News from February 17. Gilbert Arenas (Was) was named to replaced Raja Bell (Pho) in the 3-point shooting contest. Bell left Houston to attend to a family illness. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the nominations for the class of 2006. The nominees are: Players Charles Barkley played 16 seasons in NBA with Philadelphia, Phoenix, Houston, 1993 NBA MVP, 23,757 career points, 12,546 career rebounds Adrian Dantley played 15 seasons in NBA with 7 teams, 23,177 career points Joe Dumars played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons, won NBA championship in 1989 and 1990 John Isaacs early basketball player, played 25 years for Harlem Rens, won World Professional Basketball title in 1939 and 1943 Ralph Sampson acclaimed college player for Virginia, 1984 NBA Rookie of the Year, played 9 season in NBA Chet Walker played with the Syracuse Nationals 62-63, the Philadelphia 76ers 63-64 - 68-69, and the Chicago Bulls 69-70 - 72-73 Dominique Wilkins played 14 season in NBA, 11 with the Atlanta Hawks, lead league in scoring in 85-86 with 30.3 points Coaches Geno Auriemma 20 years as coach of UConn women's team, 557-111 record, won NCAA championship 5 times Van Chancellor coached Houston Comets (WNBA) to 4 straight titles, won 439 games as coach of University Mississippi Pedro Ferrandiz 15 years coaching in Spanish league, 12 Spanish league titles, 4 European Cup championships, 427-90 record Sandro Gamba Italian national coach 1979-1985, coached Olympic team 4 times Gene Keady 24 seasons coaching at Purdue, 505-259 record, 6 time National Coach of the Year Don Nelson 27 years coaching in NBA with Milwaukee, Golden State, New York, and Dallas, 1,190 coaching wins - 2nd most in NBA history, 3 time NBA Coach of the Year Contributors David Gavitt founded the Big East Conference (NCAA) Ben Kerner owner Tri-City Blackhawks/Milwaukee Hawks/St. Louis Hawks 1946-68, original owner in NBA's 1st year Dick Vitale 25 years as TV basketball analyst A nominee needs at least 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee to be inducted. The announcement for the new inductees will occur April 3. The enshrinement ceremonies will take place September 7-9. Rookie-Sophomore game (2 20 minute halves) Sophomores 106, Rookies 96 at Houston 1st 2nd - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Sophomores 52 54 - 106 .554 .455 .529 .571 Rookies 45 51 - 96 .542 .269 .459 .786 MVP: Andre Iguodala (Phi) Refs: Gary Zielinski, Derrick Collins, Tony Brown Sophomores REB Player FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Devin Harris (Dal) 3-9 0-2 0-0 6 1-3 7 4 1 3 0 Ben Gordon (Chi) 7-11 3-4 0-0 17 0-3 2 4 0 3 0 Luol Deng (Chi) 5-8 0-1 0-0 10 1-4 4 2 0 0 0 Andre Iguodala (Phi) 13-17 4-6 0-0 30 1-6 3 0 1 4 0 Dwight Howard (Orl) 2-7 0-0 0-1 4 2-6 0 2 2 3 1 Andres Nocioni (Chi) 6-12 1-3 0-0 13 1-2 2 1 0 1 2 Nenad Krstic (NJ) 3-10 1-2 1-2 8 3-6 0 0 1 1 1 David West (NO) 6-11 1-4 2-2 15 1-3 3 1 1 1 1 TJ Ford (Mil) 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 0-3 5 4 2 0 0 Totals 46-87 10-22 4-7 106 10-36 26 18 8 16 5 Rookies REB Player FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Nate Robinson (NY) 4-9 1-4 4-4 13 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 Chris Paul (NO) 3-8 0-3 2-2 8 0-4 11 7 1 5 0 Channing Frye (NY) 4-13 0-0 1-2 9 2-6 1 1 1 2 1 Danny Granger (Ind) 3-8 2-4 1-2 9 0-3 2 2 0 0 1 Andrew Bogut (Mil) 6-9 0-1 2-2 14 4-11 1 2 0 2 1 Charlie Villanueva (NY) 8-15 1-2 1-2 18 5-12 1 2 0 0 0 Luther Head (Hou) 8-16 2-8 0-0 18 1-2 4 2 2 3 0 Sarunas Jasikevicius (Ind) 1-3 1-3 0-0 3 0-2 1 1 2 0 0 Deron Williams (Uta) 2-4 0-1 0-0 4 1-3 1 4 0 0 0 Totals 39-85 7-26 11-14 96 13-44 23 22 7 12 3