BobSaccamanno Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, OGIUAndy said: https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/12/10/mens-basketball-the-indiana-basketball-family-remembers-eric-anderson.aspx Quotes from IUBB guys. Thanks for sharing. I was at IU those years and it’s tough. Those quotes are very, very touching. I especially appreciated Brian Evans’ comments, but all were good. I’m glad Coach Knight was quoted too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Players mentioned his son- Sam. No mention of a wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Take this as unconfirmed, but I have second-hand information that he contracted pneumonia and it escalated rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: Take this as unconfirmed, but I have second-hand information that he contracted pneumonia and it escalated rapidly. Wow...at Eric's age, I just figured cancer or some heart ailment. So sad for his family. Great player... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGIUAndy Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, Reacher said: Players mentioned his son- Sam. No mention of a wife. I think this is why: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5674957/Celebrity-trainer-Tracy-Anderson-fiance-leaves-amid-pregnancy-rumors.html I also saw this article: https://www.wthr.com/article/celebrity-fitness-trainer-in-trouble-in-indiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 What a bummer. I only really remember some of his senior due to being young. But he was one of if not my favorite that year. Was able to meet him and get his autograph. 48 is just too young to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 28 minutes ago, Reacher said: Players mentioned his son- Sam. No mention of a wife. Tracy was a real piece of work. Anyone that lived on the North Side knows of her very well. Trainer to the stars (Madonna, Paltrow). They had a child together. You can google the rest. In terms of remembering Eric. One thing that I'll always remember is standing at Murphy's before a Cubs game and I look over as this guy is walking by me....I go shoot man your Eric Anderson! Stopped and talked to us for 15 minutes over a beer. Been lucky to meet several players over the years. The one thing that I remember about meeting him was he downplayed his stardom or whatever you want to call it. RIP to him. Pure Hoosier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsStoller Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 This is just hitting hard, as did Daryl Thomas’ passing. Eric was kind enough to let my kids get a picture with him at our grade school one day. He was also the first athletic director at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, IN. Came to my church’s annual auction one year as well, and donated an autographed ball. He was a gem. Way too young. My prayers and thoughts go out to his son and all of his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 37 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: What a bummer. I only really remember some of his senior due to being young. But he was one of if not my favorite that year. Was able to meet him and get his autograph. 48 is just too young to go. I remember how well Eric played in the tournament and without him we wouldn't have made the final four. He did not complain when Nover took his starting spot but he played a lot of minutes and I think scored in double figures in every tournament game that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, IU Scott said: I remember how well Eric played in the tournament and without him we wouldn't have made the final four. He did not complain when Nover took his starting spot but he played a lot of minutes and I think scored in double figures in every tournament game that year. I remember that too. Also remember that he busted his chin open during the florida state game i believe. Got patched up and kept going. Very gritty scrappy player. Also a pro at playing basketball and chewing gum at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, IU Scott said: I remember how well Eric played in the tournament and without him we wouldn't have made the final four. He did not complain when Nover took his starting spot but he played a lot of minutes and I think scored in double figures in every tournament game that year. MOP of the West Region that year. Can you imagine a McDonald's All American, Big Ten Freshman POY in today's world seeing his starting role and playing time dwindle as the years went on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Coming out now. Sounds like yesterday's report on here was accurate. Pneumonia which led to cardiac failure is preliminary report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Coming out now. Sounds like yesterday's report on here was accurate. Pneumonia which led to cardiac failure is preliminary report. That's just so hard to even imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Coming out now. Sounds like yesterday's report on here was accurate. Pneumonia which led to cardiac failure is preliminary report. Yeah, saw that in the IndyStar. "Natural causes" and "48" don't belong in the same sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Gee whiz. My five year old was in the hospital for five days in March with pneumonia. Had this happened before that and I had known about it, I would have been freaked out even more. I remember someone telling me when he got out that most people don't understand just how serious pneumonia can be. My condolences to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 34 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: Gee whiz. My five year old was in the hospital for five days in March with pneumonia. Had this happened before that and I had known about it, I would have been freaked out even more. I remember someone telling me when he got out that most people don't understand just how serious pneumonia can be. My condolences to his family. Pneumonia is one of the biggest concerns we have always had with Ayden. Scary stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Parakeet Jones said: Gee whiz. My five year old was in the hospital for five days in March with pneumonia. Had this happened before that and I had known about it, I would have been freaked out even more. I remember someone telling me when he got out that most people don't understand just how serious pneumonia can be. My condolences to his family. Big time. Especially with kids or older than 65 is the high risk zone. Having this happen at age 48 for Eric Anderson is extremely rare. Either way pneumonia is nothing to ever be normal with. Can be very dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fundamentals Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Eric Anderson, a tough kid, and good man. Played for Bob, and responded as few did. Class act. Sad to see you go, my friend. Prayers for his family. Also, played on one fabulous team that peaked in the West Regional Final when they put the wood to UCLA by 30 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Apparently found dead after a welfare check? https://www.foxnews.com/sports/celebrity-trainers-ex-husband-ex-knicks-player-eric-anderson-found-dead-in-his-home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 12:21 PM, FKIM01 said: Apparently found dead after a welfare check? https://www.foxnews.com/sports/celebrity-trainers-ex-husband-ex-knicks-player-eric-anderson-found-dead-in-his-home I don't have any problem with the welfare check. The problem I have is why weren't others checking in on him? I take it his Sister didn't live close and they communicated regularly. Just sad. I imagine the signs were there but went unnoticed. I just noticed I left out the contraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Terry Hutchens column: Death of Anderson makes six former IU basketball players who have died before age 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, milehiiu said: Terry Hutchens column: Death of Anderson makes six former IU basketball players who have died before age 52 I'd forgotten about James Hardy. What a sad story. I remember thinking that recruiting class (DJ White, Vaden, Ratliff, and Hardy) would be special. DJ held up his end, buy the others were disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: I'd forgotten about James Hardy. What a sad story. I remember thinking that recruiting class (DJ White, Vaden, Ratliff, and Hardy) would be special. DJ held up his end, buy the others were disappointing. JMO....but Ratliff was the only disappointment there. Vaden just chose to follow Davis to UAB and Hardy decided his sport was football. BTW, Vaden ended up scoring over 2,000 points in his collegiate career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 ^^ Vaden could have been a special player from Indiana in Candy Stripes. However, he felt a kinship to Mike Davis who helped Robert get through a troubled time in his life, after losing his father. Something I was not aware of, until later. Davis, in effect became Robert's surrogate father. They became close. As a result Robert followed Davis to UAB, and had to sit out a year. I watched him play for Davis at UAB. And Vaden was a very good shooter, I think averaging over 20 PPG at UAB. , with what I believe one game over 40 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, milehiiu said: ^^ Vaden could have been a special player from Indiana in Candy Stripes. However, he felt a kinship to Mike Davis who helped Robert get through a troubled time in his life, after losing his father. Something I was not aware of, until later. Davis, in effect became Robert's surrogate father. They became close. As a result Robert followed Davis to UAB, and had to sit out a year. I watched him play for Davis at UAB. And Vaden was a very good shooter, I think averaging over 20 PPG at UAB. , with what I believe one game over 40 points. I don't know the exact stats without looking them up, but I am thinking Robert had around 800 points his 2 years here. That is pretty damn good. I would surmise that had he stayed he would have been an IU legend. The guy could flat arsz shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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