Hall Enshrines UConn: Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun will officially join the Basketball Hall of Fame in September, but the Huskies’ program joined it this week. The hall opened a permanent exhibit that honors Calhoun and the Huskies’ program in Springfield, Mass. Under Calhoun, the Huskies have become a perennial national title contender, winning two championships and 15 Big East titles. He helped Connecticut move the center of gravity in the Big East out of Washington, D.C., and Georgetown in the 1980s to Storrs in the 1990s.
The hall will induct Calhoun, his friend and colleague Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, longtime coach and broadcaster Hubie Brown, former LSU women’s coach Sue Gunter and Brazilian star Hortencia Marcari in September. [7/20/05]
