KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Creighton all-time great Paul Silas is among seven decorated former players and a championship-winning former coach who will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 19. The 2017 Induction Celebration, presented by Nike, will take place at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City. That takes place one day before Creighton's participation in the 2017 Hall of Fame Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, an event that was announced on Tuesday.
Wake Forest's Tim Duncan, Winston-Salem State's Cleo Hill, Indiana's Scott May, Purdue's Rick Mount, Creighton's Paul Silas, Gonzaga's John Stockton and Duke's Jay Williams join former Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Wisconsin-Platteville coach Bo Ryan to form the Class of 2017.