SAN ANTONIO (AP):

Coach Pat Riley, players Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, plus four others were elected to US basketball's Hall of Fame on Monday.

Also among the class of 2008 to be inducted on September 5 in Springfield, Massachusetts, home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, were player Adrian Dantley, coach Cathy Rush, NBA team owner Bill Davidson and broadcaster Dick Vitale.

Ewing was the 1986 NBA Rookie of the Year and an 11-time All-Star in a 17-year pro career. He was named to the NBA's 50th anniversary team and won two Olympic gold medals in 1984 and 1992.

Riley, the third-winningest NBA coach ever, called his election "unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable."

Riley won four NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, then grabbed another one two years ago with Miami. He also has one championship as an assistant and another as a player.