Duke’s Dawkins, Coach K make NCAA hoops hall
May 16, 2023, 06:52 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Retired Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski and Johnny Dawkins, among his best players, are amongst the latest members of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.The other
3 conscripts announced on social networks Tuesday were previous North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough, longtime Division II coach Herb Magee and late high school scout Tom Konchalski.Editor’s Picks
1 Associated The group will be preserved Aug. 30 in Chicago. Krzyzewski and Magee are also members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.Krzyzewski retired after the 2021-22 season with a record 1,202 success and five championship games. He coached 47 seasons, the very first 5 at Army.Dawkins was one of Coach K’s very first star players,
balancing 19 points over 4 seasons before getting drafted in the first round by the San Antonio Spurs in 1986. He was the school’s career scoring leader for twenty years prior to JJ Redick surpassed him in 2006. Dawkins was a sophomore when heaven Devils started a stretch of 35 NCAA competition appearances in 36 seasons. They reached the title game his senior year, losing to Louisville 72-69. Hansbrough played with the Tar Heels from 2006 through 2009 and assisted North Carolina to the 2009 national title. He balanced 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds over his four seasons.Magee had a record of 1,144-450 in 54 seasons at a school known as Philadelphia Textile for the majority of his tenure, which began in 1968. Konchalski, who died in 2021, spent his career enjoying high school players and put out a newsletter called” High School Basketball Illustrated “that was widely checked out by college coaches.