Steve Sutton, the oldest of Eddie’s and Patsy’s three sons, put the cellphone on speaker Friday and held it up for his father to hear. John Doleva, president of the Basketball Hall of Fame, had called five minutes before the designated time to alert the 2020 class inductees, which the Sutton clan took as a good sign.
Sean Sutton wasn’t even downstairs yet at their dad’s home in Tulsa. Scott Sutton had to yell for Sean to hurry up if he didn’t want to miss it.
And indeed, Doleva delivered the news that the Suttons and Oklahoma State basketball had waited so long to hear.