National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame [SEP] sport
Henry Iba


Mike Krzyzewski was the second. The 1972 Munich Summer Olympic's final resulted in a controversial loss to the Soviet Union, breaking Team USA's 63-game winning streak from when basketball as a sport, was originally introduced at the Summer Olympics, in 1936. He was elected to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Missouri Hall of Fame, the Helms Foundation All-Time Hall of Fame for basketball, National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (in 2006), FIBA Hall of Fame (in
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Harry Gallatin


, Gallatin played in seven NBA All-Star Games. A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, he is also a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the SIU Edwardsville Athletics Hall of Fame, the Truman State University Athletics Hall of Fame, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, two Illinois Basketball Halls of Fame, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Hall of Fame, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame, and the SIU Salukis Hall of
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Bob Knight


and the United States Basketball Writers Association. Knight was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. On November 17, 2006, Knight was recognized for his impact on college basketball as a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The following year, he was the recipient of the Naismith Award for Men's Outstanding Contribution to Basketball. Knight was also inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 2008) and the Indiana Hoosiers athletics Hall of Fame (Class of 2009)
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame


The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to men's college basketball. The museum is an integral portion of the College Basketball Experience created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), located at the Sprint Center. The hall is meant as a complement to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with a focus strictly on those who have contributed greatly to college basketball. On November 17, 2006 the NABC honored around 180 players,
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Russ Potts


and most successful independent sporting events in North America in the past four decades, as well as worked with various collegiate teams, Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. Potts has been inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, NACMA Hall of Fame (National Association of College Marketing Administrators), Shenandoah University Hall of Fame, Potomac State College of West Virginia University Hall of Fame, John Handley High School Hall of Fame and the Phi Delta Theta Hall of Fame. First elected to the Virginia General Assembly in 1991
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Tex Winter


from the after-effects of his 2009 stroke, counting an uncooperative right side and nerve pain in his neck and shoulder. He has two other sons, Russ and Chris. Winter died on October 10, 2018 at the age of 96. Winter is a member of several halls of fame, including the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the John Bunn Award for lifetime achievement from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. In June 2010, he was given the
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Keith Cieplicki


is a member of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, New England Basketball Hall of Fame, Rice Memorial Athletic Hall of Fame and the William & Mary Athletic Hall of Fame. He comes from a prominent basketball family as his father Bernie Sr. won three Vermont state boys basketball championships as a coach, while brother Bernie Jr. played collegiately at both Fairfield and Vermont. His brother Kevin also coached the Rice boys program, while nephew Kyle played collegiately at Vermont and is a current assistant coach with the Catamounts. He currently lives
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Georgia Sports Hall of Fame


The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is located in Macon, Georgia. It is the largest state sports hall of fame in the United States at . The Hall of Fame houses over of exhibit space broken down into sections including Hall of Fame Inductees, High School, collegiate sports, Olympic, Paralympic, Professional Sports, and Great Moments in Georgia Sports History areas. Interactive exhibits in the museum include NASCAR simulators, basketball and football games, and computer programs. The Hall of Fame is owned by the state of Georgia and operated
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Slats Gill


Hall of Fame, the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. He is also honored as the namesake of Gill Coliseum, opened in 1949, venue for basketball, wrestling, and gymnastics at OSU. Born in Salem, Oregon, Gill was the youngest of eight children and his father died when he was a child. His nickname "Slats" was given to him at age 12; he was swimming in a local pond one summer afternoon and upon exiting the pond, a buddy
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Ray Guy


Now the Hall of Fame has a complete team." Guy has been inducted into both the Mississippi and Georgia Sports Halls of Fame, the National High School Sports Hall of Fame, and the College Football Hall of Fame. On April 21, 2008, Guy was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. In 2000, the Greater Augusta Sports Council instituted the Ray Guy Award, to be awarded to the nation's best collegiate punter. Since many collegiate punters nominated for the Ray Guy Award are either former students
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John McLendon


John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly European-American university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport. He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both the college and professional levels during his career. He has been enshrined three times in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Ralph H. Young


the head basketball coach at DePauw during the 1915–16 season and Kalamazoo from 1916 to 1923, tallying a career college basketball mark of 100–45. In addition, he served as Michigan State's first athletic director, from 1923 until 1954. Young served three terms in the Michigan Legislature, representing the East Lansing district. In 1962, he was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. He was elected to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Kalamazoo College Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Tom Jernstedt


