Men.27s Basketball Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros



utpa, pan american college, won 1963 naia division men s basketball tournament under coach sam williams. lucious jackson a/k/a luscious luke jackson 1 of players on championship team. jackson selected 4th overall during 1964 nba draft. selected 1964–65 nba all-rookie team , played in nba all-star game same year. played entire career philadelphia 76ers.


the basketball program, during mid-1970s coached abe lemons. under lemons, program had successful seasons but, lamentably, failed invited ncaa tournaments. coach lemons later hired away university of texas @ austin.


upon lemons departure university of texas @ austin, bill white named head basketball coach. while @ pan american, coach white led broncs first post-season tournament play @ division level. during 1980–81 season, pan american earned berth 1981 national invitation tournament. broncs lost 1981 nit champs, university of tulsa golden hurricane.


the basketball program later coached lon kruger, later went on coach @ kansas state, florida, illinois, unlv, , oklahoma. coached atlanta hawks of nba.







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