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1963–64 Kansas State Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1963–64 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big 8 Conference during the 1963–64 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Tex Winter, innovator of the Triangle offense and future member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame, who was in his 11th year at the helm. The Wildcats, powered by a 13-game winning streak, finished with a record of 22–7 (12–2 Big 8), and reached the 1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament, Final Four. The team played its home games at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, KS, Manhattan, Kansas. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=6 style=, Non-conference Regular season , - !colspan=6 style=, Big Eight Regular season , - !colspan=6 style=, NCAA Tournament Rankings * References {{DEFAULTSORT:1963-64 Kansas State Wildcats Men's Basketball Team 1963–64 Big E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Winter
Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (February 25, 1922 – October 10, 2018) was an American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense, an offensive system that became the dominant force in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and resulted in 11 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2000s. He was a head coach in college basketball for 30 years before becoming an assistant coach in the NBA. He was an assistant to Phil Jackson on nine NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. Winter was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2016, the NBA created the annually presented Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award in his honor. Early life Winter was born on February 25, 1922, near Wellington, Texas, (a fact which later provided him with his nickname when his family moved to California) 15 minutes after twin sister Mona Francis. He grew up in an unpaint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |