MINNEAPOLIS - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 consis...
MINNEAPOLIS - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 consists of Bill Fitch, Sidney Moncrief, Jack Sikma, Paul Westphal, Teresa Weatherspoon and Bobby Jones, among others who will be enshrined as part of weekend ceremonies Sept. 5-7 in Springfield, Mass.
The Tennessee A&I teams of 1957-59, Al Attles, Charles “Chuck” Cooper, Vlade Divac, Carl Braun and the Wayland Baptist University teams of 1948-82 were also announced as the Class of 2019 on Saturday hours before the Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium. “My dad made me play,” Jones said. “I was very uncoordinated, had big feet. ... I concentrated on that, had good coaches. The love of the game developed in high school.”
“We created something special there,” Divac said. “For six years we were the most exciting team in basketball. Those six years were my most enjoyable as a basketball player.”Tennessee A&I was the first college team to win back-to-back national championships.Moncrief said he was surrounded by players who knew had to win basketball games.
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