With the selection of Mac Otten, a pair of brothers are members of the Hall of Fame for the first time; Mac's older brother Don was inducted in 1966. With Otten at center, the Falcon basketball team compiled a 79-20 record from 1946 to 1949 and twice competed in the prestigious NIT Tournament in New York. He was selected to the All-Ohio team three times and received All-American recognition.
Mac was also along with his brother, in 2011 to the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mac Otten was elected to the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.