Willie Worsley
Willie Worsley
Willie Worsley was one of the guards for the Texas Western Miners basketball team during their now-legendary 1966 NCAA championship game against Kentucky. Although only 5 foot 6 inches tall, he later played 24 games for the ABA's New York Nets during the 1968-69 season...
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Kentucky was amazed at how disciplined and structured we were. You could see it on their faces. Black teams were supposed to run up and down ... and we'd pass the ball five, six or seven times. What bothered us was how people perceived us.
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I think the kids got emotional and played one of their better games. We've played a lot of tough games and it's been a long season. They began to believe in each other and trust each other and realized we're only as good as the next guy on the team.
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Lamonte is very talented. He's long and athletic. If he keeps his head screwed on straight, he'll be very tough to defend.