The identical twin of Dick Van Arsdale, Tom Van Arsdale played with his brother at the University of Indiana, where he impressed enough to be drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1965.  He was decent enough with the Pistons, but in his third year, Van Arsdale was traded to the Cincinnati Royals, where he had his best run. 

From 1969-70 to 1971-72, Van Arsdale was named to the All-Star Team and averaged over 22 Points per Game in those first two years.  It was productive for Van Arsdale, but his respective team was not very good like in Detroit.  Van Arsdale later played for Kansas City, Philadelphia, Atlanta and one last year in Phoenix where he played with his twin. 

Despite playing 929 Regular Season Games with a 15.3 PPG, Van Arsdale never appeared in a playoff game.

Dick Van Arsdale was a college star with the Indiana Hoosiers before he was drafted by the New York Knicks, where he played his first three seasons, but he was chosen by the expansion Phoenix Suns in the Expansion Draft and he became the face of the new team.

Van Arsdale developed a sweet mid-range shot, and coupled with his high free-throw ability, he was one of the most accurate shooters of his day.   The original Sun was an All-Star in his first three seasons in Phoenix.  In those All-Star years, Van Arsdale averaged over 21 Points per Game and was the main star for those struggling Suns squads. As he got older, Van Arsdale became a more competent defender and even won an All-Defensive (Second Team) Selection in 1973-74. 

He would later provide a veteran role on Phoenix’s first NBA Final in 1976, and would retire a year later.  Fittingly, Van Arsdale’s twin brother Tom was with him for his final campaign.

Bob Knight, an iconic figure in college basketball passed away yesterday at the age of 83.

As controversial as he was successful, Knight became a head coach at the age of 24 when he took over the reins at Army, but six years later, he took over at Indiana where he became nationally known.  With the Hoosiers, Knight won three National Championships (1976, 1981 & 1987) went to five Final Fours and won 11 Big Ten regular seasons.  He was also a three-time AP Coach of the Year, and five-time Big Ten Coach of the Year.  Following his dismissal from Indiana after years of controversial actions, he became the Head Coach at Texas Tech.

He had an overall record of 902-371.

Knight was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 and College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the family of Bob Knight.