Well, that’s probably a bit premature. A couple of those kids just got to campus. 😳
Averaged 16.5 ppg after a torn ligament in November to his thumb on his shooting hand. Hmm.. can’t really complain about what he did as a freshman.Romeo
Then you have a guy like Oladipo who was a 3 star recruit and ended up being the 2nd player chosen in the 2013 NBA draft.
Vonleh was a monster his only year here. Easily one of the best players in the B1G that year. I’d argue that Bryant was damn good, too.
The question was whether or not Purdue produces NBA players. The answer is no.
Yeah, even with piss poor coaching IU was still getting NBA talent. And if you want to go there, even Crean managed to win two outright B1G titles. One just 5 years ago, so it hasn’t been that long.
For starters, little brother ...we’re not over on GBI talking shit and demanding affirmation. I’d be bitter too if my team hadn’t seem even one F4 in the past 40 yrs. So much for blind squirrels occasionally finding nuts.
Make more money….hahaha. PU engineers work for Kelley grads. I’ve got 5 working for me. The liberal arts folks bring the average down, but PU grads go to school to work for the businesses IU grads run & own. PU, just like basketball, = higher floor, lower ceiling….
Why are you trying to participate in a discussion regarding the academic standings of either school?
I always say if the team Vonleh played on had any shooters he would have done even better. He used to get double and triple teamed because IU had no shooters.
Yes he was. And the kid was ridiculed by a large portion of our fan base who didn’t want to put any blame on their cult leader Crean.
I disagree. I felt he was hugely skilled and talented but very poorly used. Coach Crean did not ensure the ball went thru Vonleh. We were terrible at feeding the post with his teams. If I had a player on a team I coached with the level of ability that Vonleh had I would have fed that man everytime down the floor. We never really did that. I remember screaming at the guards to get the ball to Vonleh as there were few that could stop him and yet we rarely did.
Vonleh was what he was: a 1 year mercenary who wanted to get to the NBA as fast as he could. IU was just a stopover on that path. I think a player like that can help a team (think Carmelo) but that team will still need a leader on the floor and that 1 year guy generally can't be that too. Vonleh was extremely talented and a good player, but the flaw with his team, imo, was lack of a floor leader, as well as the Coach. Same issue with Romeo, again, imo.
best assessment I've seen so far. Losing four 1000 pt scorers and 2 lotto picks after 2013 created a huge vacuum the next season, especially in leadership. The season was a grotesque underachievement and Vonleh's 6 month layover in Btown took much of the blame, and some was deserved, but that was far and away CTC's worst year of coaching at IU. No chemistry on that team whatsoever. A roster that includes Volneh, Yogi, Sheehey, Troy Williams, and the rest of the "Movement"...and can't even make it to the NIT. Honestly the only reason that team ended up with a winning record is by loading up on early winter cupcakes like Samford, Stony Brook and Kennesaw State.
I think that season showed how good Zeller was, as well as how little “touch” Crean had as a coach. The lack of true preparation, the inability to understand the true strengths and weaknesses of your team, not realizing that you need to feather the throttle from time to time to get the best from players . . . None of those things, which Knight was brilliant at, we’re in any way intuitive to Crean, and that year was yet another revelation of that.
That season was the beginning of the end for Crean, IMO. Fischer took one look around and went home. Even another B1G title couldn't get him over the hump as he appeared to lose control of the team off the court and just generally act a fool in alienating fans and key people in Bloomington.
Fischer took one sniff and went home. Crean had so little control of that situation because the players largely tuned him out.
Yeah I forgot about Luke Fischer. I know we all anguish over the Cuse game, but his quick exit was really the first sign of the inevitable CTC death spiral coming. Hard to buy that the kid left IU due to "homesickness" and then 3 yrs later decides to set up a career playing ball 5000 miles from home.
I blame Miller more than Langford. How many times did we see Langford just standing in the corner? The guy who stands still is the easiest person to guard. I wish Romeo would watch tape of Richard Hamilton. That guy moved all over the court.
Romeo and Vonleh's IU legacies are very similar. Maybe the reason I don't get exited about one and done's at IU. Not the best track record in terms of their presence equalling team success.
In some ways I place Eric Gordon in this camp. The team was very good until Calvin got fired. Eric got hurt during the year and missed some time. But when he was on he was really on and enjoyable to watch.
seems like we can't get a OaD to stay healthy for their one lone season.
I would say none especially because we have not had very many one and dones be a part of IU.
Man you’re really clueless here. Kid worked his butt off for IU and himself. Just a total clown comment.
Were we better off with or without them is the question. It’s not whether or not they’d be your top pick of any player in the country.
The non cult members saw it earlier. You and your crew didn’t see it for a couple years after Fischer left.
blah blah blah....I just said that was when I saw it, moron. Learn to read and comprehend.
This new version is one of the alter egos of a well known poster here.
