Remembering David "Big Daddy D" Lattin

Chances are the Arizona Wildcats will return to the NCAA Basketball Tournament again this year, and if they can reel off a few wins, there's a chance they may meet up with the Oklahoma Sooners, currently ranked No. 1.

There's a player on the Sooners named Khadeem Lattin, a 6-9 sophomore and the grandson of (now, brace yourself) David "Big Daddy D" Lattin.

Yes the same Big Daddy Lattin, who played for Texas Western in 1966 when the Miners beat Kentucky for the National Collegiate Basketball Championship.

Most of us sports fans have seen the movie Glory Road, the 2006 film about the head coach of Texas Western College, Don Haskins,  who coached an all-back starting five, a first in NCAA history, and led them to the NCAA title and a victory over the legendary Adolph Rupp and the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats.

Note: Arizona lost in El Paso on Feb. 10, 1966 by a score of 81-72 in overtime to the Miners. Lattin recorded a double-double that night with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Ted Pickett scored 19 points to lead the Arizona Wildcats, while Bob Spahn and Bob Hansen each scored 17 points. Bruce Larson was the head coach of the Wildcats.