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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 14, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor WBB’s Mulkey Among Eight Finalists for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">20<sup>th</sup>-year head coach a finalist for second time in coach category</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Robarts, 254-405-9492,
</span><a href="mailto:Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mulkey head shot:
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/6f2z7r94q1zql4q/BAYLOR_WOMENS_MULKEY_KIM_HEADCOACH.jpg?dl=0">
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6f2z7r94q1zql4q/BAYLOR_WOMENS_MULKEY_KIM_HEADCOACH.jpg?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey was announced along with seven other basketball legends as finalists for the 2020 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mulkey was announced first at a press conference televised on NBA TV and was joined by Rudy Tomjanovich, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tamika Catchings, Barbara Stevens
and Eddie Sutton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Announcement will take place Saturday April 4 at 10 a.m. on ESPN from the NCAA Men’s Final Four in Atlanta. A finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the
Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Class of 2020 will be enshrined during festivities in Springfield, Mass., the Birthplace of Basketball, Aug. 28-30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mulkey still remains as the only person to win an NCAA national championship as a player, assistant coach and head coach. She’s taken her Baylor Lady Bears to three NCAA championships
(2005, 2012, 2019), four Final Fours, and she’s won a combined 20 regular season and Big 12 tournament championships.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mulkey was also nominated as a player, and as a coach, this marks the second time she has been named a finalist while also being a finalist in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">She’s earned seven National Coach of the Year Awards and seven Big 12 Coach of the Year honors in her time at Baylor. Since the 2010-11 season, Mulkey has led Baylor to the second-best
winning percentage in NCAA women’s basketball, trailing only UConn. The Lady Bears are 334-24 in that span for a .933 winning percentage while UConn is at .946. The separation after Baylor and Huskies is 55 percentage points lower with Notre Dame at .877.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mulkey ranks third all-time in winning percentage at .856 and second among active coaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">She enters Saturday’s game with Oklahoma State at 598-100 in her 20 seasons at the helm at Baylor. If she can achieve her 600<sup>th</sup> win in the next five games, she’ll be the
fastest NCAA Division I coach, man or woman, to reach the milestone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">North American Committee Finalists:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">KOBE BRYANT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<b>[Player]</b> – Recognized posthumously, Bryant was an 18-time NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">16) and 11-time All-NBA First Team selection (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006-13). As an All-Star, he earned the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Game’s MVP trophy four times (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011). He was also a five-time NBA Champion with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010), the 2008 NBA MVP and Finals MVP twice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(2009, 2010). He famously scored the second-most points in a single game in NBA history (81), led the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NBA in total points for four seasons (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008) and ranks fourth on the NBA’s career<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">points list (33,643). Often celebrated for his offensive prowess, Bryant was also a nine-time NBA All-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Defensive First Team member (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006-11). With USA Basketball, Bryant earned an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Olympic gold medal in 2008 and 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TIM DUNCAN [Player]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> - Duncan is a 15-time NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-11,
2013, 2015) and an eight time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">member of the NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999-2003, 2005, 2007, 2008). He is also a five-time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), having earned Finals MVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">three times (1999, 2003, 2005). In 2002 and 2003, he was named NBA MVP and in 1998 he won Rookie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">of the Year. Duncan is the only player in NBA history with 1,000 or more wins with one team, which he<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">amassed in his 19 years with the Spurs. He is ranked in the top 10 for NBA all-time rebounds and blocks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">leaders. As a college athlete at Wake Forest, Duncan earned ACC Player of the Year and was a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">unanimous First Team All-American in 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he also collected the Wooden, Naismith,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rupp, and Oscar Robertson Awards, while being named AP College Player of the Year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">KEVIN GARNETT [Player]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Garnett is a 15-time NBA All-Star (1997-1998,
2000-11, 2013) and 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics widely regarded for his passion and intensity on the court. A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection (2000-05, 2008-09, 2011), he led the league in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">rebounds for four consecutive seasons (2004-2007) and was named Defensive Player of the Year in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008. While playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2004, Garnett led the league in total points, field<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">goals made and total rebounds while earning NBA MVP. He is ranked ninth in NBA’s all-time leaders for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">rebounds. With USA Basketball, Garnett earned an Olympic gold medal in 2000. Garnett played 21 NBA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">seasons and is currently ranked fourth in all-time minutes played (50,418).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EDDIE SUTTON [Coach]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Sutton is a four-time National Coach of the Year
(1977, 1978, 1986, 1995),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eight-time Conference Coach of the Year (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1998, 2004) and the first<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">coach in NCAA history to lead four different schools in the NCAA Tournament. Sutton ranks in the top<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ten among Division I coaches in all-time victories and has recorded only one losing season in 37 years of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">coaching. He coached Oklahoma State University from 1991-2006 and tied the conference record for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">wins by a first-year coach with 24. Collectively, Sutton guided his teams to three Final Fours, six Elite<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eights and 12 Sweet Sixteen appearances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RUDY TOMJANOVICH [Coach]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Tomjanovich spent 34 consecutive seasons with
the Houston Rockets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">organization as a player (1970-1982), assistant coach (1983-1992) and head coach (1992-2003). He<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">was named The Sporting News NBA Coach of the Year in 1993. He is the only person in NBA history to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">score 10,000 career points as a player and win 500 career games with two championships as a coach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tomjanovich led the Rockets to NBA Championships in 1994 and 1995 and is one of three coaches to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">win an NBA championship and an Olympic gold medal. He led USA Basketball to a gold medal in the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women’s Committee Finalists:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TAMIKA CATCHINGS [Player]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Catchings is a 10-time WNBA All-Star (2002,
2003, 2005-2007, 2009,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2011, 2013-2015) and four-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). After winning WNBA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MVP in 2011, she led the Indiana Fever to a WNBA Championship in 2012 while collecting WNBA Finals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MVP honors. She played her entire 14-year WNBA career with the Fever, while being named WNBA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Defensive Player of the Year five times (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012) and Rookie of the Year in 2002.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the WNBA all-time steals leader, Catchings was named a member of the WNBA Top 20 Players in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the league’s 20-year history in 2016. With Pat Summitt’s Lady Vols, Catchings won a national<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">championship in 1998 and was named a four-time Kodak First Team All-American (1998, 1999, 2000,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2001), as well as the consensus National Player of the Year in 2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">KIM MULKEY [Coach]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Mulkey has led the Baylor Bears to three NCAA National
Championships (2005,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012, 2019) and ranks third all-time among head coaches in win percentage. In 2012, Mulkey was<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">named the Consensus National College Coach of the Year earning the Naismith Coach of the Year,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year, WBCA National Coach of the Year and USBWA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Coach of the Year. As the head coach of Baylor since 2000, she has guided her team to 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NCAA Tournament appearances including 13 Sweet Sixteens, eight Elite Eights and four Final Four<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">appearances. Her Baylor squad has also won 10 Big 12 regular season championships (2005, 2011-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019) and 10 Big 12 Tournament championships (2005, 2009, 2011-2016, 2018), earning her Big 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Coach of the Year honors seven times (2005, 2011- 2013, 2015, 2018-2019). Mulkey is the first person,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">male or female, to win a national championship as a player, assistant coach and head coach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BARBARA STEVENS [Coach]</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Coaching in the collegiate ranks for over 40
years, Stevens is the fifth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">coach in NCAA women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 career wins. She has been named the Russell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Athletic / WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year five times (1992, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014) and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Northeast-10 Coach of the Year 15 times (1988, 1989, 1991-1993, 1996-2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2018).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the head coach of Bentley University since 1986, she has guided her team to 22 25-win seasons and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10 trips to the Division II Fab Four, including a national championship in 2014. Stevens has been<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame (2002) and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(2006).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">on the Jerry Colangelo "Court of Dreams." Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ceremony honoring the game’s elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 70 high school and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit www.hoophall.com, follow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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