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BCGroup
04-06-2008, 08:38 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3332464

Dick Vitale, in his 29th season as an ESPN college basketball analyst, was selected for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2008 as a contributor to the sport. The announcement was made Sunday in San Antonio, site of the NCAA Final Four, by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation.

TJ99
04-07-2008, 12:26 PM
Headed to the Hall of Fame

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3333692&n8pe6c=2 (http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3333692&n8pe6c=2)

freshmanjs
04-07-2008, 12:34 PM
Well deserved...he has done a lot for the college game and for Duke / the ACC. I really appreciate that he is always positive and has fun.

Duvall
04-07-2008, 12:36 PM
Just to be clear, it appears that Vitale has been named to both the National Collegiate Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3333653).

sagegrouse
04-07-2008, 01:17 PM
Just to be clear, it appears that Vitale has been named to both the National Collegiate Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3333653).

Whereas Billy Packer has been named only to the former (as of yet).

The story from the Ft. Worth paper referred to Vitale and Packer as the "yin and yang" of college basketball. Uh, not really. More like the contrasting theater masks for "comedy and tragedy."

See, for example, this priceless pair:

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/0005b/0005bf8c.jpg

sagegrouse

Duvall
04-07-2008, 01:27 PM
Whereas Billy Packer has been named only to the former (as of yet).


Huh, you're right. Packer must really love that.

CameronBornAndBred
04-07-2008, 03:36 PM
It's a well deserved honor. He has done as much as humanly possible to promote a game without being a star on the court.

msdukie
04-07-2008, 07:27 PM
Unforunately, Vic Bubas was nominated for the second time to the Naismith as a contributor, but did not get in. Hopefully, he will be nominated again and enshrined soon.

blazindw
04-07-2008, 09:58 PM
Inducted baby! With a capital "I"! Dickie V is a flat-out H-O-Fer! Congrats baby!

soccerstud2210
04-08-2008, 09:47 AM
congrats dickie v... you deserve it... the longest unbeaten streak