Moncrief among selections for Basketball Hall of Fame

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP)   NBA stars Vlade Divac, Sidney Moncrief and Jack Sikma are the headliners of the 2019 class for the Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Saturday.

Also selected were NBA players Al Attles, Carl Braun, Chuck Cooper, Bobby Jones and Paul Westphal. NBA coach Bill Fitch and WNBA great Teresa Weatherspoon were selected as well.

Two teams will also be inducted. The Tennessee A&I men’s teams from 1957-59 are to be honored after winning back-to-back titles. And the Wayland Baptist University women’s team will be inducted for winning 131 consecutive games from 1953-58 and 10 Amateur Athletic Union national championships overall.

The class will be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Sept. 6.

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