Dick Barnett played on the Gary Roosevelt team that lost to Crispus Attucks in the 1955 state title game. Barnett scored 18 points.

Dick Barnett, a basketball Hall of Famer who played on both New York Knicks NBA championship teams after being part of a historic college powerhouse at Tennessee A&I, has died. He was 88.

The New York Knicks announced Sunday that team legend and Hall of Famer, Dr. Richard Barnett, has died. He was 88. Barnett was a three-time All-America selection at Tennessee State before being drafted in the first round of the 1959 NBA Draft by the Syracuse Nationals (who later became the Philadelphia 76ers).