Max Falkenstien and his wife, Isobel, were scheduled to leave today for Springfield, Mass., where the longtime Kansas University sports broadcaster will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Falkenstien, 80, was named recipient of the Curt Gowdy media award in June.

“We’re excited,” Falkenstien said. “Everybody says it’s a fun weekend and a great place to visit.”

Falkenstien visited the Basketball Hall of Fame a few years ago when the KU basketball team was playing at nearby UMass, but he hasn’t seen the shrine since it was remodeled.

“Everybody says it’s spectacular,” Falkenstien said.

Falkenstien will speak briefly at a private Thursday night function, then officially be inducted Friday night. KU athletic director Lew Perkins and associate AD Jim Marchiony also will attend the ceremony.

They all will return to Lawrence via private jet Saturday morning, meaning Falkenstien will be behind the microphone, as usual, for Saturday night’s Kansas-Toledo football game.

Falkenstien, who teams with Bob Davis in the radio booth, is in his 59th year as a broadcaster for KU football and men’s basketball. He also is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.

Also scheduled for induction into the Springfield shrine this weekend is former KU standout Lynette Woodard.

Woodard, a Wichita native, is the leading scorer in the history of women’s basketball with 3,649 points. On the international level, Woodard was a member of the 1980 Olympic Team and co-captained the Gold Medal Olympic team in 1984. She also earned a Gold Medal at the World University Games in 1979.

Woodard played international basketball in the Italian League, where she led the league in scoring in 1982 and 1989 and led Eni-Chem of Priolo to the Italian national championship in 1989.

In 1985, she became the first female to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. She played two professional seasons with the WNBA’s Cleveland Rockers and Detroit Shock.

The other inductees are Clyde Drexler, Jerry Colangeo, Bill Sharman, Drazen Dalipagic and Maurice Stokes. Drexler and Woodard were named in their first year of eligibility.