FAYETTEVILLE — Sidney Moncrief, the second-leading scorer in Arkansas basketball history, has been elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Moncrief was one of eight new inductees announced Wednesday. Moncrief's class also includes Arizona’s Sean Elliott, Houston’s Otis Birdsong, North Carolina’s Sam Perkins, Morgan State’s Marvin Webster and Southern Cal's Paul Westphal, as well as former coaches John Kresse of Charleston and Danny Miles of Oregon Tech.
The 2018 class will be inducted during a ceremony Nov. 18 at the hall of fame in Kansas City, Mo.
Moncrief is the first former Arkansas player to be inducted into the hall.