Basketball Hall of Fame To Announce '07 Class At Final Four

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Springfield, MA – (March 19, 2007) – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will announce the Class of 2007 at a news conference on Monday, April 2nd at the Men's Final Four in Atlanta. The news conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and will include the presentation to the winner of the 2007 Bob Cousy Award, presented by The Hartford.

This year's list of 15 Finalists includes a total of 10 candidates from the North American Screening Committee – players Adrian Dantley and Chris Mullin; coaches Bobby Hurley, Phil Jackson, Eddie Sutton and Roy Williams; contributors Bill Davidson and Dick Vitale; referee 'Mendy' Rudolph and the team from Texas Western. Two candidates each comprise Finalists from the Women's Screening Committee – coaches Van Chancellor and Harley Redin – and International Screening Committee – coaches Pedro Ferrandiz and Mirko Novosel, with player Richard Guerin representing the lone nominee from the Veteran's Screening Committee. A Finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007.