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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4447501, member: 2117"] Her experience being an ESPN analyst for almost 2 decades and being a prominent face in women's basketball over that time period. She's been heavily involved in the sport for almost 40 years now. As a coach she was the national coach of the year in 1999 and led Purdue to a title going 34-1. She was the youngest coach to ever win a title and the first black coach to win a title. She went on to coach in the WNBA and at UF without much success and then became a well known analyst at ESPN. She's one of the most recognizable faces in the sport. Kevin Ollie had an unremarkable playing career and led UCONN to a Cinderella title run as a 7 seed in 2014. Program immediately went down hill after and resulted in vacating 2 seasons of wins due to NCAA violations and his firing. Side note--other factors like longevity, being the first to do something and just being a prominent face in your sport are all qualifying factors even if someone isn't the very best in their specific role. Looking at Rebecca Lobo's playing career alone, I don't think it's HOF worthy. She had a well acclaimed senior year at UCONN, a couple of good years in the WNBA before injury, and was a seldom used player on the 1996 Olympic team. That's borderline WBHOF at best. Now when you consider she was UCONN's first major star, the media darling of the well covered 96 Olympic team, one of the 3 prominent faces promoting the WNBA in its early years, and now a well respected analyst at ESPN for the past 18 years, there's no question she's a Hall of Famer and deservedly has spots in both the WBHOF and Naismith. There aren't many other people in the last 30 years who have been more important to the sport that Lobo has. It's far more than just her playing career, just like it is far more than Peck's coaching career that earns her a spot. [/QUOTE]

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