My all time favorite Hoosier....
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Played only six of the 18 Big 10 games his senior year and was still voted the conference MVP. A badass.
I was 3 at the time and he’s a legend and on the IU Mount Rushmore for me as well. Just a solid and complete player.
I would have to pick Scott May. Of course, I also graduated in 1976. Scott was the leading scorer for the best team in the history of IU basketball. The Hoosiers also would have won it in 1975 if May hadn't broken his forearm against Purdue. I knew Scott May well in college. We lived in the same dorm, played pinball together our freshman year and then played on the same intramural softball team in softball. He batted left-handed, by the way.
Steve Alford was my all time favorite because he came to Bloomington on a mission, to win an NCAA title and he accomplished it. Plus Steve had Washington connections because his dad Sam was a hatchet.
I really enjoyed Calbert Cheaney. If only we could have beat Duke in 92 and gone on to win it all. I would probably pick Calbert if we did.
I really enjoyed Calbert Cheaney. If only we could have beat Duke in 92 and gone on to win it all. I would probably pick Calbert if we did.
Woodson was my first favorite player as I was a little too young for the 76 team.
#42 was my first jersey number as a kid.
Then was #11 of course.
Then #23 but that wasn't from Smart it was for Sandberg (yeah cub fan). Plus all the dominant players at the time wore it (Mattingly, Jordan, Kirk Gibson).
Loved Woodson.
I now live in Minnesota and I was having beers after a softball game and Woodson was doing a press conference when my friend goes 'why is that fat f#$k coaching basketball' and I had to quickly represent and say 'that'fat f#&k was an absolute beast of a player,.
#42 was my first jersey number as a kid.
Then was #11 of course.
Then #23 but that wasn't from Smart it was for Sandberg (yeah cub fan). Plus all the dominant players at the time wore it (Mattingly, Jordan, Kirk Gibson).
Loved Woodson.
I now live in Minnesota and I was having beers after a softball game and Woodson was doing a press conference when my friend goes 'why is that fat f#$k coaching basketball' and I had to quickly represent and say 'that'fat f#&k was an absolute beast of a player,.
All you said is true, but do you remember Greeno led the team in scoring in '75?
Scottie was awesome (I got bumped from a 1 hour bowling class so he had enough credits to graduate, not making that up) but Woodie was the most under-recognized player to ever wear an IU uniform. When RMK was asked "what was the greatest shot you ever saw?" he replied Woodson's first shot in a game after the back surgery. (he drilled a midrange jumper)
We both graduated from IU in 1976. Do we know each other? I lived in McNutt Quad all four years I was at IU and I covered sports for the IDS.
I really liked Steve Alford. When he played for the Indiana All-Stars against Kentucky in 1983, I covered the game and interviewed him after the game. He was a very respectful kid at that time.
My All-Time favorite is Quinn Buckner. i was on campus from 1974-1977 and got to see him play on those two great teams. Never a great scorer, but the guy who did all the little things on the floor to win games and make everybody else better. Great Defender, Excellent Passer, Good Rebounder. But his biggest contribution was his leadership. He probably saved his teammates from the wraith of Coach Knight. Knight could communicate through him, and his teammates would accept him delivering the message.
He had a penchant for kissing it off the glass. It was a really smooth shot. Yes, he was good.
Uh, the Big Ten Silver Basketball (and Silver Football) Award presented by the Chicago Tribune was the recognized Big 10 MVP award for decades. Woodson won it, May won it twice, Steve Downing won it, Kent Benson, Ray Tolbert, Randy Wittman . . .
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjF5NXloMPnAhVPbKwKHZhMCB0QFjAAegQIBBAB&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Basketball&usg=AOvVaw0Acl4qsufrU5ZCVxZDuqAA
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