 --> 00:55:12,372
# I'll bring down
759
00:55:53,224 --> 00:55:57,684
# And the high place
760
00:55:57,761 --> 00:56:02,630
# I'll bring
761
00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:08,605
# Down
762
00:56:10,708 --> 00:56:15,441
# Mmm-mmm-ahh
763
00:56:17,381 --> 00:56:22,580
# Hmm