Tom Jernstedt is an American basketball administrator, working for the NCAA from 1972 until 2010. He was enshrined into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2010 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. Jernstedt was born and raised in Carlton, Oregon and was a three-sport athlete at Yamhill Carlton High School. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Oregon in 1967 and 1973, respectively. He was a football student-athlete while at Oregon,
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame


game of basketball". Sportswriters and commentators are elected as full-fledged members, in contrast to the Baseball Hall of Fame that places them in separate wings from the "real" Hall of Fame. Controversy has arisen over aspects of the Hall's voting procedures, including voter anonymity. While sportswriter voters of other major sports' Halls of Fame openly debate their choices, the Naismith Hall process is not transparent. The Hall has also been criticized for a tendency to enshrine active collegiate coaches and relatively obscure players while omitting some
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Alonzo Mourning


Crist; former Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson; Basketball Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing; Heat players Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem; and Heat head coach Pat Riley. In May 2009, he was named to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors athletes, coaches and administrators who contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia. In the following April, he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding high school, collegiate, and professional career as well as his commitment to volunteer service in
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Joe Dean


history of the conference, placing seventh according to the Birmingham News. The lists were created in honor of the league's 75th Anniversary. Dean is a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, the NABC Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Hall of Fame and the LSU Hall of Fame. In 1966, Dean began a basketball camp just outside Baton Rouge, La., at Lake Side Oaks. Later, in 1974, he moved the camp to Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit
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John Oldham (basketball)


), Kentucky High School Hall of Fame (1990), Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame (1990) and WKU Athletic Hall of Fame (1991). The 1971 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers NCAA Final-4 basketball team was the first Kentucky collegiate basketball team to start five African-American players. Coach Oldham started Clarence Glover, Jim McDaniels, Jim Rose, Jerry Dunn and Rex Bailey. Oldham was highly pressured not to start all five together, but said "they are my best five players." The concept of WKU's
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National Basketball League (Australia)


Basketball Australia Hall of fame to form the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame as a whole-of-sport/industry Hall of fame. When the NBL Hall of fame was operating, to be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame, candidates must have fulfilled the following criteria: Admissions to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame (ABHF) must now meetthe criteria established for ABHF. When Basketball Australia took over the NBL in 2010, the NBL Hall of Fame merged with the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame. Inductees are listed
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Judy Rose


and Atlantic 10 Conference Committees and is a popular guest speaker. She is currently chair of the Championship and Sport Cabinet for the NCAA and was recently appointed to serve on the NCAA Workgroup for Resource Allocation and her past committee involvement includes: Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion Group; NCAA Diversity Leadership Planning and Division I Men’s Collegiate Basketball Partnership. She is on the Board of the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission and the selection committee for the Greater Charlotte Sports Hall of Fame. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for
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Tal Brody


only its successes in basketball. He is known by the nicknames: "Mr. Basketball", and "The man who put Israel on the Map". In 1996, Brody was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and in March 2011 he was inducted into the U.S. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Israeli Basketball Hall of Fame. He represented Maccabi Tel Aviv as it became the first non-U.S. basketball team to be honored at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame,
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St. Mary's Rattlers


Texas Rugby Union Collegiate Division III team formed in Fall 2010. The school hosted the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship at the Bill Greehey Arena in 2009 and 2012. Buddy Meyer has also been inducted into the Heartland Conference Hall of Fame. Men's sports (5) Women's sports (6) St. Mary's has won four team national championships in men's basketball (1989), baseball (2001), softball (1986 and 2002), and one individual national title in men's golf (2006)
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Lefty Driesell


), twice named the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year at James Madison (1990 and 1992), and once named the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year at Georgia State (2001). Driesell was awarded the NCAA Award of Valor for helping save lives from a July 12, 1973 structure fire. In 1995, Driesell was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. On April 2, 2007, Driesell was inducted as a member of the second class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame


coaches and other notable contributors to college basketball by inducting them into the founding class of the Hall of Fame. Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Dean Smith, John Wooden, and the family of James Naismith, were selected to represent the inaugural class. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts has indicated it will help with the exhibits. The other interactive portions of the College Basketball Experience are called 'The Entry Experience,' 'The Fan Experience,' and 'The Game.' The NABC recently
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Hank Raymonds


skilled technician who coordinated and disciplined the Marquette attack. Raymonds was head basketball coach at Marquette from 1977 to 1983 and compiled a record of 126–50 (.716) in six seasons. His teams reached post-season competition in each of the years that he was head coach. His overall record at the collegiate level is 236–100 in 12 seasons. Raymonds is a member of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame as well as the St. Louis University Sports Hall of Fame as well as Marquette University's M Club Hall of Fame
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Dick Savitt


