News from February 12. Commissioner Adam Silver named Al Horford (Atl) to replace the injured Chris Bosh (Mia, strained right calf) in the All-Star game. C.J. McCollum (Por) was named to replace Chris Bosh (Mia) in the 3-point contest. 2016 Hall of Fame nominees Players Allen Iverson played 14 seasons (most with Philadelphia), MVP 2001, Rookie of the Year 1997 Kevin Johnson played 12 seasons (most with Phoenix), averaged 17.9 points and 9.1 assists Shaquille O'Neal played 19 seasons; won NBA Championship 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006; Finals MVP 2000, 2001, 2002; MVP 2000 Sheryl Swoopes played 12 WNBA seasons; MVP 2001, 2002, 2005; won NCAA Championship 1993 with Texas Tech Coaches Leta Andrews 52 years coaching girls high school basketball, 1,416 wins, won 1990 Texas state championship Lefty Dricsell record 786-394 college coaching, 4 time Conference Coach of the Year Robert Hughes 47 years Texas high school coaching, won 5 Texas state championships, record 1333-247 Tom Izzo won 2000 NCAA Championship with Michigan State, made 7 NCAA Final Four appearances. Muffat McGraw won 2001 NCAA Championship with Notre Dame, National College Coach of the Year 2001, 2013, 2014 John McLendon record 522-165 college coaching, won NAIA National Championships 1957, 1958, 1959 with Tennessee State Bo Ryan over 40 years high school and college coaching, won 4 NCAA Division III championships Eddie Sutton 37 years college coaching; National coach of the Year 1977, 1978, 1986, 1995 Referees Darrell Garrettson 27 years officiating NBA, NBA Chief of Officiating Staff 1981-98 Teams Wayland Baptist University women's team won 131 consecutive games 1953-58, won 10 AAC National Championships A nominee needs at least 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee to be inducted. The announcement for the new inductees will take place April 4. In addition, direct-inductees (including Yao Ming from the international committee) will be announced during the NCAA Final Four. Rookie-Sophomore Game USA 157, World 154 at Toronto, Canada MVP: Zach LaVine (Min) Refs: Ben Taylor, Scott Twardoski, J.T. Orr (2 20 minute halves) 1st 2nd - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% USA 88 69 - 157 .657 .413 .560 .889 World 79 75 - 154 .712 .395 .604 .625 USA Team REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Zach LaVine (Min) 24 13-20 2-3 2-2 30 4-7 4 1 0 1 0 Jabari Parker (Mil) 24 6-10 0-2 0-0 12 0-1 5 2 0 1 1 Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) 22 8-15 0-3 2-2 18 3-7 4 0 0 0 0 Jordan Clarkson (LAL) 24 8-20 5-14 4-4 25 1-5 5 2 0 4 0 Marcus Smart (Bos) 22 1-8 1-5 0-0 3 2-4 5 0 0 1 0 D'Angelo Russell (LAL) 16 9-15 4-7 0-0 22 0-1 7 2 0 2 0 Devin Booker (Pho) 18 9-13 5-8 0-1 23 1-1 0 0 2 1 0 Elfrid Payton (Orl) 16 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 0 1 0 Jahlil Okafor (Phi) 18 6-7 1-1 0-0 13 2-4 3 1 3 1 0 Rodney Hood (Uta) 17 5-6 1-2 0-0 11 0-3 3 2 0 1 0 Totals 40 65-116 19-46 8-9 157 13-34 36 11 5 13 1 World Team REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Andrew Wiggins (Min) 30 13-15 0-2 3-4 29 1-2 5 1 2 0 0 Kristaps Porzingis (NY) 28 12-16 5-8 1-2 30 0-5 4 2 1 0 1 Nikola Jokic (Den) 17 6-10 0-0 0-0 12 8-8 4 1 1 0 0 Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) 16 2-6 2-6 0-0 6 0-2 2 1 1 1 0 Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) 25 12-20 5-10 1-2 30 1-3 10 5 2 3 1 Mario Herzonja (Orl) 24 8-19 3-9 0-0 19 2-10 7 4 0 2 1 Dwight Powell (Dal) 16 6-9 0-0 0-0 12 5-11 2 1 1 2 0 Raul Neto (Uta) 18 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-1 9 1 0 0 0 Clint Capela (Hou) 15 6-9 0-1 0-0 12 2-7 1 2 0 1 0 Trey Lyles (Uta) 12 1-6 0-2 0-0 2 0-2 1 1 1 0 0 Totals 40 67-111 15-38 5-8 154 19-51 45 19 9 9 3 ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html