IU Basketball News and Notes

[Pagoda]

RMK statue is coming.  Pretty cool imo, it had to be done.

 

[Home Jersey]

24 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

RMK statue is coming.  Pretty cool imo, it had to be done.

 

Long overdue IMO and happy to see it. "Legend" doesn't do him justice. 

[Pagoda]

Lamar is moving up the record books in terms of 3's made.

 

Also, it's crazy how many Steve made in the first year of the 3 pt line.  And yea I know the line as closer back then, but shooting the three was a totally different thing in '86-87 and Steve did shoot 53% from deep.  Amazing how RMK and Steve figured it out so quickly.

[AKHoosier]

18 hours ago, Demo said:

Well earned.

God, if DDV doesn’t fly down there and close that kid and he ended up at UK we would be Rutgers right now….at best.

To be fair, after Pope put him through this Lamar was probably willing to go anywhere else but UK.

[Demo]

4 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Lamar is moving up the record books in terms of 3's made.

 

Also, it's crazy how many Steve made in the first year of the 3 pt line.  And yea I know the line as closer back then, but shooting the three was a totally different thing in '86-87 and Steve did shoot 53% from deep.  Amazing how RMK and Steve figured it out so quickly.

You could make a totally reasonable argument that Alford was the greatest shooter in the history of CBB. Yeah, you had to run stuff for him, but with the exception of 1 game against I think Wisky where he shot 1 for a million that dude spent 4 years making everything.

[str8baller]

4 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Also, it's crazy how many Steve made in the first year of the 3 pt line.  And yea I know the line as closer back then, but shooting the three was a totally different thing in '86-87 and Steve did shoot 53% from deep.  Amazing how RMK and Steve figured it out so quickly.

Some years prior they did an experimental line just for the non-con and it was Whittman and Kitchell who pretty much shot the hell out of the ball. Again it was the old line and low volume but still kind of cool. I think for those guys, they were already shooting from out there—but only if wide open—and already expected to shoot 50%+. But they weren’t hunting 3 pointers like guys do today.  

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Some years prior they did an experimental line just for the non-con and it was Whittman and Kitchell who pretty much shot the hell out of the ball. Again it was the old line and low volume but still kind of cool. I think for those guys, they were already shooting from out there—but only if wide open—and already expected to shoot 50%+. But they weren’t hunting 3 pointers like guys do today.  

Yup. Remember, maybe it was Chuck Marlowe, asking RMK about that line and him replying that he loved it because there were only 3 guys in the BIg Ten who could shoot it and he had 2 of them.

[IUHoosierJoe]

38 minutes ago, Demo said:

You could make a totally reasonable argument that Alford was the greatest shooter in the history of CBB. Yeah, you had to run stuff for him, but with the exception of 1 game against I think Wisky where he shot 1 for a million that dude spent 4 years making everything.

Alford is the best shooter I’ve ever seen in my life. Still remember his semi-state performance for New Castle against Broad Ripple (I believe that’s right). They full-court pressed him and beat the crap out of him the whole game, and he went 16-26 from the field (no 3 pointers then, but most of his shots were from that range) and 25-25 FTs for 57 points. 

[MonteMarcaccini]

49 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Alford is the best shooter I’ve ever seen in my life. Still remember his semi-state performance for New Castle against Broad Ripple (I believe that’s right). They full-court pressed him and beat the crap out of him the whole game, and he went 16-26 from the field (no 3 pointers then, but most of his shots were from that range) and 25-25 FTs for 57 points. 

Broad Ripple is correct.  As a kid watching, he instantly became my favorite player and that is mostly true to this day.  
New Castle got beat in the night game by Connersville and the Heineman twins.  I believe Alford had 33 that night for 90 on the day.

Ahhh, semi state weekend of one class basketball…

[HoosierHoopster]

11 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Lamar is moving up the record books in terms of 3's made.

 

Also, it's crazy how many Steve made in the first year of the 3 pt line.  And yea I know the line as closer back then, but shooting the three was a totally different thing in '86-87 and Steve did shoot 53% from deep.  Amazing how RMK and Steve figured it out so quickly.

He’ll pass at least Yogi and Blackmon. Special player

[jermhoosierfan]

13 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

He’ll pass at least Yogi and Blackmon. Special player

He only needs 23 in the next 6 games to match Alford which is very doable. Topping Alford for any record is pretty special.

[68Hoosier]

On 2/10/2026 at 9:15 AM, Pagoda said:

Lamar is moving up the record books in terms of 3's made.

 

Also, it's crazy how many Steve made in the first year of the 3 pt line.  And yea I know the line as closer back then, but shooting the three was a totally different thing in '86-87 and Steve did shoot 53% from deep.  Amazing how RMK and Steve figured it out so quickly.

Shocked that Edwards is not on this list.  

[IUHoosierJoe]

9 minutes ago, 68Hoosier said:

Shocked that Edwards is not on this list.  

I think Wilkerson just knocked Edwards out of the top 4, because Edwards made 81 in 1988-89.

[Pagoda]

Haha.  Conor Enright x JLab Collab.  

 

[Stuhoo]

13 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Haha.  Conor Enright x JLab Collab.  

 

Every time I see the heart and soul of this team, Sam, Conor, and Lamar, hanging out, I see Jason Drake in the picture.

Get healthy Jason Drake.

[LamarCheeks]

Mike Rhoades says our fans are nice. 

We need to step up our rudeness the next time Penn State visits. 

LOL! 
 

 

[CSP]

3 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Every time I see the heart and soul of this team, Sam, Conor, and Lamar, hanging out, I see Jason Drake in the picture.

Get healthy Jason Drake.

did we ever find out what he and Harris's injuries were? 

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, CSP said:

did we ever find out what he and Harris's injuries were? 

I think (?) they are both foot/stress fracture injuries.

[Hovadipo]

5 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Mike Rhoades says our fans are nice. 

This may not be popular - like, at all - but I gotta wholeheartedly disagree with this one. Between traveling and home games, our fans are some of the worst I've ever encountered. Students at home more than anything (which I suppose comes with the territory to an extent) and on the road...pretty much anyone is a candidate to do or say something stupid.

[Stuhoo]

19 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Mike Rhoades says our fans are nice. 

 

 

Our fans are appropriately so damn happy when Penn State is the visiting team. It's fun to watch us when we win by a bunch.