Ernie D, the ultimate Point God

As the ceremony inducting a new class into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City unfolded, each inductee welcomed a chance to reminisce about their journey to immortality.

Calbert Cheaney, the all-time leading scorer at Indiana, recalled that he was a late-bloomer pushed to greatness by the firm hand of Bobby Knight. Shane Battier spun a similar tale. He said he knew he could play, but when opportunity arose at Duke, coach Mike Krzyzewski led the defensive demon to another level.

Ernie DiGregorio owned a different story. When asked about his trip from hours and hours of dribbling and shooting at North Providence’s Stephen Olney School, then starring for the hometown…