I am a college basketball fan today because of CM Newton. His Alabama teams in the 70's got me interested in the sport and I have been a fan ever since. He had some great teams. It was a different time with different rules. Only one team per conference made the NCAA Tournament. Kentucky was the team to beat with Rupp still being the coach. Alabama was the only SEC team to challenge UK. Newton's teams won three straight conference championships. He had very good players like Wendell Hudson, Leon Douglas, TR Dunn and Eddie Murray to name a few. That was the glory days of Alabama basketball. Wimp Sanderson was an assistant on his staff. He was also a true southern gentleman. RIP Coach Newton you will be missed.
Former Alabama basketball coach C.M. Newton passed away Monday, several news outlets reported in the evening.
Newton, who was 88, coached 12 seasons at Alabama from 1968-1980. He compiled a 211-123 record with two NCAA tournament trips and three regular-season SEC titles. Newton went on to coach at Vanderbilt from 1981-89 before spending 11 years as Kentucky's athletics director.
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