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Hall of Fame coach and administrator C.M. Newton dies at 88

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Officials at Alabama and Kentucky say that Hall of Fame former administrator and basketball coach C.M. Newton has died. He was 88.

The schools announced his death Monday night.

Newton was a member of Kentucky's 1951 NCAA championship squad during a basketball career spanning more than 50 years as a player, coach and administrator.

Newton also influenced selection of the original U.S. Olympic ''Dream Team'' in 1992.

Newton was 509-375 as a coach at Transylvania College, Alabama and Vanderbilt and worked on several NCAA Division I basketball committees.

Inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2000, Newton was also a member of several halls of fame.

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