So this got me thinking. The award started in 1939 and each year a player was chosen except for 1943 and 44 due to the war. It is the oldest such award in the nation, with many other states following suit later.
Where have the kids gone that were chosen?
79 Winners (four times there were co-winners)
IU 26 (three transferred out of IU, two in the Knight era)
Purdue 11
Kentucky 5
Butler 3
North Carolina 3
Ohio State 3
Cincinnati 3
Notre Dame 2
Miami (FL) 2
No College 2
Georgetown 1
Miami (OH) 1
Michigan State 1
Michigan 1
Virginia 1
Arizona 1
Northwestern 1
Evansville 1
New Mexico 1
Vincennes 1
Valpo 1
Southern 1
Xavier 1
Kansas 1
Anderson 1
Indiana Central 1
Colorado 1
Fordham 1
Missouri State 1
IU has had 33% of the winners come to campus. More than any other school. However, 67% chose not to go to IU. In some cases the kids weren't good enough. Other times, they chose to go elsewhere.
During the Knight era, 12 Mr. Indiana chose IU. It was actually 10 years, but one year both co-winners chose IU and in another year co-winners split between IU and PU. 21 winners did not. Of the 21 that did not, they went to the following schools
Kentucky (3), Cincinnati, North Carolina, Kansas, Purdue (5), Arizona, Ohio State, Butler, Northwestern, Evansville, Valpo, Southern, Miami, Missouri State, Vincennes. The kids from the major schools (13), IU went after every one of them with the exception of one that I'm aware of (Glenn Robinson).
So kids Knight went after, he got about half and lost about half. Harder today than it was back then.
Where have the kids gone that were chosen?
79 Winners (four times there were co-winners)
IU 26 (three transferred out of IU, two in the Knight era)
Purdue 11
Kentucky 5
Butler 3
North Carolina 3
Ohio State 3
Cincinnati 3
Notre Dame 2
Miami (FL) 2
No College 2
Georgetown 1
Miami (OH) 1
Michigan State 1
Michigan 1
Virginia 1
Arizona 1
Northwestern 1
Evansville 1
New Mexico 1
Vincennes 1
Valpo 1
Southern 1
Xavier 1
Kansas 1
Anderson 1
Indiana Central 1
Colorado 1
Fordham 1
Missouri State 1
IU has had 33% of the winners come to campus. More than any other school. However, 67% chose not to go to IU. In some cases the kids weren't good enough. Other times, they chose to go elsewhere.
During the Knight era, 12 Mr. Indiana chose IU. It was actually 10 years, but one year both co-winners chose IU and in another year co-winners split between IU and PU. 21 winners did not. Of the 21 that did not, they went to the following schools
Kentucky (3), Cincinnati, North Carolina, Kansas, Purdue (5), Arizona, Ohio State, Butler, Northwestern, Evansville, Valpo, Southern, Miami, Missouri State, Vincennes. The kids from the major schools (13), IU went after every one of them with the exception of one that I'm aware of (Glenn Robinson).
So kids Knight went after, he got about half and lost about half. Harder today than it was back then.
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