Illinois State men's basketball great Doug Collins will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame during an enshrinement ceremony Friday, Nov. 18, at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahead of Collins' induction, longtime Illinois State radio play-by-play broadcaster Dick Luedke spoke with Collins and penned the subsequent feature story for Redbird Magazine.
Always a Winner, Forever a Champion
It was 1970. Doug Collins, Illinois State University's most decorated alumnus, who will be further decorated in November with his induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, had just finished a very successful freshman year at Illinois State University.