An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars", author Peter S. Horvitz ranked Savitt the 9th-greatest Jewish athlete of all time. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1976. Savitt was also inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1986. Savitt was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and into the USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame
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Patricia Roberts (basketball)


the Emporia State College Hall of Fame, and the Women In Sports and Education Hall of Fame. A native of Monroe, Georgia, Roberts began her college playing career at North Georgia State College during the 1973–1974 season. She then transferred to Emporia State College in Kansas where she played collegiate basketball from 1974 to 1976. In 1976, Roberts played for the United States women's basketball team that played in the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 1976 games were the first to include an Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women. In the first
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Dean Smith


retirement, Smith was named Sportsman of the Year by the magazine "Sports Illustrated". ESPN named Smith one of the five all-time greatest American coaches of any sport. In 1998, he won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, presented at the annual ESPY Awards hosted by ESPN. On November 17, 2006, Smith was recognized for his impact on college basketball as a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was one of five, along with Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell,
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Jim McCaffrey (basketball)


. He also appeared in Nestlé Crunch ad alongside Larry Bird after graduating from college, playing the role of a custodian. McCaffrey was inducted into the Holy Cross athletic hall of fame in 1992 and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. He was also a member of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015. McCaffrey currently works in the finance in London. His children were all collegiate athletes; son James played football at Boston College, while younger son Mike played at Holy Cross. McCaffrey's daughter Stephanie
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Lute Olson


Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (born September 22, 1934) is an American retired Hall of Fame basketball coach, who has been inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame (2002), the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) and re-inducted in the class of 2019. He was the head coach of the University of Arizona's men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for nine years and California State University, Long Beach for one season.
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Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball


season). Three inductees represent the University of Pittsburgh in the Helms Foundation Basketball Hall of Fame; two of them, Carlson and Hyatt, are also represented in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Both Carlson and Hyatt were selected as the first class inducted to each hall. Thirteen different Pitt players have received All-American honors 14 unique season. Pitt players have been named First Team All-Americans 15 times, Second Team All-Americans seven times, and Third Team All
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Bill Bertka


Lakers and four in other roles with the team. Bertka is a member of several halls of fame, including the Santa Barbara Sports Hall of Fame (1989), the Summit County (OH) Sports Hall of Fame (1989), the Kent State University Sports Hall of Fame (2004) and the Santa Barbara Basketball Court of Champions (2014). In July 2019, he received the prestigious Tex Winter Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association, an honor recognizing Bertka’s extraordinary contributions to the sport throughout
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Abe Saperstein


white National Basketball Association. He also introduced the three-point shot, which went on to become a mainstay of modern basketball. Saperstein was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971 and, at 5 ft. 3 in (1.65 m), is its shortest male member. In 1979, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and 2005 was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Saperstein was born in the East End of London, England, to a Jewish family originally from
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Nolan Richardson


Nolan Richardson Jr. (born December 27, 1941) is a former American basketball head coach best known for his tenure at the University of Arkansas, where he won the 1994 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, Richardson coached teams to winning a Division I Basketball National Championship, an NIT championship, and a Junior College National Championship, making him the only coach to win all three championships. During his 22
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Julian Malonso


played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association Malonso worked as a Spanish educator at Cagayan Valley Atheneum, UST High School and Letran College and Physical Education teacher at Uson Colleges. He served as two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association president and led the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines from 1963 to 1973.In 1997 he was named part of the Letran Sports Hall of Fame. He also served as the first president of the Metropolitan Basketball Association and secretary-general of the Asian Gymnastics Confederation. He was
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James Naismith


Naismith College Coach of the Year, and the Naismith Prep Player of the Year. After the Olympic introduction to men's basketball in 1936, women's basketball became an Olympic event in Montreal during the 1976 Summer Olympics. Naismith was also inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas State Sports Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall
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Michigan State Spartans men's basketball


. Tom was a tireless worker and had a passion for the game. So that combination, in my mind, I knew he was going to be a good coach." In 2001, the National Association of Basketball Coaches awarded him with the Golden Anniversary Award for 50 years of service to college basketball. Also, in 2001, he was inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2009, Heathcote was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. In his first year as head coach after 11 years
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Katasha Artis


Katasha R. Artis (born July 9, 1973) is an American basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association WNBA). She is a member of the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame. Artis was inducted in 2001 for her accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Artis also played in the WNBA, and currently is the head coach at Kingsborough Community College. Artis began her collegiate career at the University of Virginia after being an All-American has a high school star in Brooklyn, NY. During her
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Butler Bulldogs men's basketball


