WorksheetsGLORY ROAD TAUGHT ME
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
NAME THE CITY IN TEXAS, THE HOME OF THE MIGHTY MINERS.
DALLAS
EL PASO
ARLINGTON
TEXARKANSAS
TABACCO ROAD
NAME THE COACH OF THE 1966 MIGHTY MINERS?
LARRY HAROLD
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
DON HASKINS
ROBIN LEACH
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT APART OF THE MINER BASKETBALL TEAM
WILLIE CAGER
BOBBY JOE HILL
HARRY FLOURNOY
LEBRON JORDAN
NAME THE PLAYER SECONDS AWAY FROM BEING SENT HOME FOR PLAYING TOO SOFT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT
DAVID LATIN
NEVIL SHED
DEION SANDERS
BARRY SANDERS
TOTALLY IRONIC HOW THIS PLAYER CARED ABOUT HIS TEAMMATES AND HAD HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS TOO LARGE
DOC BOONE
BOBBY JOE
WILLIE CAGER
TIGER TIGER
COACH DON HASKINS WAS DIFFERENT FROM MOST COACHES IN 1966 BECAUSE
COACH USED A NEW METHOD OF
HE USED THE NEWEST BASKETBALLS
HE ALLOWED BLACK PLAYERS TO PLAY BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE
BOBBY JOE HILL DID NOT WANT TO ATTEND TEXAS WESTERN UNIVERSITY BECAUSE:
HE FEARED RATS IN THE DESERT
HE DID NOT BELIEVE COACH HASKIN WOULD ALLOW HIM TO PLAY
BOBBY JOE WANTED TO BE A RODEO COWBOY
HE FEARED FOR HIS SAFTEY DUE TO A NUCLEAR DISASTER
THE ATHLETE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SHED SLEEP ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE HIS DORM ROOM
OPTIMUS PRIME
BIG DADDY DAVID LATIN
WILLIE CAGER
BOBBY JOE
"SORRY COACH, I'M PARTIAL TO WINNING." IN THE BEGINNING A LOT OF WHITE PLAYERS DID NOT WANT TO PLAY FOR COACH HASKINS BECAUSE
TEXAS WESTERN WAS A GREAT SCHOOL TO ATTEND
TEXAS WESTERN WAS A HORRIBLE TEAM IN THE DESERT
COACH HASKINS WAS NOT COMMITTED TO HIS TEAM
COACH HASKINS HAD TOO MANY PLAYERS ON HIS TEAM ALREADY
EVIL PEOPLE SENT HATEFUL LETTERS TO COACH HASKINS' WIFE TO:
INVITE HER TO DINNER AND PROVE THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE
TEACH HER HOW TO COMPOSE A LETTER
FRIGHTEN COACH INTO PLAYING THEIR CHILD WITH HIS TEAM
FRIGHTEN COACH ENOUGH TO QUIT HIS JOB SO THE TEAM WOULD STOP WINNING
THIS TEAM OVERCAME OUTSIDE DISTRACTIONS, CREATED A BOND BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS AND WON AN NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1966
BLUE DEVILS
TARHEELS
MIGHTY MINERS
JAYHAWKS
DESPITE THEIR PREDOMINATELY WINNING SEASON, SOME OF THE PLAYERS NOW LONGER WANTED TO WIN BECAUSE.
PEOPLE WERE DESTROYING THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS WHILE ON THE ROAD
THEY WERE MISSING TOO MUCH CLASS TIME
FLOURNOY MOTHER WAS TOO MEAN
BOBBY JOE THREATENED TO MAKE THE GUYS RUN MORE
ONE FACTOR DOES NOT FIT
THREE FACTORS PROVE SHED WAS SOFT
ONE FACTOR DOES NOT FIT
FIND THE NONE FACTOR
HE DID NOT FIGHT FOR REBOUNDS
HE ALLOWED HIS TEAMMATES TO DUNK ON HIM
SHED HAD BIG MUSCLES
WHEN PEOPLE ATTACK SHED HE NEVER DEFENDED HIMSELF
THIS PLAYER WAS TOO DISTRACTED
HE WAS GOOD / AND THE LEADER OF THE TEAM
BUT, HE LET "LOVE" GET IN THE WAY OF HIS PROGRESS
DAVID LATIN
BOBBY JOE HILL
NEVIL SHED
JAMES JORDAN
COACH HASKINS TAUGHT BOBBY JOE A VERY IMPORTANT LIFE LESSON ABOUT NOT GIVING UP AND ALWAYS MAKING THE MOST OF OPPORTUNITIES
WHO DID COACH MAKE REFERENCE TO
HIS FATHER THE TRUCK DRIVER
HIS MOTHER THE MECHANIC
HIS PRIEST
HIS NEIGHBOR THE COLLEGE PROFESSOR
THERE ARE MANY LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE MINERS EXPERIENCE IN 1966.
WHICH LIFE LESSON DOES NOT APPLY
PEOPLE WILL DISLIKE YOU. GET OVER IT, KEEP GOING
WHEN YOU DON'T LIKE COOKING DINNER, DO IT ANYWAY.
YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON LIKE YOU, ITS BEST THAT WAY. ACCEPT OTHERS FOR WHO THEY ARE
ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS WHEN YOU'RE ON A TEAM, THE COACH WILL GIVE YOU MORE FREEDOM.
NAME THE TEAM THE WESTERN MINERS DEFEATED FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. UNLIKE THE WILDCATS, ALL OF THEIR PLAYERS WERE BLACK.
DUKE
KENTUCKY
TEXAS
KANSAS
MAMA. I'M A NATIONAL CHAMPION!
THIS PLAYER SAID THIS AFTER DEFEATING THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
BOBBY JOE
SHED
FLOURNOY
LATIN
NAME THE HEAD COACH OF KENTUCKY. COACH HASKINS TAUGHT HIM A LESSON ABOUT RECRUITING BLACK PLAYERS.
COACH RUPP
COACH SANDERS
COACH KERR
COACH HASKINS
COACH HASKINS KEPT ASKING DAVID LATIN TO STOP
RUNNING WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS
DUNKING THE BASKETBALL
READING POETRY TO HIS GIRL FRIEND
SINGING IN THE TELEPHONE AT NIGHT AFTER 10PM
