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Basketball Hall of Fame Narrows Watch List for 2021 Jerry West Award

Jan 26, 2021 - Springfield, Mass. — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the Top 10 candidates for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its seventh year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.

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Basketball Hall of Fame Narrows Watch List for 2021 Bob Cousy Award

Jan 25, 2021 - Springfield, Mass. — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the Top 10 candidates for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. Named after Class of 1971 Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy, the annual honor now in its 18th year recognizes the top point guards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.

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$20,000 Donated to Pat Summitt Foundation and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame at Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series Featuring #3 UConn Huskies and #25 Tennessee Lady Vols

Jan 21, 2021 - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – This evening, the Tennessee Lady Vols will host the UConn Huskies in year two of the Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series. Widely regarded as the two most successful programs in women’s basketball history, the teams consistently met from 1995-2007, but did not face each other again until year one of the Revival Series in January 2020.

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Basketball Hall of Fame’s 8th Annual Air Force Reserve Hoophall West Reimagined for 2021

Jan 19, 2021 - Phoenix, Ariz. – With the Arizona Interscholastic Association ruling in favor of resuming high school athletics, the Basketball Hall of Fame will be launching a reimagined version of its eighth annual Air Force Reserve Hoophall West. The event was realized through a recently formalized partnership between the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association.

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Donald E. (Dee) Rowe Obituary

Jan 13, 2021 - Donald E. (Dee) Rowe, former head coach of Men's Basketball at the University of Connecticut and UConn's iconic Athletics Ambassador for the past 53 years, passed away early Sunday, at his home in Storrs, CT at the age of 91, surrounded by his loving family.

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