rico Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Well with all the Romeo speculation over and done with I thought I would post this topic for discussion. "Who do you wish would have picked IU?" I will always wonder about Oden and Conley. What if they would have came here? Jason Gardner? Dominic James? Robbie Hummel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Eric Montross because with him I think we would have hung a 6th banner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtsIUDomer Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 I'm thinking In State kids.. I wish we could've worked things out with Sean May - mainly from the legacy standpoint. Scott Skiles - I watched him a few times in high school plus that great tournament run they had. I would've loved for him to go to IU. My Dad thought he and RMK would've killed each other. I thought the opposite, that with a bit of handling they would've matched up very well. I'm ever the optimist i guess! Yes, Montross, (I couldn't remember his name, didn't want to look it up, Thanks!) that one hurt. The Big Dog would've had a better college career at IU, (Obviously!) less points, but way more wins. Not to mention how we would've benefited as well! Throw him on that 92-93 team? whoa! - banner time. I always liked that kid, even though he made a bad college choice! ha! I may add more as i think of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Oscar Robertson. Robbie Hummel. Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 30 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Eric Montross because with him I think we would have hung a 6th banner As soon as I read the original post, this is where my mind went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergates Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Crazy no chance ones: Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James. Magic Johnson and if Bird stayed. Guys that we were or should have actually been in on: Oden/Conley, Montross, Big Dog, other Zeller brothers, Plumlees, Harris. The thing about Oden/Conley that is most interesting to me is if they would have picked IU and we made another run with Davis how many additional years would Davis have been at IU? The dominoes fall differently from there, probably no Sampson or Crean, but maybe Davis wears out his welcome after Butler makes their 2 NCAAT title game runs (if those still happen in this alt-universe) and we hire Stephens as Davis's replacement? Crazy to think about how one different choice by two kids in 2005 would have likely changed so many things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaloisGroupe Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, ColtsIUDomer said: Scott Skiles - I watched him a few times in high school plus that great tournament run they had. I would've loved for him to go to IU. My Dad thought he and RMK would've killed each other. I thought the opposite, that with a bit of handling they would've matched up very well. I'm ever the optimist i guess! This is completely hearsay, so if others think this is false please correct me. What I heard was that Skiles liked "puff the magic dragon" and that Knight was not OK with it. I don't want to start false rumors and I am not particularly close to the situation, so correct me if I am wrong and delete this post. He was one heck of a player though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtsIUDomer Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 20 minutes ago, GaloisGroupe said: This is completely hearsay, so if others think this is false please correct me. What I heard was that Skiles liked "puff the magic dragon" and that Knight was not OK with it. I don't want to start false rumors and I am not particularly close to the situation, so correct me if I am wrong and delete this post. He was one heck of a player though. HA! maybe. He couldn't of been worse than Edwards! Also hearsay, as I personally never blazed up WITH him first hand. I couldn't inhale anyway, never could. Dang it. Had to stick with beer as a youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 34 minutes ago, GaloisGroupe said: This is completely hearsay, so if others think this is false please correct me. What I heard was that Skiles liked "puff the magic dragon" and that Knight was not OK with it. I don't want to start false rumors and I am not particularly close to the situation, so correct me if I am wrong and delete this post. He was one heck of a player though. No, you are correct. He also got pulled over with cocaine in his car. Remember it well, it was big news around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLHoosier Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 46 minutes ago, rico said: No, you are correct. He also got pulled over with cocaine in his car. Remember it well, it was big news around here. So....you're saying he liked to party? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, StLHoosier said: So....you're saying he liked to party? No, I am saying he got caught with illegal substances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLHoosier Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, rico said: No, I am saying he got caught with illegal substances. I know, it was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, StLHoosier said: I know, it was a joke. I understood. But a lot of people forget Scott got into trouble with the law. IIRC, he did a plea agreement. He pled guilty to the weed charge and the state dropped the coke charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 To me I didn't care about Montross so much because during that time I had so much confidence in Knight it didn't matter who we rolled out there (considering what 89 team did, fresh off title,etc... Oden is (because Conley and his Dad were tied to his hip) the one I wanted. IU needed him so badly to boost our morale regardless of the 02 run. Couple others during Crean era but Oden is the one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Not sure of the year......but anyway my former boss had a kid that was an Indiana All-star. So I saw him play all the time. But one day at work the boss told me I needed to go to his kid's game that night. I told him I had seen his kid play enough. He told me it wasn't to watch his kid but I needed to check out a kid on the other team. Connersville was on the docket that night. I watched in amazement what this 6-7 kid was doing. My boss asked me what I thought. I said I hope he comes to IU. That kid was Matt Howard. Would loved to had seen him put on the candy stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, rico said: Not sure of the year......but anyway my former boss had a kid that was an Indiana All-star. So I saw him play all the time. But one day at work the boss told me I needed to go to his kid's game that night. I told him I had seen his kid play enough. He told me it wasn't to watch his kid but I needed to check out a kid on the other team. Connersville was on the docket that night. I watched in amazement what this 6-7 kid was doing. My boss asked me what I thought. I said I hope he comes to IU. That kid was Matt Howard. Would loved to had seen him put on the candy stripes. No reason he wasn't recruited. Mine would be Luke Harangody, kids brother and dad both went to IU. Grew up with his room painted IU and Davis doesn't recruit him until he's a SR. Avgs 19 and 10 for his career. 3x All American. Big East POY as a SO, and stayed all 4 years. Good one Mike, good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 What about Gary Harris? He very possibly could have helped deliver a banner in '13 and it's hard to imagine falling off like we did in '14 if we have a backcourt of Yogi, Harris and then Vonleh down low. Maybe a few others from the Movement would've gone elsewhere and we could've had Dunham in that class too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, btownqb said: No reason he wasn't recruited. Mine would be Luke Harangody, kids brother and dad both went to IU. Grew up with his room painted IU and Davis doesn't recruit him until he's a SR. Avgs 19 and 10 for his career. 3x All American. Big East POY as a SO, and stayed all 4 years. Good one Mike, good one. Yeah, Luke was a player for sure. Mike f*#@ed up that one. Great call btown. You refreshed my memory and now I am pissed all over again! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 minute ago, KoB2011 said: What about Gary Harris? He very possibly could have helped deliver a banner in '13 and it's hard to imagine falling off like we did in '14 if we have a backcourt of Yogi, Harris and then Vonleh down low. Maybe a few others from the Movement would've gone elsewhere and we could've had Dunham in that class too. Good call on both accounts. Dunham, still has me shaking my head. Why Crean? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, rico said: Good call on both accounts. Dunham, still has me shaking my head. Why Crean? Why? Dunham!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Gordon Hayward... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: What about Gary Harris? He very possibly could have helped deliver a banner in '13 and it's hard to imagine falling off like we did in '14 if we have a backcourt of Yogi, Harris and then Vonleh down low. Maybe a few others from the Movement would've gone elsewhere and we could've had Dunham in that class too. Least we lost him to MSU. I agree though... I'm saying MSU because they were really good then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, btownqb said: Gordon Hayward... And yet another one........I am starting to think I shouldn't have started this thread. My day is filled with "what ifs". UGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, rico said: And yet another one........I am starting to think I shouldn't have started this thread. My day is filled with "what ifs". UGH. Granted... Gordon was a late bloomer, but.... here's another Tyler Zeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 How about Chris Thomas? Over 2,000 pts. Thanks again Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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