Eric Anderson - RIP

[A.j. Nigh]

Saw where Eric Anderson passed away late last night/early this morning at the age of 48.  Anderson was a 1988 McDonald’s All-American,  1989 Big 10 Freshman of the Year,  a 1991 All Big Ten selection, and the 1992 West Regional Most Valuable Player. Prayers to his family.

[biteoftheapple]

My condolences to his family.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Terrible tragedy and sympathies to his family.  He was a real scrapper.

[mamasa]

Very sad- he and Matt Nover were friends with my R.A.  I just remember that he was a nice guy who seemed like he had the broadest shoulders of anyone I'd ever met!

[johnsoniu]

Very sad. Condolences to his family. 

[schoosier]

RIP Eric. He had a competitive spirit on the court and didn’t back down from anybody. My sympathies go out to his family.

[Stuhoo]

 

:(

 

[mdn82]

Damn man. RIP


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[323SGrant]

Saw where Eric Anderson passed away late last night/early this morning at the age of 48.  Anderson was a 1988 McDonald’s All-American,  1989 Big 10 Freshman of the Year,  a 1991 All Big Ten selection, and the 1992 West Regional Most Valuable Player. Prayers to his family.
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Really sorry to hear this. I followed his career for many years.


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[colonel06]

Wow how sad to hear!
What a baller!
Anyone hear what happened?
RIP Eric. :(


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[LamarCheeks]

Was stunned to see this. Eric played at IU when I was there. Very versatile big man. Could go inside and had a nice touch from the perimeter. Seemed like a pretty good guy, too. So sad -- 48 is way too damn young. 

[hoosierdogg]

Sad news for Hoosier Nation.  Anderson was a baller, on a great Final Four Hoosier team in 1992 - with Cheaney, both Grahams, Reynolds, Meeks, Henderson, Evans, Baily, Nover, heck of a roster. That 1991-1992 team has six of Indiana's top 14 all-time leading scorers (1 - Cheaney, 7 - Henderson, 8 - Bailey, 11 - Anderson, 12 - Evans, 14 - Greg Graham).   Anderson was tough as nails on the court and from all accounts a great guy.  RIP Eric Anderson

  

[Naturalhoosier]

Ah man, he embodied IU. One of my all time faves. Godspeed. 

[Alford Bailey]

Terrible news. What a great player.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Former players comment on Eric.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/12/10/mens-basketball-the-indiana-basketball-family-remembers-eric-anderson.aspx

[Chris007]

I remember seeing him on Sunday's at Noble Roman's eating pizza and drinking pitchers of beer while watching football. As a high school student, I wanted to go over and have a beer with him. 

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I remember seeing him on Sunday's at Noble Roman's eating pizza and drinking pitchers of beer while watching football. As a high school student, I wanted to go over and have a beer with him. 

 

Yeeech...that Noble Roman's on East 3rd Street was a dump :) 

I think they used to have an all-u-can -eat option back in those days; must've attracted a lot of over-sized hungry athletes.

 

[Chris007]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

 

Yeeech...that Noble Roman's on East 3rd Street was a dump :) 

I think they used to have an all-u-can -eat option back in those days; must've attracted a lot of over-sized hungry athletes.

 

Yes it was a dump but this was the Noble Romans off of college where the IGA and the discount movie theatre was. Steak and shake is there now. It was in a strip mall.

[SlamaJamaSisley]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Yeeech...that Noble Roman's on East 3rd Street was a dump :) 

I think they used to have an all-u-can -eat option back in those days; must've attracted a lot of over-sized hungry athletes.  RIP.

 

Just a guess, but pitchers of cold beer will normally overshadow the "dump" conditions ... especially on a Sunday in Indiana!  RIP!

[ray]

21 hours ago, hoosierdogg said:

Sad news for Hoosier Nation.  Anderson was a baller, on a great Final Four Hoosier team in 1992 - with Cheaney, both Grahams, Reynolds, Meeks, Henderson, Evans, Baily, Nover, heck of a roster. That 1991-1992 team has six of Indiana's top 14 all-time leading scorers (1 - Cheaney, 7 - Henderson, 8 - Bailey, 11 - Anderson, 12 - Evans, 14 - Greg Graham).   Anderson was tough as nails on the court and from all accounts a great guy.  RIP Eric Anderson

  

Wow, that is way too young. I remember his playing days. 

 

And, wow...6 players in top 14 of all-time scorers. I never would have guessed that, but then when I looked at the roster it seemed more believable. Is that the year Duke’s Christian Laettner should have been banned for his dumb BS of stomping on a Kentucky player?

Edited December 11, 2018 by ray