6/1/2016 K­State Alumni Association ­ Tex Winter to Enter Hall of Fame

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Tex Winter to Enter Hall of Fame

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With Ernie "Mr. K­State" Barrett calling it "long overdue," former K­State basketball coach Tex Winter will be one of eight individuals inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this fall.

"I'm so pleased and thankful that he's being inducted while he's still alive," said Barrett of the 87­year­old Winter, who is in a retirement home in Oregon. "No one is more deserving than Tex to enter a Hall of Fame."

K­State coach Frank Martin echoed Barrett's comments by saying, "It's about time. I can't think of a more deserving person to be in the Hall of Fame than him. He's impacted basketball more than most."

Winter will be joined in the 2010 Class by players Christian Laettner (Duke), David Thompson (North Carolina State), Jerry West (West Virginia), Sidney Wicks (UCLA, plus fellow coach Davey Whitney (Alcorn State) and contributors Wayne Duke and Tom Jernstedt.

Already a member of the state of Kansas Hall of Fame and the K­State Hall of Fame, Winter is the first individual with K­State ties to enter the Collegiate Baksetball Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremonies will be held Sunday, Nov. 21, at the College Basketball Experience and the historic midland Theatre in Kansas City.

Along with K­State, Winter had head coaching stops at Marquette, Washington, Northwestern and Long Beach State where he won a collective 454 games. Of those, 262 came as head coach of the Wildcats. Winter also served as coach of the NBA Houston Rockets for two seasons.

"What separated Tex from other great coaches was his attitude toward the game, and how it truly was a team game," said Barrett, an all­American for the Wildcats in 1951 when Winter was an assistant to Jack Gardner.

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