Fittingly in Atlanta during Final Four week, former Georgia State Coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell was announced in the 12-member Class of 2007 for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremonies announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Foundation will take place on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the new College Basketball Experience (CBE) in Kansas City, Mo.

This year's class, the second ever for this Hall of Fame, will include players Kareem Abdul Jabbar (UCLA), Dick Groat (Duke), Austin Carr (Notre Dame), Dick Barnett (Tennessee State) and coaches Driesell (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State), Vic Bubas (Duke), Guy Lewis (Houston), and Norm Stewart (Missouri). In addition, four “Founding Fathers” will be inducted: Hank Iba, Adolph Rupp, Forrest “Phog” Allen and John McLendon.

Last year's inaugural Class of 2006 included Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, John Wooden and Dean Smith. They were selected at the previous Final Four and inducted last November.

Located in Kansas City, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen. Coach Allen organized coaches into this collective group to serve as guardians of the game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members and brings attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball. The four core values of being a guardian of the game are advocacy, leadership, service and education.

The College Basketball Experience is a 40,000-square foot facility in Kansas City that provides two floors for a fun, memorable and multi-faceted interactive experience for fans. It shares a common lobby with the new Sprint Center Arena and is the home for this National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Coach Driesell coached 786 college wins, fifth most all-time when he retired in December 2002.
He was the first coach to win 100 games at four schools as well as the first to be the coach of the year in four difference conferences. He won 103 of his 162 games coached at Georgia State and took the team to the NCAA Final 32 in 2001 and the NIT in 2002. In his five and a half years at State he never lost to another team in the state of Georgia (17-0). The inventor of Midnight Madness in October, Driesell had been a highly successful high school coach in Virginia before moving into college coaching. The court at Georgia State bears his name in his honor.

Driesell and his wife, Joyce, reside in Virginia Beach. His son, Chuck, coached on this year's staff at the University of Maryland and two of “Lefty's” grandsons are freshmen currently playing college ball: Michael Moynihan at Georgia State and Ty Anderson at Georgia Tech.