rico Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 The talk in the Luke Brown thread got me to thinking. What some of the misses were in IU history as far as landing in-state talent? I think back to 1984 when my team mate made the Indiana All-Star team. We got 2 guys from that team IIRC. Delray Brooks and Kreigh Smith. However Scott Haffner and Jeff Moe were on that team. Haffner transferred from Illinois and became a stud at Evansville. Moe scored over a 1,000 at Iowa. This was in Knight's hey day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchieBall13 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Kyle Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Luke Harengody Greg Oden Mike Conley Dominic James Gary Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Eric Montross would have been nice to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuthruandthru Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Harengody was a huge miss given the fact his dad was an IU foot all player and the guy loved IU as a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Sean May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Opening up the way back machine..... and answering with Oscar Robertson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Bryant McIntosh would have looked great in the candy stripes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 42 minutes ago, rico said: The talk in the Luke Brown thread got me to thinking. What some of the misses were in IU history as far as landing in-state talent? I think back to 1984 when my team mate made the Indiana All-Star team. We got 2 guys from that team IIRC. Delray Brooks and Kreigh Smith. However Scott Haffner and Jeff Moe were on that team. Haffner transferred from Illinois and became a stud at Evansville. Moe scored over a 1,000 at Iowa. This was in Knight's hey day. Eric Montross Greg Oden Mike Conley Sean May Gary Harris Zac irvin Just off of the top of my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUwins0708 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Bryant McIntosh would have looked great in the candy stripes As much as I would’ve loved that, he was at the place he should’ve been. I don’t think he could’ve made it at a higher profile school. Seemed like the pressure got to him when he played IU, PU and some others. I think he liked the chip on your shoulder type of thing at Northwestern. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, IUwins0708 said: As much as I would’ve loved that, he was at the place he should’ve been. I don’t think he could’ve made it at a higher profile school. Seemed like the pressure got to him when he played IU, PU and some others. I think he liked the chip on your shoulder type of thing at Northwestern. Just my opinion. I think you are correct but from a selfish standpoint I would have loved that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milehi Fan Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Larry Bird May qualify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergates Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, rico said: The talk in the Luke Brown thread got me to thinking. What some of the misses were in IU history as far as landing in-state talent? I think back to 1984 when my team mate made the Indiana All-Star team. We got 2 guys from that team IIRC. Delray Brooks and Kreigh Smith. However Scott Haffner and Jeff Moe were on that team. Haffner transferred from Illinois and became a stud at Evansville. Moe scored over a 1,000 at Iowa. This was in Knight's hey day. By miss, do you mean someone we recruited but they went somewhere else for whatever reason (Harris, Oden, Conley, etc) or ones we didn't really recruit (McIntosh, etc)? I think of the former as "lost" and the latter as "passed on", so I wondered what you were thinking we you say "missed on". There's also the ones we got like Perrea, Holloway, etc that could be considered misses as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: Luke Harengody Greg Oden Mike Conley Dominic James Gary Harris I think Harris was a bigger miss for Purdue than IU since his mom was an All-American at Purdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, ArchieBall13 said: Kyle Guy Yep, he fills a lot of our needs. Skill set and attitude. Kyle would have been a great Hoosier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 17 minutes ago, cybergates said: By miss, do you mean someone we recruited but they went somewhere else for whatever reason (Harris, Oden, Conley, etc) or ones we didn't really recruit (McIntosh, etc)? I think of the former as "lost" and the latter as "passed on", so I wondered what you were thinking we you say "missed on". There's also the ones we got like Perrea, Holloway, etc that could be considered misses as well. Guys that weren't offered. My apologies, I should have clarified that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 I agree with the notion that there are different categories. There are the guys we either didn't offer or didn't prioritize. Kyle Macy, Luke Harangody, Dominic James, Kyle Guy. Then, there is a group we offered and didn't get. Montross, Gary Harris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, rico said: Guys that weren't offered. My apologies, I should have clarified that. Zion Willimson.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, Indykev said: Zion Willimson.... He was a Clemson "lock"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 44 minutes ago, Milehi Fan said: Larry Bird May qualify Really did not miss on him. He was ours, and even on campus, till Knight and Benson drove him away from IU, because of how they treated Larry. Knight even admitted years later, it was one of his greatest mistakes to disrespect Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Did we offer Gordon Hayward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Obie Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 hours ago, milehiiu said: Really did not miss on him. He was ours, and even on campus, till Knight and Benson drove him away from IU, because of how they treated Larry. Knight even admitted years later, it was one of his greatest mistakes to disrespect Larry. Being disrespected by Knight or others on the IU team played straight into Larry Bird's world view. The smallest slight was huge in his mind. He was always the poor kid who needed to prove himself. I always loved him for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuthruandthru Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Shawn Kemp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 To me in no specific order players we missed out on that would have meant more titles. Montross, Oden, Conley, Deshaun Thomas, Trey Lyles. Others like Harris, Guy, Wilkes, younger Zellers....wish this list wasn't this long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 26 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Did we offer Gordon Hayward? Not to my knowledge, nor Matt Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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