Mike Krzyzewski, Johnny Dawkins, and Tyler Hansbrough were inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday night.
LIFE. BECAUSE WE. >> RIVALRIES WILL PUT ASIDE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE FOCUS WAS GREATNESS. DUKE'S MIKE KRZYZEWSKI AND JOHNNY DAWKINS, ALONG WITH UNC TYLER HANDS. ROE RIGHTFULLY TOOK THEIR PLACE IN THE COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATING THEIR STORIED CAREERS. WELCOME TO SPORTS. I'M CHRIS LEE AND IT'S NIGHTS LIKE THIS TO SHOW YOU HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN THIS AREA. AMONG SOME OF THE GREATEST FIGURES TO EVER WALK AND EARTH IN THE SPORTS WORLD WRL'S PAT WELTER IS LIVE IN CHICAGO AT THE COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME. PAT, WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE THERE ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT? CHRIS, WHAT A HUMBLING NIGHT TO BE A PART OF THE MAGIC BEING AT A WEDDING WHERE ALL THE GUEST OR THE BIGGEST NAMES IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND YOU. >> I CAN ONLY HOPE SOME OF THAT GREATNESS MORE OFTEN MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT OUR GREAT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE 3 OF THE 5 INDUCTEES HAD NORTH CAROLINA TIES TONIGHT STARTING WITH USC'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORE. TYLER HANDS, BRO. AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE WORK ETHIC COMING FROM A SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI. THAT WAS DUE STONY DOCKING TO TALK ABOUT THE PRIVILEGE OF PLAYING AT DUKE PLAYING FOR COACH K WHO NO SURPRISE BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN THE SON OF AN ELEVATOR OPERATOR IN THE CLEANING LADY FROM UKRAINIAN NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN CHICAGO. I CAUGHT UP WITH ALL 3 OF THEM ON THE RED CARPET. >> WELL, THE COCKPITS COLLEGE, THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TO GO. AND WITH SO MANY OF THE GREAT PLAYERS, GREAT COACHES FROM ALL DIVISIONS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL. BUT TONIGHT IS EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIAL TO GOING WITHOUT THE GUY WHO REALLY PUT OUR PROGRAM ON ITS BACK. JOHNNY DAWKINS, WHAT'S BEEN A YOU NOT LOVE THIS GAME EVER SINCE OFF. >> PICK UP A BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL REALLY QUITE LIMITED IN MY COMMUNITY AND SO AND IT STILL IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I COME FROM VERY SMALL TOWN BLUFF, MISSOURI HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU BEEN PART OF MY SUCCESS HOPEFULLY NOW THAT I'M IN THE HALL OF FAME, THEY CAN FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE JOURNEY AS WELL. >> NOBODY MORE COMFORTABLE HOLDING COURT THAN COACH K TOLD SOME GREAT STORIES TONIGHT. THIS ONE STOOD OUT TO ME ABOUT KOBE BRYANT. HE SAID AT THE OLYMPICS, HE TOLD THE WHOLE TEAM, BUT I'M LIKE YOU'RE 16 AGAIN. LOOK AT YOUR BEDS THAT NIGHT LAID OUT BEFORE THEM WAS THEIR TEAM. USA, JERSEY. SO KOBE FOUND K THAT NIGHT. TALK TO ME ON THE SHOULDER CASE AND WHAT YOU THINK COULD BE SAID. I CRIED. KAYE SAID THAT'S
