Top Ten Players of the Tom Crean Era.

[FindEndNow 198]

http://www.insidethehall.com/2015/06/29/ranking-the-top-10-players-of-the-tom-crean-era/
I didn't think you could mess this up. Apparently you can. Im fine with all of this.... except for the last part. It shouldn't have been too hard.

[Stuhoo 75,560]

I would rate Troy closer to the top of the list. Definitely over Noah Vonleh.

 

Contributed more to the program. Accomplished more. Will have a better pro career and a better college career.

[FindEndNow 198]

I would rate Troy closer to the top of the list. Definitely over Noah Vonleh.

Contributed more to the program. Accomplished more. Will have a better pro career and a better college career.

Troy very well could pass Vonleh. But it just speaks to how good Vonleh was. And I don't know about their pro careers. Troy reminds me a lot of Gerald Green. And it took Green sometime to find a place in the NBA. But with a player like Troy you just never know. He could be an All-star or he could be out of the league after a few years. Vonleh though plays defense and rebounds. That'll always keep you around.

[Josh 12,360]

Interestin

g list, brought back a lot of fun memories.  Thanks.

 

 

 

Pertinent to this board....5 of the 10 are from outside of the midwest.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,726]

I enjoyed this list as well.  If Vonleh would have been a 3 year player....  Man oh man. 

 

Reports are as expected.  Thomas Bryant is really good.  He'll be on the list at some point. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,726]

also, this list will change after this year for JB2, Yogi, and Troy.  Should be a fun and exciting season. 

[Hoosierfan2017 19,886]

I would still put Hulls and Sheehey over Noah Vonleh. In terms of talent absolutely not, but Vonleh didn't do much of anything while he was here.

[bnkepner 1,509]

Troy showed flashes last year, but he hasnt lived up to the hype yet. I only disagree with Verdell Jones being so high. He was the human turnover

[OliviaPope40 6,295]

Hard to argue who should be #1 or #2.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Troy showed flashes last year, but he hasnt lived up to the hype yet. I only disagree with Verdell Jones being so high. He was the human turnover

 

But we will always remember that one beautiful assist Verdell made to CWat for the 3 against pUKe!

[OliviaPope40 6,295]

But we will always remember that one beautiful assist Verdell made to CWat for the 3 against pUKe!

Verdell wasn't the only one who had a hand in that.

[Stuhoo 75,560]

Verdell wasn't the only one who had a hand in that.

 

OliviaPope's top ten list of IU players in The Tom Crean era:

 

1)  Cody Zeller

2)  Luke Fischer

3)  Max Hoetzel

4)  Uhhh

5)  Mmmmm

6)  Wellll...

 

That's it.

[OliviaPope40 6,295]

OliviaPope's top ten list of IU players in The Tom Crean era:

 

1)  Cody Zeller

2)  Luke Fischer

3)  Max Hoetzel

 

That's it.

2 and 3 are debatable. 

[Stuhoo 75,560]

2 and 3 are debatable. 

 

They'll come back to you some day. Be strong, girl!

[Bobman1 2,909]

If it's ten most important, I'd say Zeller at 1. But if it's best, easily Vic. Also if we hang a banner this year, that whole list changes.

[FindEndNow 198]

If it's ten most important, I'd say Zeller at 1. But if it's best, easily Vic. Also if we hang a banner this year, that whole list changes.

No. In the NBA Vic is better. At IU it was Cody. And it wasn't very close.

[Alford Bailey 12,246]

1. Vic

2. Cody

3. Noah

4.Yogi

Rest are a step below and  interchangeable IMO. Noah coulda of easily been #1 but was the most mis managed talent I've seen in 35 years of IU bb.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,726]

1. Vic
2. Cody
3. Noah
4.Yogi
Rest are a step below and interchangeable IMO. Noah coulda of easily been #1 but was the most mis managed talent I've seen in 35 years of IU bb.

I actually agree but I watched some NV games in high school. He had the same issues on a HS level. Never seemed in the flow of the offense or had a definite role. He'd get his points off the offensive glass and the occasional 3. The point guard rarely gave him the ball. We saw much of these same things.

NV fashions himself as a Harrison Barnes type player. Crean and his HS coach played him like a true 5. Vonleh will eventually be great if he can play the 3 or 4. I think his face up game has the chance to be excellent.

Also, our lack of shooting really hurt our offensive game plan for Vonleh, as teams collapsed all around him.

[FindEndNow 198]

I actually agree but I watched some NV games in high school. He had the same issues on a HS level. Never seemed in the flow of the offense or had a definite role. He'd get his points off the offensive glass and the occasional 3. The point guard rarely gave him the ball. We saw much of these same things.

NV fashions himself as a Harrison Barnes type player. Crean and his HS coach played him like a true 5. Vonleh will eventually be great if he can play the 3 or 4. I think his face up game has the chance to be excellent.

Also, our lack of shooting really hurt our offensive game plan for Vonleh, as teams collapsed all around him.

I really hate people talking about how that team couldn't shoot. You know what you do about that? You adjust your game to fit your personnel. Every year UofL can't hit water if they were in the ocean. Yet they're good. Not having 3 point shooters is a terrible excuse. We had Yogi, Gordon, Sheehey, Etherington and Vonleh. Hollowell and Hartman. We had people who could shoot on the team. But that team was so badly misused by the coaching staff. That alone should have had people fired.

[moyemayhem 1,261]

No. In the NBA Vic is better. At IU it was Cody. And it wasn't very close.

 

I'm not so sure, I think Vic was definitely the better player in 2012-13.  Oladipo finished #2 in the Wooden Award vote and Zeller finished #7.