HoosierCoop Posted December 8, 2017 Posted December 8, 2017 There is an area buzz going around about this kid that plays for 3A Blackford. I don't know much about him except that everyone said that this kid scores at will and is averaging 32ppg very early on in the season as a Freshman. I'm not saying he is IU material yet but I would keep my finger on this one. ccgeneral, IUsafety, Diadem and 1 other 4
ccgeneral Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 @BlackfordBruins: Bruins defeat Madison-Grant, 85-65. Brown 35. Hoover 18. Stroble 11. Beckley 8. IUsafety and HoosierAloha 2
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Impressive stats! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
IUHAHN81 Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 I don't care about how early too early is. I don't want us being late to anymore parties. pumpfake, ccgeneral and Iugradman 3
TheWatShot Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 If my math is correct, he has scored 264 points in 9 games. ccgeneral, WayneFleekHoosier and VPC 3
ccgeneral Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 1 hour ago, TheWatShot said: If my math is correct, he has scored 264 points in 9 games. Yep. Stats Games Played - 9 Points Per Game - 29.3 Assists Per Game - 6.9 Rebounds Per Game - 3.6 Steals Per Game - 2.7 Blocks Per Game - 0.3 Iugradman, IUsafety, Brass Cannon and 4 others 7
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 Doyel column on Brown: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2018/01/08/doyel-blackford-freshman-phenom-taking-whole-town-joy-ride/1013220001/ His high school coach, Jerry Hoover, is quite a guy and very enjoyable to talk to. He coached the girls program at Logansport High School for several years which included Whitney Jennings (Butler U.) being named Miss Basketball. Stromboli, ALASKA HOOSIER and Stuhoo 3
Stuhoo Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 14 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Doyel column on Brown: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2018/01/08/doyel-blackford-freshman-phenom-taking-whole-town-joy-ride/1013220001/ His high school coach, Jerry Hoover, is quite a guy and very enjoyable to talk to. He coached the girls program at Logansport High School for several years which included Whitney Jennings (Butler U.) being named Miss Basketball. What a read; you can't make this stuff up! Oh wait...they have already: This is Jimmy Chitwood with an 83 year old coach. Wowowowowowowow. Get the kid on campus Arch. Feels like a Hoosier to me. Class of '66 Old Fart, Stromboli, HoosierHoops1 and 1 other 4
Stromboli Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Doyel column on Brown: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2018/01/08/doyel-blackford-freshman-phenom-taking-whole-town-joy-ride/1013220001/ His high school coach, Jerry Hoover, is quite a guy and very enjoyable to talk to. He coached the girls program at Logansport High School for several years which included Whitney Jennings (Butler U.) being named Miss Basketball. Excellent! That article does a great job showing what is happening here. Otherwise he's just a link on btownbanners for me. But this kid is quite a bit more than that. He's a phenom. Wait until the hype machine gets past Romeo and settles on him. Stuhoo, you're right on with the Jimmy Chitwood reference. In other words, he's just playing the lead in the same story of Indiana Basketball that we all love. I'll be cheering for him. Does anyone know what kind of connections we may have to Luke's family or his coach? Class of '66 Old Fart, ALASKA HOOSIER, WayneFleekHoosier and 1 other 4
TheWatShot Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Iugradman said: If his relative and coach is a Purdue grad the kid might be inclined to go there. Purdue recently had him in for a visit. I've changed my mind about it being too early. Offer him now, Archie. WayneFleekHoosier 1
Gahoosierfan Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 I just watched the video. He is a Damon Bailey clone! HinnyHoosier 1
Popular Post Brass Cannon Posted January 9, 2018 Popular Post Posted January 9, 2018 12 hours ago, TheWatShot said: Purdue recently had him in for a visit. I've changed my mind about it being too early. Offer him now, Archie. So he knows what Purdue smells like. That's something in our favor bigrod, Hoosier_roots, thebigweave and 9 others 9 3
LockdownD Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 This kid reminds me of Brody Boyd. Undersized scoring machine. Really fun to watch as long as he was playing someone else's school. IUsafety, Hoosier_roots and hoosierfarmboy82 3
VO5 Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 You guys realize Blackford plays one of the worst schedules in the state right? While it’s cool this kid is putting up numbers, he’ll be lucky to be a D1 prospect IMO. Hoosierfan2017 1
Stuhoo Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 17 minutes ago, VO5 said: You guys realize Blackford plays one of the worst schedules in the state right? While it’s cool this kid is putting up numbers, he’ll be lucky to be a D1 prospect IMO. Will be very interesting to see how he does if/when he plays AAU. He could be Steve Nash, or he could be Austin Boucher ;) Wouldn't want to ignore him and be wrong though. WayneFleekHoosier, Crimson and Cream, ALASKA HOOSIER and 3 others 6
ap2345 Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 51 minutes ago, VO5 said: You guys realize Blackford plays one of the worst schedules in the state right? While it’s cool this kid is putting up numbers, he’ll be lucky to be a D1 prospect IMO. He puts up numbers for Indiana Elite too. He'll be D1. lillurk, ccgeneral and WayneFleekHoosier 3
TheWatShot Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, VO5 said: You guys realize Blackford plays one of the worst schedules in the state right? While it’s cool this kid is putting up numbers, he’ll be lucky to be a D1 prospect IMO. Blackford was one of the worst teams in the state before he went there. He has a cousin who's pretty decent, but other than that his supporting cast is terrible. They'd probably be winless right now if he hadn't gone there, and that's not an exaggeration. HoosierCoop 1
AKHoosier Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 That was a good article in the Indy Star today about him. It'll be interesting to see how this develops over the years, as some of these kids you just never know. He's only a freshman right now, the rest of his class could catch up to him in time. If he does in fact grow to 6'2'' or 6'3'' then it could get interesting, he'll very likely be Division 1. Cool for Hartford City though. ALASKA HOOSIER, HoosierTrav, Iugradman and 1 other 4
HoosierCoop Posted January 10, 2018 Author Posted January 10, 2018 18 hours ago, TheWatShot said: Blackford was one of the worst teams in the state before he went there. He has a cousin who's pretty decent, but other than that his supporting cast is terrible. They'd probably be winless right now if he hadn't gone there, and that's not an exaggeration. Totally agree with that. Imagine if he had a supporting cast.
Popular Post ccgeneral Posted January 13, 2018 Popular Post Posted January 13, 2018 His dream school? “IU!” said Brown. http://wishtv.com/2018/01/12/blackford-high-schools-freshman-sensation-bringing-the-town-to-life/ southsidehoosier, Stromboli, lillurk and 29 others 32
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