Maryland planned to honor Driesell with a moment of silence before its game against No.
14 Illinois later today.
Its an honor hes deserved for a long time.
Charles Grice “Lefty” DriesellMaddie Meyer/Getty Images
Driesell is credited with starting the college basketball tradition known as Midnight Madness on Oct. 15, 1971.
He was a finalist four times before receiving the necessary 75% vote three months after his 86th birthday.
Driesell is survived by four children.
While at Duke, Driesell eloped with Joyce and got married in December 1952.
She died in 2021.
