In his sixth year as a finalist, former Oklahoma State men's basketball coach Eddie Sutton was denied from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, per a report from the Tulsa World.
The 83-year-old Sutton coached NCAA Tournament teams at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and OSU. He coached Final Four teams at Arkansas and OSU. Sutton reached the Final Four twice with OSU, first in 1995 and then in 2004.
Eight coaches in Division I men’s college basketball history have reached 800 wins on the hardwood.