As arguably the biggest rivalry in college basketball, it is fitting that Duke and North Carolina will be the highlighted programs featured at the College Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and point guard Johnny Dawkins, along with North Carolina legend Tyler Hansbrough are three of the five-member 2023 Hall-of-Fame class.
Herb Magee, longtime head coach for Division II Thomas Jefferson University, and former scout Tom Konchalski are the other pair of inductees.
Krzyzewski has already been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He retired at the conclusion of the 2021-22 campaign with a men’s Division I-record 1,202 career victories between five years at Army and 42 years at Duke.
Coach K was originally inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class back in 2006, but he could not officially take a spot until his retirement from coaching.
Over the course of his storied career, Krzyzewski won five national championships, 13 ACC regular-season titles and 15 ACC tournament championships.
Dawkins played four seasons for the Blue Devils from 1982 to ’86. He was named Naismith Player of the Year in 1985-86 and had his No. 24 jersey retired by the program after his senior season.
Playing for one of the most high-profiled programs in college basketball history, Hansbrough is arguably the best player the Tar Heels have ever had. He was a consensus All-American selection in each of his four years, including three consecutive first-team selections from 2006-07 to 2008-09, and led the team to a national title during his senior season.
Hansbrough was named ACC Player of the Year and consensus National Player of the Year as a junior in 2007-08. He was the first North Carolina player to accomplish that feat in a single season since Antawn Jamison in 1997-98.
Magee had a 54-season run at Thomas Jefferson University from 1967 to 2022. His 1,144 career wins are the most in Division II history and ranks second all-time to Krzyzewski among men’s coaches.
Konchalski, who died in February 2021 at the age of 74, had a 43-year career as a high-school scout and oversaw Five-Star Basketball Camp.
According to NBA.com, Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Dominique Wilkins, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry were among the NBA legends who took part in the camp when they were in high school.
