TOURNAMENT NOTES NOVEMBER 9 - 10, 2018 CIVIC ARENA - ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI FAIRMONT STATE FERRIS STATE MISSOURI WESTERN NORTHERN STATE NORTHWEST MISSOURI QUEENS TARLETON STATE WILLIAM JEWELL FIGHTING FALCONS BULLDOGS GRIFFONS WOLVES BEARCATS ROYALS TEXANS CARDINALS SMALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME After spending the inaugural two years in Evansville, IN, Small College Basketball has partnered with Missouri Western State University and the St. Joseph Convention and Class of 2016 Visitors Bureau to bring the Hall of Fame Induction ceremony and the Hall of Fame Dick Barnett classic to St. Joseph, Mo. Bevo Francis John Ebeling The Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Friday, Clarence Gaines November 2, at the Stoney Creek Inn & Conference Center in St. Joseph, MO. The Travis Grant ceremony will take begin at 6:30, and includes dinner. Bob Hopkins Lucious Jackson The event is open to the public, yet tickets must be ordered in advance. Tickets are Phil Jackson available for $35 each or $250 for a table of 8. To order your tickets, please contact Arad McCutchan Lindsay Bernard at the St. Joseph Convention & Visitors Bureau, at lbernard@stjomo. John McLendon com or 816-233-6688. Earl Monroe Dr. James Naismith Additionally, St. Joseph-based Hillyard, steeped in basketball history, will serve as the Willis Reed primary sponsor of the event. As such, the Classic will be dubbed the “Small College John Rinka Basketball Hall of Fame Classic, Presented by Hillyard.” Class of 2017 The below 2018 SCB Hall of Fame Class was selected by the distinguished Hall of Don Meyer Fame Committee including: Don Landry, Roy Pickerill, Jim Nelson, Doug Palm, Rick Dave Robbins Zvosec, Gary Pine, Steve Shepherd, Gary Stewart, Matt Simms, Mike Lightfoot, John Zelmo Beaty Rinka, Steve Knight, Jim Poteet, Butch Raymond, Danny Miles, Greg Moore. Walt Frazier Bob Love Selection Guidelines for the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Jack Sikma The categories are: Elmore Smith Player Jim Spivey Coach Rico Swanson Contributor George Tinsley All Tucker Each induction class must have a minimum of one inductee from each category. Emil S. Liston Players must be a minimum of five years removed from their final year of their col- Class of 2018 legiate career. Coaches must be a minimum of three years removed from their last John Barnhill season of their coaching career. There is no related time table for contributors. ML Carr Patt Douglass The Inaugural Class (2016) of inductees will have 15 members. Each subsequent Philip Hutcheson induction class (after the Inaugural Class) will have 8-12 inductees. Earl Jones Charles Oakley There will be no specific criteria for induction, yet the primary focus will be on contri- John Piecrce butions to the game of basketball at the small college level. Each candidate will be Terry Porter evaluated individually. Leonard “Truck” Robinson Clarence Walker All players, coaches and contributors that have not been inducted into the Small Col- Marvin Webster lege Basketball Hall of Fame will continue to be eligible for annual consideration, as John Wooden long as they meet the above guidelines. There is no timetable whereby candidates rotate off/out of consideration. To nominate candidates for the Hall of Fame, please send detailed bio information about the candidate to [email protected]. John Barnhill (Tennessee A&I), ML Carr (Guilford), Pat Douglass (Cal State Bakers- field), Philip Hutcheson (Lipscomb), Earl Jones (District of Columbia), Charles Oakley (Virginia Union), John Pierce (Lipscomb), Terry Porter (Wisconsin-Stevens Point), Leonard “Truck” Robinson (Tennessee State), Clarence Walker (Indiana State), Mar- vin Webster (Morgan State), John Wooden (Coach). SMALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018 John Barnhill, Tennessee A&I John Barnhill of Tennessee A. & I. was the point guard of the NAIA National Championships teams in 1957, 1958 and 1959, and was named to the All-Tournament teams in 1958 & 1959. The 1957 team was the first all African American team to win a major American basketball tournament. He was a three-time All-American (’57,’58,’59). He scored 1,253 career points, second behind All-American Dick Barnett. He’s a member of the NAIA’s 50th & 75th Anniversary Teams. ML Carr, Guilford NAIA Hall of Fame & member of the 50th & 75th Anniversary Teams; Won the 1973 NAIA National Champion- ship; Member of the NAIA All-Tournament teams in 1970 & 1973. Scored 1,993 points at Guilford despite playing in only 13 games his junior season. He was a freshman when the Quakers placed fourth in the NAIA tournament and as a senior led Guilford to a 29-5 record that included a 99-96 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore