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LOS ANGELES -- The West Coast Conference will induct its seventh annual Hall of Honor class on Saturday, March 7 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Ten individuals, one from each member institution, will be honored as part of the 2015 West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. Rick Adelman, '68, has been named LMU's inductee to this year's Hall of Honor.

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"The West Coast Conference continues to be recognized for the great success of its athletics programs and achievements of its student-athletes, coaches and administrators," said West Coast Conference Commissioner Lynn Holzman. "The 10 inductees in the 2015 Hall of Honor class have brought significant honor to themselves, their institutions and to the Conference. We are truly humbled to have this opportunity to salute their accomplishments."

The 2015 WCC Hall of Honor class includes: BYU's Aleisha Cramer Rose (Soccer), Gonzaga's Jason Bay (Baseball), LMU's Adelman (Basketball), Pacific's Elaina Oden (Volleyball), Pepperdine's Dane Suttle (Basketball), Portland's Jim Sollars (Basketball), Saint Mary's Odell Johnson (Basketball), San Diego's Scott Thompson (Basketball), San Francisco's Jim Brovelli (Basketball) and Santa Clara's Bud Ogden (Basketball).

The Hall of Honor class will be formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on Saturday, March 7 at 9 a.m. PT at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Hotel and will be honored during a halftime ceremony.

Tickets to the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch & Induction Ceremony are available to the public for $40 and may be purchased online using the Hall of Honor Ticket Form on WCCsports.com. Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, February 27.

A limited number of all-session passes for the 2015 West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships are available. For more information on the purchasing all-session passes for the tournament and where to stay, click HERE.

Adelman led the Lions in scoring his junior and senior seasons and was the seventh player in Loyola history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. He was only the third player in school history to finish the season with a point per game average over 20 points (21.0). The two-time all-conference selection was the winner of the John Donovan Memorial Trophy, winning the WCC Player of the Year honor in 1967-68.

He graduated in 1968 and was drafted in the seventh round (79th overall pick) by the San Diego Rockets. He played until 1975 for the Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Jazz and the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. During his NBA playing career, Adelman averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 assists per game.

He went into coaching in 1977, and had a long career as a coach in the NBA, which included stints with Portland Trail Blazers (1988-93), Golden State Warriors (1995-97), Sacramento Kings (1999-06), Houston Rockets (2007-11), and the Minnesota Timberwolves (2011-2014). He finished with a record of 1,042-748 in the NBA (58.2 percent) and earned 79 wins in the playoffs, leading Portland to the NBA finals in 1989-90 and 1991-92. Adelman ranks eighth in career NBA victories and is 10th in playoff wins (79).