OSU basketball: Eddie Sutton's Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony reportedly postponed
Eddie Sutton’s Hall of Fame enshrinement will reportedly have to wait a little longer.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame intends to postpone its 2020 Hall of Fame induction to next spring, the Hall’s chairman of the board of governors Jerry Colangelo told ESPN.com.
The enshrinement weekend was originally set for Aug. 28-30, with alternate dates of Oct. 10-12 also set. But Colangelo said those are “just not feasible” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Colangelo told ESPN.com that the board of governors meet June 10 to discuss spring dates.
"We're definitely canceling," Colangelo told ESPN.com. "It's going to have to be the first quarter of next year. We'll meet in a couple of weeks and look at the options of how and when and where."
Sutton, who died Saturday at the age of 84, was elected in April on his seventh attempt as a finalist. He led Oklahoma State to two Final Fours, led a record four different programs to the NCAA Tournament and won 806 games.
Sutton will be enshrined posthumously alongside Kobe Bryant, who died earlier this year in a helicopter crash. Other inductees include Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Rudy Tomjanovich, Tamika Catchings, Kim Mulkey, Barbara Stevens and Patrick Baumann.

![OSU coach Eddie Sutton coaches his team against New Orleans. [Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/sq150-f11d96b61822d22c205ff7bea7dce34c.jpg)



![OSU coach Eddie Sutton coaches his team against New Orleans. [Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman] Photo - OSU coach Eddie Sutton coaches his team against New Orleans. [Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-f11d96b61822d22c205ff7bea7dce34c.jpg)



![Oklahoma State head coach Eddie Sutton gives instructions to Maurice Baker (right), Victor Williams (front right) and Fredrik Jonzen (back right) during a time out in the Bedlam basketball game at Lloyd Noble Center. [Nate Billings/The Oklahoman] Photo - Oklahoma State head coach Eddie Sutton gives instructions to Maurice Baker (right), Victor Williams (front right) and Fredrik Jonzen (back right) during a time out in the Bedlam basketball game at Lloyd Noble Center. [Nate Billings/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-46ddb55b72b8f8bb1239dd01d111bc86.jpg)


![Oklahoma State head coach Eddie Sutton smiles as he is given the Naismith award prior to OSU's victory against Texas A&M in Stillwater March 6, 2004. [Nate Billings/The Oklahoman] Photo - Oklahoma State head coach Eddie Sutton smiles as he is given the Naismith award prior to OSU's victory against Texas A&M in Stillwater March 6, 2004. [Nate Billings/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-e45f7eaaf1c77d149959779092fa2ce5.jpg)


















![Tony Allen greets Eddie Sutton following the NCAA men's basketball game between Oklahoma State and Iowa State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. [Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman]
Photo - Tony Allen greets Eddie Sutton following the NCAA men's basketball game between Oklahoma State and Iowa State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. [Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-735f3e00ce7730e65443d0fb5c7d4201.jpg)
![Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton greets former coach Eddie Sutton after an NCAA men's Bedlam basketball game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Oklahoma State won 83-66. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Photo - Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton greets former coach Eddie Sutton after an NCAA men's Bedlam basketball game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Oklahoma State won 83-66. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-36cd6f2881b24690b94614d978345a71.jpg)





















Jacob Unruh is a graduate of Northeastern State University. He was born in Cherokee and raised near Vera where he attended Caney Valley High School.During his tenure at NSU, Unruh wrote for The Northeastern (NSU's student newspaper), the... Read more ›