BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 Kobe Bryant\u2019s resume has yet another entry to prove his greatness. He\u2019s now officially a Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n
Bryant and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday as this year\u2019s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They all got into the Hall in their first year of eligibility, as did WNBA great Tamika Catchings.<\/p>\n
Two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich (tahm-JAHN’-oh-vich), longtime Baylor women\u2019s coach Kim Mulkey, 1,000-game winner Barbara Stevens of Bentley and three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton were also selected.<\/p>\n
All eight finalists who were announced in February were chosen to get in by the panel of 24 voters.<\/p>\n
Former FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann is also headed to the Hall. He was selected as a direct-elect by the international committee.<\/p>\n
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Dayton’s Toppin wins Naismith Trophy<\/p>\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Dayton forward Obi Toppin (OH\u2019-bee TAH\u2019-pihn) has been awarded the Naismith Trophy as college basketball’s most outstanding player. Toppin was named the Naismith Trophy winner on Friday, adding to an award collection that includes national player of the year by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Toppin had a breakout sophomore season for the third-ranked Flyers, averaging 20 points and 7.5 rebounds per game while shooting 63%. The 6-foot-9 sophomore is Dayton’s first consensus All-American and he led the Flyers to a school-record 29 wins. The Flyers finished No. 3 in the final AP Top 25 after the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, matching the highest ranking in school history, back in 1956.<\/p>\n
Dayton’s Anthony Grant also swept Naismith and AP honors as the national coach of the year after the Flyers won their third Atlantic 10 championship in five years.<\/p>\n
Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu won the women’s award.<\/p>\n
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