Kean University

The 1965-66 Newark State Teacher's College men's basketball team became the first program in school history to capture a conference championship in any sport. The team won eight of its final 11 games to finish the season 14-11 overall and win the Jersey State Athletic Conference title with a 77-62 victory over Trenton State College.

Under head coach William Sullivan, the team had two players score over 1,000 career points and eclipse 1,000 career rebounds, including Tom Ziolkowski who remains second on the all-time scoring and all-time rebounding list with 1,545 career points and 1,009 career rebounds.

John McVey also concluded his career as only the second player to have both 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

Jim Chilakos, Darryl Diggs and Robert Palma also played vital roles on the school's first championship team.