San Antonio, TX (Best E Casino) - Centers Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, forever linked from battles in college and the NBA, as well as five-time NBA champion coach Pat Riley, headline the 2008 Basketball Hall of Fame class.

Former NBA star Adrian Dantley, Dick Vitale, best known as an ESPN analyst, Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson and Immaculata University women's coach Cathy Rush will also be inducted into the Naismith Memorial National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2008 are scheduled to take place from September 4-6 in Springfield.