, which it calls "The Butler Way". At its core, The Butler Way calls for complete commitment and exalts teamwork above self. The Bulldogs have appeared in 16 NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 24–16. The Bulldogs have appeared in nine National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–9. The Bulldogs have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational. Their record is 2–1. NBA & ABA players who attended Butler University Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame National Coach of the Year All-
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Don Meyer


below the knee due to injuries from the car crash. During the surgery they found cancer and later operated on it. At the ESPY Awards 2009, Meyer was awarded the Jimmy V (Jim Valvano) Award For Perseverance. In February 2011, Coach Meyer was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame not only for his basketball coaching skills and records but was also recognized as an outstanding collegiate basketball and baseball athlete and administrator. In 2012, Meyer was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. On February 22,
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Dick Savitt


year, following Don Budge (1938) and preceding Jimmy Connors (1974) and Pete Sampras (1994 and 1997). He is enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, the USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Savitt is Jewish, and was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He taught himself tennis at the age of 14, but never took a tennis
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Louisville Cardinals men's basketball


– National Invitation Tournament NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association The Kentucky–Louisville rivalry has been ranked the 2nd best rivalry in college basketball by Bleacher Report and 3rd best rivalry in all of college sports by Basketball Hall of Fame contributor Dick Vitale. Kentucky and Louisville first played against each other in 1913 but stopped playing each other in the 1920s, playing only twelve times between 1913 and 1983. The rivalry was generally dormant with only occasional matchups until the teams met in the 1983 NCAA Tournament. Since then, the two teams have
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Herb Magee


Year twice, and Co-Coach of the Year in the Mideast Collegiate Conference twice. He was also inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He led the Rams to the College Division National Championship in 1970. Coach Magee was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2008), Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (1979), Philadelphia University and West Catholic High School Halls of Fame, and honored by numerous organizations throughout his career. He coached the Olympic Festive team along with John Calipari and was
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Dave Gavitt


It was during his tenure that he developed the concept of the "Dream Team," an Olympic basketball team composed of the NBA's best. Besides these responsibilities, Gavitt was CEO of the Boston Celtics from 1990 to 1994, President of the NCAA Foundation from 1995 to 1997, and Chairman of the Board of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until 2003. He is a member of the Providence College Athletic Hall of Fame (1984), National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame (2000),
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Rick Apodaca


Bergen, New Jersey, where he attended North Bergen High School. Apodaca was the all-time leader in points scored in Hudson County high school basketball history, surpassing a thirty-five plus year record held by current Fox college basketball analyst Bill Raftery, in 1999. He was also inducted into the Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame. Apodaca debuted in the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of Hofstra's basketball team in 1999, and he was an All-America East Rookie selection. He led the team in
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Red Rocha


. At UH, he assembled what is known today as the "Fabulous Five" during the 1970 to 1972 seasons. In 1970, the team advanced to postseason play for the first time in school history. Red also co-founded the Rainbow Classic — an eight-team collegiate men's basketball tournament, with UH hosting the tournament. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, and into the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. Ephraim "Red" Rocha died from cancer on
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Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball


received (such as all-conference, All-American, Academic All-American), character and sportsmanship. The following Kansas State players and coaches are in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (with induction year): The following Kansas State players and coaches are in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (with induction year): Kansas State players and coaches have won the following national awards: Player honors Coaching honors The Big Eight Conference established the Conference Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards in
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Bill Russell


Olympic gold medal. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was selected into the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971 and the NBA 35th Anniversary Team in 1980, and named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, one of only four players to receive all three honors. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame. In Russell's honor the NBA renamed the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophy in 2009:
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Neal Nelson


Neal Nelson is a basketball, tennis, and golf coach, as well as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha. He is most well known for his basketball coaching accomplishments, such as a career at UW-Waukesha with over 500 wins, and 5 Wisconsin Collegiate Conference state titles. In 2012, he was elected into the Wisconsin Coaches Hall of Fame. Nelson played multiple sports at a young age, he went on to play collegiate basketball at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where he earned his B.A.
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List of Florida State University athletes


Athletics program runs Florida State's Hall of Fame, which has inducted many of FSU's greatest players throughout the program's history. As a major competitor in college athletics, Florida State University has many notable alumni including student athletes, coaches and staff members. Many of the most notable members are listed in FSU's Hall of Fame and represent all major collegiate sports. A number of FSU alumni have found success in professional sports, with 123 active alumni competing in sports including basketball, football, baseball and golf. In addition
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Dallas Ward


every game of his collegiate career. Ward held membership in five honorary societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, and was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. The CU athletic administration center, located at the north end of Folsom Field, was named after him. As of 2007, Ward is one of only three multi-sport inductees in the hall of fame at Oregon State, where he was inducted in 1997. He earned eight varsity letters: three for football and twice each for baseball and basketball,
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Syracuse Orange football


Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame and the only one inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, the College Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. He later coached the team from 1930 to 1936. In the1930s, Syracuse University and nearby Cornell University were among the first collegiate football teams to include African-American players as starting backfield players. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was an African-American basketball star player for DeWitt Clinton High School. He received an offer of a basketball scholarship from
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College Basketball Experience


The College Basketball Experience is a fan-interactive facility located downtown in Kansas City, Missouri, which includes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. It cost $24 million to build, was opened in October 2007, and is owned and operated by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation. The Hall of Honor is a separate area, distinct from the rest of the facility. Within the hall are the Honor Theater, Mentor’s Circle and Gallery of Honor which use interactive media, iconic elements, and graphics to exhibit
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Danny Miles


four-year school with 1,000 or more wins are Harry Statham, coach of McKendree University, Mike Krzyzewski, coach of Duke University, and Herb Magee, coach of Philadelphia University. On March 29, 2018 Miles was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Miles was known as a multi-sport athlete competing in baseball, football, and basketball. In 1962, he won the Oregon class 4A state championship in Football and in 1963 he was recognized as the outstanding athlete at Medford High School (Now known
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James Naismith


Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, and Ralph Miller who all coached future coaches as well. Naismith invented the game of basketball and wrote the original 13 rules of this sport, as opposed to the NBA rule book which features 66 pages. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, is named in his honor, and he was an inaugural inductee in 1959. The National Collegiate Athletic Association rewards its best players and coaches annually with the Naismith Awards, among them the Naismith College Player of the Year, the
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Guy Lewis


1983 and 1984. He was inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. After serving in World War II, Lewis enrolled at the University of Houston on the GI Bill. He played on the varsity basketball team until his graduation from the university in 1947. In 1953, he took an assistant coaching position with the Cougars' basketball program and eventually took over as head coach in 1956. As a coach, he was known for championing the once-outlawed
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Caesar Felton Gayles


from 1930 to 1965, tallying a mark of 571–281. Gayles was inducted into the Oklahoma Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974, the NAIA Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1986, and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. After graduating, Gayles took a faculty and coaching position at Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College in Nashville, Tennessee, now called Tennessee State University. As the fourth head coach of the football, he led the squad to a record of 1–2–3 in 1927. Some records list his name as
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Dolph Schayes


he was elected to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team as one of the top 12 retired players. In 1972, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the US National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Jewish American Sports Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. The 76ers retired his jersey on March 12, 2016 while the Syracuse Crunch retired it on
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Em Bryant


of the DePaul University and the Chicagoland Sports Halls of Fame. Em is active in retired basketball players activities and was a key member of the Executive Board of the National Retired Players Association. He also coached two years with Bill Russell as assistant coach for the Seattle SuperSonic which are now the Oklahoma Thunder during 1973 and 1974. ChicagoLand Sports Hall of Fame 2010, DePaul Hall of Fame, and Rucker Professional Basketball Hall of Fame. Bryant was drafted in the 1964 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. After his time in
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Honored Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players


player in his first year at an Pac-12 school, including transfers). The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame has commemorated many of the sport's most outstanding and most innovative personalities. Among them are one former Arizona players and one former Arizona head coaches. Players Coaches To have his number retired, a player must win one of the following six widely recognized player of the year awards: Players: The following 28 McDonald's All-Americans listed below have signed with Arizona. The following Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players have
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John McLendon


fact that he was only 54 when dismissed, this was the last college or professional head coaching job in his career. McLendon's contributions to the game of basketball include the invention of the fast break, full-court press and four corners offense. Like Naismith, McLendon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 as a "contributor". He was, however, selected in 2007 for the second entering class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame for his coaching achievements. He was also inducted
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List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame


The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Basketball Hall of Fame is named after Dr. James Naismith, who invented the sport in 1891; he was inducted into the Hall as a contributor in 1959. The Coach category has existed since the beginning of the Hall of Fame. For a person to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach,
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Michigan Sports Hall of Fame


is its current chairman. The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame also sponsors the Michigan MAC Trophy and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Cup. The Hall of Fame sponsors the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Cup, a trophy given to the winner of the season basketball series between Oakland University and the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball teams. The inaugural trophy, established in 2015, was won by the 2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team. The teams split the season series, but Oakland won the tiebreaker due to having
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Michele Timms


and 1996. She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2008 Timms was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. On 17 August 2016 Timms was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. Timms was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Australia Day Honours "For significant service to basketball as a competitor at the national and international level, as an Olympic athlete, and as a mentor for women in
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Joe Battista


, and Business Development. Battista graduated from Penn State University Smeal College of Business in 1983 with a degree in marketing. He has a total of 30 years coaching experience, with 512 wins and six ACHA national titles. Battista also coached Team USA in the 2003 World University Games. He is a member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Hall of Fame, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Penn State Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Penn Hills Hall of Fame. Battista has also worked in a variety of sports marketing and
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Sidney Hertzberg


playmaking and court savviness. After playing five seasons of professional basketball, Hertzberg served as a scout and broadcasting commentator for the Knicks. He is a member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, the Old-Timers Basketball Hall of Fame, the City College Hall of Fame, and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Hertzberg went on to become a managing director of Bear Stearns, an investment banking and brokerage firm. Hertzberg died of heart failure on July 24, 2005 at his home in Woodmere, New
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San Francisco Dons


and the 1955 and 1956 NCAA championships under Phil Woolpert. The latter two were led by future National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members Bill Russell and K.C. Jones. USF retained its status as a basketball powerhouse into the 1970s and early 80s, holding the distinction of being a "major" program in a "mid-major" conference (the WCC having declined somewhat in stature since the 1960s). It held the number-one spot in the polls on numerous occasions. In 1977
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Jack Gardner (basketball)


teams compiled a 72–14 record. He was often referred to as "The Fox" and he had five All-Americans including Billy "The Hill" McGill. Gardner is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as well as ten other Halls of Fame. He was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000 and is also a member of the Southern Utah Hall of Fame, Utah All-Sports Hall of Fame, State of Utah Basketball Hall of Fame, Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, Kansas State
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Michigan State Spartans men's basketball


Heathcote (National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2009), and Tom Izzo (Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2016). Since 1976, the Spartans have had only two head basketball coaches, Heathcote and Izzo. Heathcote (1976–1995) coached the Spartans for 19 seasons before retiring following the 1994–95 season. His hand-picked successor, Izzo, an assistant with MSU since 1983, completed his 24th year as head coach of the Spartans in 2019. On November 28, 2009, Izzo passed
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2017 Collegiate Basketball Awards


The 2017 Collegiate Basketball Awards was an awarding ceremony organized by the UAAP-NCAA Press Corps, a group of sports journalists who are covering the men's basketball tournaments of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). UAAP Press Corps is currently headed by Reuben Terrado of Sports Interactive Network Philippines, while the NCAA Press Corps is headed by Cedelf P. Tupas of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The awarding will be held at the Montgomery Place Social Hall, E. Rodriguez Avenue,
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Angelo Pizzo


Historical Society named Pizzo an Indiana Living Legend in 2011. In 2013 Pizzo was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He also received the Hall's Silver Medal Award, given in recognition of contributions to Indiana high school basketball by someone other than a high school player or coach. The following year he was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. The Indiana Film Journalists Association gave Pizzo its Hoosier Award in 2015. In 2016 Pizzo was inducted into the Monroe County (Indiana) Sports Hall of Fame
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Bernard Hickman


, who would lead the program to two NCAA titles and six final fours en route to the College Basketball hall of fame. In 24 years, Hickman compiled a record of 443-183 (.708). Hickman graduated 82 percent of his players, and was the first basketball coach in Kentucky to break the color barrier in 1962, by recruiting Eddie Whitehead, and Wade Houston. Hickman was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in 1967 and to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall in 1981.
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Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association


and the spring. The conference or district championships allow schools to qualify for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships. The ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame was established in 1969. The Hall of Fame is located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. There are several awards that are bestowed upon collegiate sailors at the end of every full racing season: ICSA seeks to promote the sport of sailing throughout North America and encourage participation in the sport among young people. Although both varsity and
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Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball


twice in the NCAA Tournament. Their record is 0–2. The Panthers have appeared in one NAIA Tournament in which they were National Champions with a 5–0 record in 1962. The Prairie View A&M Panthers have won the SWAC Tournament in 1998 and 2019. The team has made several championship game appearances. Prairie View A&M has a professional basketball hall of famer in their ranks. Former Panther center Zelmo Beaty. Beaty, was selected to be inducted into the 2014 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class and the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
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Janet Harris


Janet Harris is a former women's basketball player for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). She is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame for the class of 2015. Harris helped lead her Marshall high school team from Chicago to a 31-2 record during her senior year. She was inducted into the Illinois High School Basketball Hall of Fame. Harris played four years at University of Georgia. The team advanced to the Final Four two of those years. During her final season, the Georgia Lady
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Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame


The Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of basketball in Finland. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from the Finnish Basketball Federation, the Finnish Basketball Foundation, The Sports Museum of Finland, among others. The first members were inducted in 2009. In both August 2015, and 2016, four new people were inducted. In 2017, there were six new inductees, in 2018
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Val Ackerman


. Ackerman has also been inducted into the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame; received the National Women of Distinction Award from Girl Scouts of the USA; and was granted a Women And Sport Achievement Diploma by the International Olympic Committee. In November 2012, Ackerman was hired by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to study the women's game and come up with recommendations for improvement. She conveyed preliminary conclusions in a presentation at a Women's Basketball Coaches Association convention, and followed up with a formal written report in
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Paula Buscher


