 The now historic 1966 NCAA championship game against Texas Western (now University of Texas-El Paso or UTEP) marked the first occurrence that an all-white starting five (Kentucky) played an all-black starting five (Texas Western) in the NCAA championship game.Texas Western won the game 72–65, on the night of March 19, 1966.Contrary to popular belief, this game was not a huge "upset" as while Kentucky entered the tournament with only one loss and ranked No.