TGIF POU! Who was the first black coach to lead a Division I school to the NCAA Championship? John Thompson Jr. 1984, thirty years ago, the men’s basketball team at Georgetown University owned March Madness. Under coach John Thompson Jr., a Washington native who’d played for the Boston Celtics, the Hoyas won their first and only NCAA title. The 1984 win, against … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans and College Basketball History