When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Coached by the legendary Adolph Rupp UK lost to Texas Western (today's UTEP) a game that was reenacted in the movie Glory Road. C. On February 27 2007 the Miami Heat were honored for their 2005–2006 NBA Championship at the White House.

This made him the first (and so far only) NBA figure to win an NBA championship as a player coach (both assistant and head) and executive. Patrick James "Pat" Riley (born March 20 1945) is an American professional basketball executive and a former coach and player in the NBA. He received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award from the NBA Coaches Association on June 20 2012.