Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that Rutgers will be inducting six new members to its Athletic Hall of Fame.

They will be officially inducted on September 27, and the day after will be introduced at the Scarlet Knights home game against Washington.

The Class of 2024 is:

John “Pomp” Chandler, Lightweight Football.  Chandler led Rutgers to three undefeated seasons with an overall record of 15-0-1.  Rutgers was considered the National Championship in two of those years.

Hallie Cohen, Field Hockey, Softball and Women’s Basketball.  Cohen was a three-sport star who took Rutgers to the AIAW World Series.

Marla Grant, Field Hockey, and Women’s Lacrosse.  Grant was the first women’s lacrosse player in Rutgers history to be named an All-American.

Devin McCourty, Football.  McCourty helped take Rutgers to four bowl championships (2006 Texas, 2008 International, 2008 Papa Johns.com and St. Petersburg) and was a First Team All-Big East Selection as a Senior.  He was drafted by the New England Patriots and helped them win three Super Bowls.

Jason McCourty, Football.  Devin’s brother, Jason, played on three college bowl winning teams for the Scarlet Knights, and would also join the Patriots.  He won a Super Bowl there.

Ralph Tedeschi, Fencing.  Tedeschi helped Rutgers co-win the 1949 National Championship in Foil.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Rutgers Athletic Hall of Fame.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that Appalachian State will be inducting five new members to its Athletic Hall of Fame.

They will be officially inducted on October 25.

The Class of 2024 is:

Marcus Cox, Football, 2013-16.  Cox is the only player in school history to have four 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and his 5,103 Rushing Yards is a school record.  He is a four-time All-Conference Selection, had 52 Rushing Touchdowns, and helped the Mountaineers win their first Sun Belt Conference Championship in 2016.

Lynett Shakeel, Women’s Track & Field, 1986-90.  Shakeel was a four-time So-Con Champion in four outdoor 4x100 relays and is arguably one of the most successful relay runners in school history.

Nate McKinney, Football, 1999-2002.  A First Team All-American as a Punter, he was also named the Southern Conference All-Decade Punter for the first decade of the 2000s.

Chip Miller, Football, 1991-95.  Miller was a two-time First Team All-American Defensive End and was a senior on a Mountaineers team that went 12-1. 

Austin Trotman, Wrestling, 2007-12.  Trotman was Appalachian State’s first four-time NCAA Championship qualifier, and he had an overall 129-34 record.  He was named the SoCon Male Athlete of the Year in 2012.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the University of Appalachian State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Brooklyn Nets.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Brooklyn, which is now entirely devoid of its big three, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden (which led to zero titles), is back to rebuilding. The Nets failed to make the playoffs, and there were no new entries, though two elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Jason Kidd
2. Julius Erving
3. Buck Williams
4. Brook Lopez
5. Vince Carter

You can find the entire list here.

Nic Claxton moved to #24 from #40. 

Spencer Dinwiddie, who was traded to the Lakers late in the year, still rose significantly from #35 to 28.

The jumps of Claxton and Dinwiddie reflect the few stars the Nets have had and the relative brevity of players' time there.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

1965 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 17 years thus far.

For “1965,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1959. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters will be asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next after, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.

Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago,” allowing voters to submit less than the allotted spots. 

31 Votes took place

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates they have been removed from future ballots

This is for the “Senior Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1965 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.