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Seattle learned that the University of it has a long and rich history of track and field athletics in the NCAA First Division. Lead the University of it to become the only team in history to defeat the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters. In 1952, Johnny O'Brien was the first college student to score 1,000 points a season. In 1958, Elkin Baylor, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame, led a men's basketball team to the semifinals, defeating Kansas State University, which was then ranked first. In the national championship battle, Baylor was limited by a broken rib, and the University team failed to advance to the University of Kentucky team led by Adolf Rupp. Seattle Knowing that during this decade, the University of it was a leader in racial integration and diversity, often referred to as the "College Basketball United Nations"