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Collins to be Inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Illinois State men's basketball great Doug Collins will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Tuesday.

Collins is one of eight inductees who will be recognized April 2 during the upcoming NCAA Tournament Final Four. The 2016 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place November 18, 2016, at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City.

Along with Collins, DePaul's Mark Aguirre, Kansas State's Bob Boozer, La Salle's Lionel Simmons, UCLA's Jamaal Wilkes and Georgia's Dominque Wilkins headline the players in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame's induction class of 2016.