Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is on the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.
Also nominated from the veterans committee is Warren Jabali, a Wichita State star in the 1960s who was also an ABA standout. He played under the name Warren Armstrong at WSU.
The Hall of Fame announced eligible candidates for the Class of 2017 on Wednesday, which also marked the 125th anniversary of the game’s invention by James Naismith, who spent the final 40 years of his life working at the University of Kansas.
A news conference announcing the finalists will be held on Feb.