Shaquille O'Neal and the man who discovered him, longtime LSU coach Dale Brown, were inducted together into the College Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday night in Kansas City.
Brown would ultimately give O'Neal the confidence he needed to attend college and make it into the NBA.
They were joined by six other luminaries, including former Duke star Grant Hill, Louisville standout Darrell Griffith, longtime Maryland coach Gary Williams, Stetson's Glenn Wilkes Sr., Five-Star Basketball Camp founder Howard Garfinkel and the late Prairie View A&M star Zelmo Beaty.