The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2005 Enshrinement Weekend ceremonies will be held September 8-10, 2005 in Springfield, Massachusetts, home of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Finalists for election to the Class of 2005 include ten candidates from the North American Screening Committee ? players Maurice Cheeks, Adrian Dantley, Joe Dumars, Dennis Johnson, Bernard King, Chet Walker and Dominique Wilkins, coaches Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun, and contributor Hubie Brown.  Two candidates each comprise finalists from the Women?s Screening Committee ? coaches Van Chancellor and Sue Gunter ? International Screening Committee ? Italian coach Sandro Gamba and player Hortencia Marcari from Brazil ? and the Veterans Screening Committee - player John Isaacs and contributor John Kerr.

A Finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2005. Chancellor, Dumars, Gunter and Wilkins are Finalists in their first year of consideration by their respective Screening Committees. Calhoun, King, Johnson, Kerr, Walker, Marcari, Dantley and Cheeks have been named Finalists previously.