The team lost to Crispus Attucks High School and their future NBA star Oscar Robertson.

[2] He became a three-time Associated Press Little College All-American, helping the Tigers to a 36-game winning streak and three consecutive NAIA national championship titles.

In 2007, he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, along with his coach John McLendon.

In 1961, he signed with the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League (ABL), which were owned by George Steinbrenner (the future owner of the New York Yankees) and coached by John McLendon.

On December 21, 1961, the Nationals won a court order barring him from playing that season in the rival American Basketball League.

[6] On September 7, 1962, the Syracuse Nationals sold his player rights to the Los Angeles Lakers, for $35,000, which at the time was the highest player-for-money transaction in league history.

He helped the team win the Western Division title after West missed 27 games with a leg injury.

Famous Laker announcer Chick Hearn nicknamed him "Fall Back Baby".

On October 14, 1965, he was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Bob Boozer and cash considerations.

The documentary chronicles the Tennessee A&I Tigers teams that won three NAIA basketball championships between 1957 and 1959.