Lucas Part of Inaugural Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame

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The article is largely about the Hoskets - but Lucas is mentioned
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Hoskets part of Ohio Hall

Hosket Sr. honored for his titles at Stivers, while his son earned titles at Belmont and in the NBA.

By Jake Trotter
Cox News Service
COLUMBUS — Before LeBron James and Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, and even before Jerry Lucas and Middletown, 6-foot-5 center Bill Hosket Sr. and Dayton Stivers ruled the high school basketball hardwood.
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Led by "Big Bill," the Tigers won three state titles and 46 straight games from 1928-30, staking claim as one of Ohio's greatest high school basketball dynasties.
Saturday night, the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame inducted Hosket an the three Stivers state title teams into its inaugural class in front of more than 1,500 people at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
In all, the Hall inducted nine teams and 26 individuals, including NBA Hall of Famers John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Nate Thurmond and Jack Twyman.
The Hall also inducted Hosket's son, Bill Hosket Jr., who was Ohio's player of the year in 1964 as he led Dayton's Belmont High School to the state championship.
"You have to be overwhelmed by this," Hosket Jr. said.
Both Hoskets went on to All-Big Ten careers at Ohio State University, the only father-son combination to be selected All-Big Ten.
There was no NBA for Hosket Sr., but Hosket Jr. was a first-round draft choice of the New York Knicks and played on New York's 1970 NBA championship team.
Although his son also excelled in basketball, Hosket Sr. — who died at age 45 in 1956 when Hosket Jr. was just 10 — never saw him play.
"This is special," Hosket Jr. said. "But being inducted with my dad makes it extra special."