As the final seconds ticked off the end of regulation in the recent NCAA men's basketball championship game, Joe DeGregorio squirmed in his seat at the Alamodome in San Antonio. When Kansas hit a 3-pointer to send the game into overtime and eventually defeated Memphis, 75-68, DeGregorio understood what Memphis coach John Calipari was going through.

That's because he goes way back with Calipari, who was the point guard on DeGregorio's Clarion University teams in the late 1970s.

Memphis' meltdown in the final moments of regulation remains a second-guesser's delight. Why didn't he call a timeout? Why didn't he instruct his players to foul?

"You take the responsibility when things go wrong as a coach. That's what Calipari did," said DeGregorio, head coach for eight years at Clarion, four at Upper St. Clair and three at North Hills high schools.

DeGregorio hasn't forgotten Clarion's three losses to John Chaney's Cheyney State team in the championship game of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. The defeats were by one, five and seven points.

DeGregorio won often enough to gain entrance to the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted with 10 others at ceremonies May 3 at the Sheraton Four Points Pittsburgh North in Warrendale.

The other inductees are:

• Markley Barnes (deceased) -- Was a member of Jock Sutherland's Pitt football team that played in the 1930 Rose Bowl.

• Sam Clancy -- Best known as an under-sized center who played with an over-sized heart for Pitt's basketball team. He led the Panthers in rebounding in each of his four seasons and averaged 14 points.

• Gregg Garrity -- A receiver at North Allegheny High School and Penn State, he was selected in the fifth round of the 1983 NFL draft by the Steelers.

• Gary Hess -- After playing baseball, basketball and volleyball at Munhall High School, he became an NAIA basketball All-American at West Virginia Wesleyan in 1959.

• Paul Lewis (deceased) -- A graduate of Clairton High School in 1932, he took over as the school's varsity swimming team in 1947 and led the team to 11 consecutive WPIAL titles.

• Bob Long -- After playing football and basketball at Washington Township High School (now part of the Kiski Area school district), he played three years of basketball at Wichita State and earned All-American in his one season of football. Played on Green Bay's teams that won Super Bowl I and II.

• Kevin McClatchy -- Organized and led the ownership group that purchased the Pirates in 1996 and was CEO of the franchise until October 2007.

• Jack McCurry -- A graduate of Richland High School (now Pine-Richland) Edinboro University, he has built a record of 246-90-5 in 30 seasons as football coach at North Hills High School.

• Alex Sandusky -- A late-bloomer who didn't start as a senior end at Stowe High School, he became an All-American at Clarion State College and became a starting guard on the Baltimore Colts teams that won NFL championships in '58 and '59.

• Wade Schalles -- A four-time NCAA wrestling champion at Clarion with an NCAA-record 100 pins.