National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | |
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Established | 2006 |
Location | Kansas City, Missouri |
Website | http://collegebasketballexperience.com/halloffame.aspx |
The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to college basketball. The museum is an integral portion of the College Basketball Experience created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), located at the Sprint 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 Dr. James Naismith, were selected to represent the inaugural class.[1]
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 renamed the Guardians Classic college tournament the CBE Classic to help promote it.
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Each year several founding class members are honored at the induction ceremony:
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was honored in 2007
• Charles Barkley was honored in 2008
• Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were honored in 2009
• Jerry West and David Thompson were honored in 2010
• Bob Knight and James Worthy were honored in 2011