Shane Battier named to College Basketball HOF

[jimsumner]

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200

[MChambers]

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200

Very deserving!

[Natty_B]

That block in the game at UNC that year is one of my favorite Duke plays. Backwards tip-in in the championship game another all-timer.

[accfanfrom1970]

All time favorite. I read the goduke article - how is Bobby Hurley not in the HOF ?

[kako]

Who's the man? Battier!!!

Well deserved.

One note - Todd Lichti is in but Art Heyman is not? Exhibit A for recency bias.

9F

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Battier... Met someone recently who went to high school with Battier and said all the stories of his intelligence, wit, and eccentricities are totally true.

He was as much one-of-a-kind as Zion, just a different one of a different kind. We will never see his like again.

One of my favorite three players ever.

[wsb3]

I am a very casual professional sports fan..rarely watching until the playoffs & never really all that invested in who wins. But the first year the Heat won after Shane had joined the team..That was the most I wanted to see a professional team win in recent years. It had nothing to do with the Big 3 & everything with wanting to see a class act like Shane get a ring.

What a great player and leader. I love that 01 team.

[Indoor66]

How many guys have won both the NCAA Championship and the NBA Championship? It can't be a real long list, but I am too lazy to look it up.

[pfrduke]

How many guys have won both the NCAA Championship and the NBA Championship? It can't be a real long list, but I am too lazy to look it up.

Our own Quinn Cook did it last year!

If memory serves, Shane was the first of Coach K's players to be on an NBA championship team.

[jv001]

I don't know how the Crazies came up with that cheer but it sure was popular. Shane was one of my favorites and I loved his defense just as much as his offense, He's certainly deserving of the honor. Probably should have been sooner. GoDuke!

[Ian]

Still my favorite all time player. Hard to imagine someone can surpass Laettner for me but somehow he did it.

[arnie]

Our own Quinn Cook did it last year!

If memory serves, Shane was the first of Coach K's players to be on an NBA championship team.

No, Danny Ferry got one with the Spurs.

[accfanfrom1970]

How many guys have won both the NCAA Championship and the NBA Championship? It can't be a real long list, but I am too lazy to look it up.

More than 30 I think. Most notably Magic, Michael, Bill Russel, Kareem, Walton, Cousy...several from UCLA and the Celtics. Of course Shane and Quinn.

[NSDukeFan]

Battier... Met someone recently who went to high school with Battier and said all the stories of his intelligence, wit, and eccentricities are totally true.

He was as much one-of-a-kind as Zion, just a different one of a different kind. We will never see his like again.

One of my favorite three players ever.

One of my three favorite players as well. Great news and well deserved.

[-jk]

Quite deserving! (About time? When was he eligible?)

-jk

[brevity]

How many guys have won both the NCAA Championship and the NBA Championship? It can't be a real long list, but I am too lazy to look it up.

Sporcle Quiz: Can you name the players who have won both an NCAA title and an NBA Title?

You can play as a guest. There are 44 names listed, in no particular order. The quiz has not yet been updated to include Quinn Cook, but it covers a lot of history. (For example, you might take a glance at the NCAA column and say, "Utah? They made the championship game in 1998, but they lost to Kentucky." Yeah, they're talking about the title Utah DID win... in 1944.)

When you run out of names -- and you will, because this is hard -- click "Give up" under the timer to reveal all the answers.

[jimsumner]

Ever heard of Tom Thacker?

He has a record that will never be equaled.

Only player to win an NCAA (Cincinnati) title, an NBA title and an ABA title. Unless the ABA makes a recovery, that one is going to stand.

[-jk]

Ever heard of Tom Thacker?

He has a record that will never be equaled.

Only player to win an NCAA (Cincinnati) title, an NBA title and an ABA title. Unless the ABA makes a recovery, that one is going to stand.

Jim’s brother? Cousin? Uncle?

-jk

[wsb3]

Ever heard of Tom Thacker?

He has a record that will never be equaled.

Only player to win an NCAA (Cincinnati) title, an NBA title and an ABA title. Unless the ABA makes a recovery, that one is going to stand.

Very good Jim. I would have failed that trivia question. Made me think of what other players won NBA & ABA championships. Dr. J came to mind first, Rick Barry, Bill Melchionni (I confess I had to look that one up) & as you stated Tom Thacker

[sagegrouse]

AP story on Battier's induction, which is featured on DBR Front Page, concentrates on Battier. It was announced last April. I saw little on the other players inductees --

Calbert Cheaney also was inducted with Larry Johnson, Terry Dischinger, Ernie DiGregorio and Todd Lichti.

And coaches Rick Majerus, Lute Olson and Homer Drew. Majerus cut Battier for Goodwill Games USA team, providing motivation for Battier.