WASHINGTON - Upon his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame over the weekend, former Georgetown University men’s basketball All-American Dikembe Mutombo (SLL’91) said that it was an honor that he never expected when he was a rookie in the National Basketball Association (NBA) n 1991.
More than 20 years later, however, Mutombo was presented for induction to the Hall of Fame by his former coach, legendary Hall of Famer John Thompson Jr. Mutombo became the third Hoya center who played for Thompson to enter the Hall of Fame, joining Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning.