Boeheim, Calhoun Head Class of ’05

Last month, Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun became the first college basketball coaches with 700 wins to face each other. On Monday, they shared the stage again, proudly holding jerseys signifying their election to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Coach and broadcaster Hubie Brown, Brazilian women’s star Hortencia Marcari and former Louisiana State coach Sue Gunter also were voted into the hall. The new members will be enshrined between Sept. 8 and 10 in Springfield, Mass.

Boeheim won his first NCAA title in 2003, and Calhoun won his second the next year. The coaches are tied for sixth on the active career victory list, Boeheim entering his 30th season next year at 703-241 and Calhoun heading into his 34th at 703-310.

Boeheim has twin 5-year-old daughters, and he said he wanted to coach until they were “a lot older.”

“Ideally, you’d like to be done coaching when you get to the Hall of Fame,” Boeheim said. “It would be nice to say ‘This is it.’ The reality is, we open with Cornell next year.”

Last year, college coaches were shut out in the balloting. This year, the seven former NBA players among the list of 16 finalists -- Joe Dumars, Dennis Johnson, Adrian Dantley, Dominique Wilkins, Bernard King, Maurice Cheeks and Chet Walker -- ended up on the outside.

“This class represents how difficult it is to get enshrined,” said Russ Granik, deputy commissioner of the NBA. “Our hall is probably unique in sports in that it represents all the levels of the game.”

Brown was elected under the category of contributor for his influence on the game as a coach, clinician, broadcaster and ambassador.

Also at the ceremony, Raymond Felton of NCAA champion North Carolina was named the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard winner.