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The man credited with breaking professional basketball's color barrier has died. The University of Utah announced on Thursday that Wataru "Wat" Misaka died at 95 years old in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Misaka played for Utah on their 1944 NCAA championship team and 1947 NIT championship team that defeated Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats before being selected by the New York Knicks with the 61st pick of the Basketball Association of America draft.
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