Nevil Shed
Nevil Shed
Nevil Shedis a former basketball player. He attended Morris High school in 1962. He was a member of the Texas Western Minersteam that won the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament national championship. The team was coached by Don Haskins. The Miners made history for being the first team to start an all-African American lineup in the championship game. His basketball nickname was "The Shadow". Glory Road, a 2006 Disney film, chronicles the team's journey; Shed is played by...
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I found the oldest, rattiest TWC sweater I could find. And I wore it for five days in Lexington just so they could all see it and remember it. I never took it off.
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Somewhere along the line it would have happened, but in this case it happened at the right time, early during the struggles during the '60s. There were so many athletes out there wanting just to show they have the same talent as the white folks.
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Let's make it better for tomorrow. That's what the journey is all about.
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We were kids all over again after we won that game, but we never thought about the impact we were leaving. We didn't realized what we had accomplished.
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We were just a bunch of kids. We didn't think about winning a national championship, we just wanted to make the playoffs like everyone else. We had no idea we'd win it all that year.
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Coach Haskins was all about winning. He said, 'I'm going to put the best team on the floor to get the job done.' That was his way throughout all the games.
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My wife and I had the chance to vacation in New Orleans where they were shooting the film and I was fortunate to visit the set. When I stepped out onto the court everyone gave me a standing ovation, it was very special.
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