Colleges with the most players in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

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Manu Ginobili, Tim Hardaway, Swin Cash, Lindsay Whalen, Marianne Stanley, Theresa Shank Grentz, George Karl, Bob Huggins, Hugh Evans, Lou Hudson, Larry Costello, Del Harris and Radivoj Korac comprise the group of 13 people that were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 10, 2022.

With this list featuring players with notable college careers, below we break down how many schools are represented by players in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. 

UCLA and Kansas top the list with seven hall of famers each. The Bruins include legends like Bill Walton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Gail Goodrich and the first woman to ever try out for an NBA team, Ann Meyers. The Jayhawks are represented by players like Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Lovelle, Paul Pierce and Lynette Woodard. 

North Carolina, Ohio State and Southern California all follow the Bruins and Jayhawks with five former players now in the Hall of Fame. Some of those players include Michael Jordan, Cheryl Miller, John Havlicek and Bob McAdoo. 

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Below you can see every school that has produced at least three hall of fame players:

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