I was there in 1966

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2006)

I was at the Final Four in 1966, not as a partisan fan but just as a fan of college basketball. While i enjoyed Glory Road, it did not capture the excitement of the championship game. It was the semi-finals that everyone had been looking forward to - the throwaway game was Texas Western vs Utah - the headline game was Kentucky vs. Duke. Texas Western earned no respect by beating a weak Utah team and for the championship game, the scalpers couldn't even get face value for tickets. The director missed the boat by not capturing the fan reaction at the Final Four - as the game was played out, Texas Western won over all but the die hard Kentucky fans. The biggest flaw i saw in the movie was the way the Kentucky team was portrayed. From the opening tip, it was obvious that Kentucky had never encountered the type of play that Texas Western brought to the court.