The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2015 on Tuesday, with former IU standout Quinn Buckner among the next five ?inductees.
Buckner, who played at IU from 1972 to 1976, was a member of IU’s 1976 national championship team — the last college team to complete an undefeated season. He is one of only three players all-time to complete a quadruple — winning a championship in high school, college, the NBA and the Olympics.
In four seasons at IU, Buckner scored 1,195 points. He was one of just 48 Hoosiers to score more than 1,000 points. He spent three years as captain under former IU Coach Bob Knight.
He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the seventh pick in the 1976 NBA Draft and went on to play 10 NBA seasons, including one with the Indiana Pacers. He coached the Dallas Mavericks in 1993-94 and joined the Pacers’ broadcast team in 2004. Buckner is in his 11th season as the Pacers’ color analyst for cable television games.
He becomes the fourth former IU player to be ?inducted, joining Branch McCracken, Walt Bellamy and Isiah Thomas. Knight and Everett Dean are also enshrined as coaches.
The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015 will be inducted Nov. 20 in Kansas City.
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