Chauncey Billups To Enter Pac-12 Men's Basketball Hall Of Honor

SAN FRANCISCO – University of Colorado and NBA great Chauncey Billups will be one of 12 former student-athletes inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor, Friday, March 10, during the Pac-12 Tournament.

Billups is a member of the 16^th annual Hall of Honor class joining: Bob Elliott (Arizona), Tarence Wheeler (Arizona State), Jerome Randle (California), Stu Jackson (Oregon), Ray Blume (Oregon State), Mike Montgomery (Stanford), David Greenwood (UCLA), Ralph Vaughn (USC), Andre Miller (Utah), Quincy Pondexter (Washington) and Carlos Daniel (Washington State).

The induction will occur during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2017 Tournament and the inductees will also be recognized on court during Friday night's semifinal session.

One of the most talented players in Colorado basketball history, Billups helped transform the Buffaloes into an NCAA Tournament contender in the two years he played in Boulder. He was a first-team All-American (Basketball News) and unanimous All-Big 12 performer (Associated Press and Coaches) as a sophomore in 1996-97, leading the Buffaloes to a second-place finish in the inaugural season of the Big 12 and CU's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 28 years.

He set a Colorado freshman record for points in 1995-96 with 465 and still holds the first-year mark for assists at 143. He is one of two players in school history to score 1,000 points in just two seasons.

Following his sophomore year, he declared for the 1997 NBA Draft, where he was the highest Buffalo ever drafted; third overall by the Boston Celtics. Billups went on to play 17 seasons in the league for seven different teams. A five-time NBA All-Star and three-time All-NBA selection, he led Detroit to the 2004 NBA Championship and was named Finals MVP averaging 21 points and 5.2 assists in the five-game series win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Billups retired in 2014, ranking among the league's top 10 in free throw percentage (.894) and three-pointers made (1,830) and attempted (4,725). In April 2015, Billups was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame and he joined the CU Athletic Hall of Fame in November 2015.

In partnership with Las Vegas Events, the Pac-12 is hosting the conference tournament in Las Vegas for the fifth year in a row in 2017. For the first time this season, the tournament will be played in the new T-Mobile Arena. The 18,000-seat venue will welcome some of college basketball's top talent this March as the Pac-12 features a national-best five standouts on the John R. Wooden Award National Player of the Year Midseason Top 25 list. The Conference has also had five different teams in the Associated Press Top 25 this season.

All-Tournament Passes are now on sale at pac-12.com/tickets and provide fans the best locations for the best price. Single session tickets will go on sale Thursday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. PT. Additional ticketing information is also available at pac-12.com/tickets.

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Chauncey Billups To Enter Pac-12 Men's Basketball Hall Of Honor

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