for the title. He averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds a game his senior year and was named NAIA First Team All-Ameri- can. Member of the NAIA’s 50th & 75th Anniversary Teams. Pat Douglass, Cal State Bakersfield Three NCAA Div. II Championships (1993, 1994, 1997); NCAA Runner-up, 1990; NCAA Third Place (1987); NCAA Final Four (1991, 1992); Three-time NABC Division II Coach of the Year 1993, 1994, 1997; 10 seasons at Cal State Bakersfield, Douglass compiled a 257-61 record, won three Division II national championships, and reached the Elite Eight seven times; Only one of three coaches to win three or more NCAA Division II Champion- ship; Led Cal State-Bakersfield to a perfect season in 1993 (33-0) Philip Hutcheson, Lipscomb Four-time NAIA All-American 1987 (3rd Team), 1988 (Second Team), 1989 (First Team), 1990 (First Team); fin- ished career as college basketball’s all-time leading scorer with 4,106 points (later surpassed by former Lipscomb teammate John Pierce); 1990 NAIA Player of the Year; Named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for 1988-89 and 1989-90 (finished with a perfect 4.0 GPA for his career); Basketball Times College Division Player of the Year in 1988-89 and Co-Player of the Year in 1989-90; scored in double figures every single game of his career (155 games); Selected to the All-Tournament team in every single tournament, for all four years; Won NAIA’s Emil S. Liston Award; Member of the NAIA’s 75th Anniversary Team; Inducted into Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and the Lipscomb Hall of Fame. First player to ever have his number retired at Lipscomb. Earl Jones, District of Columbia First two-time NABC Division II National Player of the Year 1983, 1984; Three-time First Team NABC All-Ameri- can 1982, 1983, 1984; Won 1982 NCAA Division II Championship; 1983 NCAA Division II Runner-up; Two-time NCAA Championship All-Tournament 1982, 1983; Scored 2,256 career points for a 20.7 average in 109 games; Grabbed 1,168 career rebounds for a 10.7 average; Career shooting 54.1 percent from the field and 77.6 from the free throw line Charles Oakley, Virginia Union Arrived at Virginia Union in 1981. 6'8 known as The Oak. Played under former Virginia Union coach Dave Robbins (Robbins won 713 games in 30 years at VUU and coached 3 Division II NCAA championship teams). Oakley accumulated 2,273 points and grabbed 1,664 re- bounds in four brilliant All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) seasons. Oakley in his senior season averaged 24.3 PPG & 17.3 RPG. As a Virginia Union senior in 1984-1985, Oakley led the NCAA Division II in rebounding and was named National Player of the Year while helping VUU to a 30-1 record in which The Panthers were ranked #1 in Division II throughout the regular season. He is also a member of the VUU and CIAA Hall of Fame and also was inducted in to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. His induction was the fifth VUU person to be inducted in to the irginiaV Sports Hall of Fame. From Virginia Union Oakley became a National Basketball Association (NBA) first round draft choice (9th overall) by the Cleveland Cavaliers who immediately traded him to the Chicago Bulls, he then became an impact player for the New York Knicks for 10 seasons. He finished his NBA career after 19 seasons with the Houston Rockets in 2004. Continued on next page SMALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018 John Pierce, Lipscomb David Lipscomb University (1990-94); College basketball’s all-time leading scorer, tallied 4,230 during a 4-year career that included four NAIA All-America honors (three first-team selections) and 2 NAIA Player of the Year picks (’93 & ’94) … Averaged 31.9 points as a 1993 Junior … Appeared in 148 games with the Bison … Selected No. 28 among the all-time Top 50 college players as chosen by Chuck Klosterman of Grantland … Led the Bison to three-straight NAIA Tournaments …Member of the Lipscomb (2003), NAIA (2003) and Tennessee Sports (2015) Halls of Fame … Jersey is retired from Lipscomb; Played for Hall of Fame coach Don Meyer. Member of the NAIA’s 75th Anniversary Team. Terry Porter, Wisconsin-Stevens Point NAIA Hall of Fame; member of the NAIA’s 50th & 75th Anniversary Teams; two-time NAIA All American (1983 & 1984); NAIA Tournament MVP in 1984 (team was national Runner-Up); 1983 NAIA Player of the Year (junior sea- son); Two-time NAIA All American; only NAIA player invited to the Olympic Trials; as a junior, averaged 18.8 ppg on 65% shooting; averaged 19.7 ppg & 4.3 apg as a senior. Had a stellar NBA career with the Portland Trailblaz- ers and was selected to two NBA All-Star games. Was also the former head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns.