Jun 17, 2024 · Mountaineer basketball legends Rod Thorn and Jerry West at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2018 (NBA photo). "He was unbelievable, and he always loved West Virginia and was always so proud of being a West Virginian," Thorn said.

Thorn attended West Virginia University. He wore #44, the same number as Jerry West, who had just graduated. [3] At WVU, he was an All-American guard in basketball, as well as playing three seasons on the WVU baseball team. [4]

Jun 13, 2024 · Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd was able to spend some time with West Virginia great Rod Thorn earlier in his NBA career. Just before Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Kidd shared a story that...

Jun 13, 2024 · “Jerry West was extremely proud of being a West Virginian,” longtime NBA executive Rod Thorn, like West a native of West Virginia and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, said Wednesday.

Aug 15, 2022 · Bob Huggins will be presented by Jerry West and Rod Thorn, two West Virginia legends on Sept. 10 for his Hall of Fame induction.

Jun 13, 2024 · Basketball icon JERRY WEST died Wednesday at age 86. SBJ spoke with ROD THORN and RICK BARRY , also Basketball HOFers who played against West and worked as NBA executives, and LEE ZEIDMAN , the president of Crypto.com Arena, Peacock Theatre and LA Live, about their memories of West and his legacy.

Jan 16, 2020 · Thorn will have his No. 44 retired in addition to Jerry West, who had his No. 44 retired in 2005. Thorn was the last WVU men’s basketball player to wear No. 44 during his WVU career from 1961-63. The WVU Athletics Council unanimously voted to retire Thorn’s number.

Feb 29, 2020 · Former West Virginia Mountaineer Rod Thorn speaks at halftime during a ceremony retiring his jersey at WVU Coliseum. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — If Rod Thorn had to do it all over again, Jermaine Haley...

Aug 16, 2022 · Jerry West and Rod Thorn will be presenting class of 2022 inductee, Bob Huggins, for his enshrinement. West was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980 while Thorn just recently went in with...

Jun 17, 2024 · MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – At least Jerry West never had to follow Jerry West. For Rod Thorn, the guy who did so here at West Virginia University and later as a player and an executive in the NBA, the comparisons were always unfair. It was unfair that he was given jersey No. 44 at WVU – Jerry's number.