HOUSTON — Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Tom Izzo, Sheryl Swoopes, Yao Ming and Jerry Reinsdorf have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The announcement was made in Houston in advance of Monday night's NCAA Tournament championship game between Villanova and North Carolina.
Iverson was an 11-time NBA All-Star who was named rookie of the year in 1996-97. The top overall pick in the 1992 draft, O'Neal was a 15-time All-Star who was the NBA MVP in 2000 and a three-time NBA Finals MVP.
Izzo, the Michigan State coach, won a national title in 2000 and has taken his team to the Final Four seven times.