National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
{{Short description|Museum in Kansas City, Missouri}}
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|location = Kansas City, Missouri
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|director = Kevin Henderson
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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.{{cite web|title=about us|url=https://collegebasketballexperience.com/about/?v=3a52f3c22ed6|publisher=National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=11 July 2017}} The museum is an integral portion of the College Basketball Experience created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), located at the T-Mobile 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, 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.{{cite web|url=http://nabc.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111806aaa.html|title=Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame to induct founding class|publisher=NABC|access-date=2006-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117133552/http://nabc.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111806aaa.html|archive-date=2007-11-17|url-status=dead}}
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{{when|date=December 2022}} renamed the Guardians Classic college tournament the CBE Classic to help promote it.
Inductees
Each year several founding class members are honored at the induction ceremony:
- 2007: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 2008: Charles Barkley
- 2009: Larry Bird, Magic Johnson
- 2010: Jerry West, David Thompson
- 2011: Bob Knight, James Worthy
- 2012: Clyde Lovellette, Willis Reed, Earl Monroe
- 2013: Elvin Hayes
- 2023: Mike Krzyzewski
See also
- USBWA Hall of Fame
- National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
- Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor
- Carolina Basketball Museum (University of North Carolina)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.collegebasketballexperience.com/}}
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Category:Basketball museums and halls of fame
Category:College sports halls of fame in the United States
Category:Sports museums in Missouri
Category:College basketball trophies and awards in the United States
Category:National Association of Basketball Coaches
Category:Basketball in Kansas City, Missouri
Category:Awards established in 2006
Category:2006 establishments in Missouri