HOUSTON - The only item missing on Sheryl Swoopes' resume as a basketball player is election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
And after being named a finalist for the Hall on Friday, Swoopes is a giant step closer to checking off that box as well.
"We took a break from shoot around, and we all went over and watched (the news conference)," Swoopes, who is the women's coach at Loyola University Chicago, said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.
"To be able to share this moment with people you genuinely care about, for my team to be a part of it, makes it that much more special for me.
"It's a very humbling moment for me, and an emotional one."
Reporters can write and say what Swoopes cannot, that she is a slam-dunk first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Ironically, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2016 will be announced in Houston during the NCAA Men's Final Four.
Swoopes helped lead the then-Houston Comets to four consecutive WNBA championships.
Her resume also includes three Olympic gold medals, an NCAA championship with Texas Tech, along with winning the WNBA's MVP and Defensive Player of the Year Award three times each.
If Swoopes is elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, she will have accomplished all that can be accomplished as a player in her sport.
"What I will say is, you're right, I do feel like I'm one step closer to being able to honestly say as a player I accomplished everything and then some," Swoopes said.
"This is just the last chapter. This is it. This is the end (as a player). Hopefully, it will happen, and I will forever be humbled. I will forever be grateful. It's a special day for me regardless of what happens.
"It is a special moment."