TORONTO - Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson are finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
College coaches Tom Izzo, Eddie Sutton, Lefty Driesell, Bo Ryan and Muffet McGraw, and women's star Sheryl Swoopes, a former Houston Comets star, were also among the finalists announced Friday.
They could be voted as Hall of Famers when the full class is announced in April at the Final Four at NRG Stadium.
So could former Rockets center Yao Ming, who is already a finalist and could be directly elected from the International Committee.
Former Rockets coaches Rudy Tomjanovich, Bill Fitch and Del Harris also were nominated, but did not make the finalists cut.