) under the legendary coach Lorene Ramsey, a member of both the National Softball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. At ICC, Buscher's teams finished fifth and third in the NJCAA national tournament, and won the 1982 NJCAA softball national championship. She was inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 1987 as a member of that championship softball team; she was additionally inducted as an individual in 2015. Buscher then attended Missouri State University, once more playing both basketball and softball for the
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame


The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as the sport's most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball. Dedicated to Canadian-American physician and inventor of the sport James Naismith, it was opened and inducted its first class in 1959. As of the induction of the Class of 2018, the Hall has formally inducted 389 individuals. The Naismith Hall of Fame was established
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Glenn Wilkes


Glenn Wilkes (born November 28, 1928) is a former collegiate basketball coach who was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He attended Mercer College. He is known as the Godfather of Florida basketball. He had over 550 wins along with 27 winning seasons. He coached from 1957 to 1993. He was the coach of the Stetson Hatters and helped in their transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I. He wrote a book called "Basketball". His son, Glenn Wilkes Jr. is a basketball coach at
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Michigan State Spartans men's basketball


earn a trip to the school's 10th Final Four and eighth under Izzo. The win over Duke improved Izzo's record to 2–11 against Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. In the Final Four, the Spartans were upset by Texas Tech, ending the school's bid for a third national championship. Winston led the Spartans, averaging 18.8 points and 7.5 assists per game. Three Michigan State coaches have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. They are Pete Newell (National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2006), Jud
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Jerry Norman (basketball)


-game of the NCAA tournament—a 93–79 blowout loss to Arizona State. Norman instead proposed a 2–2–1 full-court zone press, which quickened the pace of the game and was influential in the first two national titles won by the Bruins, who were undersized. Norman was also UCLA's top recruiter, which complemented Wooden's aversion to recruiting. He recruited 15 players who were later inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame, including two players enshrined in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame: Lew Alcindor (now
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Clarke Scholes


diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. While under the direction of coach Charles McCaffree, Clarke was transformed into a five-time All-American and three-time NCAA champion in the 100-yard freestyle. Scholes was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980. He was part of the inaugural class of thirty inductees into the Michigan State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and he was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2008, which honors professional and amateur athletes who have
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Julius Goldman


"Official of the Year" (DCSA) 1973 - Named top student-athlete of the century (1872–1972) at W.D. Lowe Secondary School 1977 - Inducted to International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1978 - Inducted to Detroit Catholic High School League Hall of Fame 1981 - Inducted to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame 1981 - Inducted to Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame 1990 - Inducted to the Windsor-Essex County Sports Hall of Fame 1991 - Inducted to Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2017 - Inducted to Lawrence Tech (formerly Detroit Tech
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Maine Sports Hall of Fame


The Maine Sports Hall of Fame is sports hall of fame in the U.S. state of Maine. According to the hall, it was founded in 1972 to serve two main purposes: To be eligible for induction into the hall, nominees must: The 2017 class of inductees included Bob Bahre, former owner of New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Oxford Plains Speedway; Angela Bancroft, an Ironman Triathlon competitor and coach; Brett Brown, National Basketball Association head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers; Dan Burke, founder of the Portland Sea Dogs of
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Vito Frijia


Ontario and played for their men's basketball team from 1979–1981 under legendary head coach Glenn Johnston. He became their captain and led them to two consecutive Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) provincial and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) national titles. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1981 national championship after scoring 21 points and was later named the school's Athlete of the Year and to the OCAA All-Millennium team. Frijia's team was inducted into the London Sports Hall of Fame in 2013, after he was
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National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum


The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports. Its objective is to foster Jewish identity through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports. The Hall has inductees in the sports of American football, auto-racing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, bowling, boxing, Canadian football, canoeing, cycling, discus, dressage, fencing, figure skating, golf,
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Nancy Lieberman


into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Lieberman is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame the St. Louis Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 2014), and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Lieberman was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jerome and Renee Lieberman. She was Jewish (and described herself as "just a poor, skinny, redheaded Jewish girl from Queens"). Her family lived in Brooklyn when she was born, but soon moved
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John Grinold


Fame, and in 1999 received their Community Service Award. In 2003 he was elected to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. Grinold has been the chairman of the New England Collegiate Writers Association for the past 38 years. He also is the former president of the Eastern Massachusetts chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame and now serves as its executive director. He received their Contribution to Amateur Football Award in 1994 and in 1996 was given a Chapter Leadership Award by the National Foundation. In 2008, the Board
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Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball


. After beginning conference play 0-8, they ended the season with a record of 14-18. §–Conference Co-champions Source for all statistical leaders The following 6 Fighting Illini have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame: Source The following 4 Fighting Illini have been inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame: 5 Illini were recognized as consensus first team All-Americans. The following 3 Jordan Brand Classic participants have played for Illinois: The following 3 Fighting Illini have played in the Nike Hoop
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Isiah Thomas


Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961) is an American former basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, the 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Thomas has also been a professional and collegiate head coach, a basketball executive, and a broadcaster. Thomas played collegiately for the Indiana Hoosiers, leading them to the 1981 NCAA championship as
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Althea Gibson


-Athlete Hall of Fame, and the National Women's Hall of Fame. She received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1988. In 1991 Gibson became the first woman to receive the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor from the National Collegiate Athletic Association; she was cited for "symbolizing the best qualities of competitive excellence and good sportsmanship, and for her significant contributions to expanding opportunities for women and minorities through sports." "Sports Illustrated for Women" named her to its list of the
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Gary Williams


in his coaching career. On March 25, 2014, Williams was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. In April of the same year, he was also voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, making him the first coach in history to be inducted into both institutions in the same year. Williams grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia. He was married to Diane McMillen from 1968 to 1990. Williams has a daughter and three grandchildren. He remarried in April 2011.
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John Wooden


of the Year" award with Billie Jean King. In 1960, he was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame for his achievements as a player and as a coach in 1973, becoming the first to be honored as both a player and a coach. After his coaching career ended, UCLA continued to honor Wooden with the title of Head Men's Basketball Coach Emeritus. On November 17, 2006, Wooden was recognized for his impact on college basketball as a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of
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Howard Hobson


He served four years as a member and treasurer of the National Basketball Rules Committee and conducted basketball clinics in the U.S. and in 15 foreign countries. On October 13, 1965, Howard Hobson was enshrined as a coach in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, having also been inducted into the Portland High School, Helms Foundation, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, and Portland Metro Hall of Fame. In 1988, he attended the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of the NCAA Tournament. Hobson died on June 9, 1991
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Australian Basketball Hall of Fame


The Australian Basketball Hall of Fame was instituted by the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1998 as the "NBL Hall of Fame" as part of their 20th birthday celebrations. The NBL initiated the Hall of Fame to recognise the outstanding players, coaches, referees and contributors to the league. In 2010, the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame and National Basketball League Hall of Fame were united under the ‘Australian Basketball Hall of Fame’ to acknowledge the restructure of the NBL and Basketball Australia into a single, united governing body
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Margaret Wade (basketball)


also coached a future Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Lusia Harris-Stewart. Cleveland High School's Margaret Wade Gymnasium, on the campus of Margaret Green Junior High School, was named in her honor in 1977. The top women's collegiate player is now awarded the Wade Trophy named after her. She was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985 and in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. A Mississippi Historical Marker honoring Margaret Wade was unveiled on the front lawn of Cleveland High School on October 11,
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Point Pleasant High School (West Virginia)


most remembered at Point Pleasant for the 1925/26 basketball team that finished as the runner-up in the state and was nationally acclaimed. He moved on to Beckley High School after his brief stint at Point Pleasant. While he was at Beckley, he won 222 football games along with 3 state championships, 674 basketball games and six state championships. He is a member of the National High School Sports Hall of Fame and the West Virginia High School Sports Hall of Fame. Paul "Denny" Wedge Jr.- Wedge excelled in three sports
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Jack Laub


Jack Laub (born May 9, 1926) is a first-generation American retired professional basketball player and pharmaceutical executive best known as the only NCAA player to ever play six varsity years. He is a recipient of the French Legion of Honor for his military service in World War II, and an inductee to the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the City College of New York Basketball Hall of Fame, the University of Cincinnati's James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame and the Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame. He was
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Auburn Tigers men's basketball


20th head men's basketball coach on March 18, 2014. He led Auburn to its third SEC regular season championship in the 2017–18 season and its second SEC Tournament championship in 2019, en route to leading Auburn to its first ever Final Four in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Pearl's current record at Auburn is 100–72 (). National Coach of the Year SEC Coach of the Year Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame SEC Player of the Year SEC Tournament MVP SEC Rookie of the Year Alabama Sports Hall
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Jim Valvano


Anthony LaPaglia as Valvano. The movie was filmed in various locations including Wilmington, North Carolina, and on the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. In 1993, Valvano was inducted into the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1999, Valvano was inducted into both the Hall of Distinguished Alumni at Rutgers University and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2004, Valvano was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. In 2012, he was named to the first class of the NC State
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